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Tag Archives: japan
2007 Otaku Market worth 186.8 Billion Yen
According to an annual research by research agency Media Create titled “The 2008 White Paper on the Otaku Industry”, the total combined size of game, anime and related goods sales amount to 186.8 billion yen (about 1.65 billion USD) for … Continue reading
Posted in Otaku
Tagged Anime, doujin, Games, industry, japan, Manga, Otaku, yahoo! japan news
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Japan Trip 2007
I will be in Tokyo from Dec 24th to Jan 2nd. This is my fourth trip to Japan and the main objective is of course the Winter Comiket (29th to 31st). Preparations for the trip is almost done; all that’s … Continue reading
Japan Fingerprinting Commences
Japan’s new amended immigration laws (改æ£å…¥ç®¡æ³•) kicked in today, making it the second country in the world after USA to implement a compulsory fingerprinting system for foreign visitors. Image shamelessly stolen from Stippy.com This is a particularly unpleasant development in … Continue reading
Freedom to Think
Shingo over at Heisei Democracy has put up a detailed time line of the recent anime-related controversies that are causing niche doujinshi artists to come under fire from mainstream Japanese media. It’s a rather disturbing development which mirrors that of … Continue reading
“Boys’ School” Cafe in Harajuku
Everyone enjoys a spot of non-authentic afternoon tea in Cure Maid Cafe or Mai:lish, but apparently letting pretty girls serve you hot beverages is simply not good enough for the fujoshi in Japan. They want cute boys instead. The nerve. … Continue reading
Abe resigns, Rozen Aso to take over?
After months of taking shit from left and right and three agricultural ministers later, Shinzo Abe finally announced today that he is resigning as prime minister of Japan (YouTube video). The Liberal Democratic Party, which is the ruling party and … Continue reading
Big Dreams Little Tokyo: A Half Japanese Comedy
For Screening Purposes Only Big Dreams Little Tokyo (IMDb entry) is one of those movies that seek to explore the meaning of culture in today’s globalizing world that serves as a melting pot of ethnic identities. It has been making … Continue reading
Japanese WikiScanner
If you’ve been keeping up with tech blogs or digg, you would have no doubt heard about WikiScanner, a project by computer hacker Virgil. Basically it’s a script that, using the freely-available copy of Wikipedia’s database that is regularly updated, … Continue reading
Posted in Tech
Tagged itmedia, japan, mobile suit gundam, nanatsuiro drops, wikipedia, wikiscanner
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Japan Manga, Anime & Games Tour
Time to take a break from all the gloom and doom. Here’s a more cheerful news brought to you by Mr. Lim, a former teacher of mine. He’s a bona fide gaming enthusiast and frequently takes random trips to Japan … Continue reading
How to avoid being falsely accused of groping
Mainichi Daily News has an article on some key points to avoiding being falsely accused of groping on crowded trains. (Via Japan Probe) Basically they are… – Get an early start. If possible, depart from the first station on the … Continue reading
Posted in Blog
Tagged chikan, groping, japan, japan probe, lol, mainichi daily news, trains
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Song titles that don’t make half sense
I’m sure you have encountered plenty of song titles that sound cool at first but don’t seem to make much sense when you think about them. I’m not talking about Engrish titles (e.g. “Can you feel crying alone?” by tiaraway) … Continue reading