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- Eggplant most hated vegetable among kids
- September 5th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- Kagome Co Ltd recently conducted a survey of Japanese mothers of children aged 3 or older, which vegetables their kids disliked the most. The eggplant got the dubious honor. According to the research results, 60.8% children said they don’t like eating vegetables anyw ... » Continue Reading
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- Hulu starts streaming movies, TV shows in Japan
- September 2nd, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- Hulu CEO Jason Kilar poses with model Izumi Mori at an event Thursday to launch the online streaming site Hulu.com in Japan. The new service provides access to popular television shows and movies on computers, TV and mobile devices for a monthly fee of 1,480 yen (Hul ... » Continue Reading
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- Snapshots from past and present
- September 1st, 2011Category: Culture
- These two photos show a world of difference between two eras in Japan – the Taisho era (July 30, 1912-December 25, 1926) and the Heisei era (January 8, 1989-Current). In the Taisho era photo, taken in front of an unidentified shrine, everyone has the same hairstyle ( ... » Continue Reading
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- Foreigners in business: Park Hyatt Tokyo
- August 31st, 2011Category: Work Tips
- One of the most iconic hotels in Tokyo is the Park Hyatt in Shinjuku. Since it opened in 1994, it has become famous for its Sunday brunch at the New York Grill; it’s a favorite hotel for celebrities and it is in demand for weddings. The hotel was made internationally ... » Continue Reading
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- Have your cake and drink it, too
- August 31st, 2011Category: Shopping
- We all know about having your cake and eating it, too. Now you can have your cake and drink it, too. Meiji's line of powdered Sweets Cafe drinks comes in three flavors -- rare cheese cake flavored creamy latte, melting strawberry white latte and melting chocolate latt ... » Continue Reading
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- TV commercial of the week: Gin no sara sushi delivery shop
- August 29th, 2011Category: Arts & Entertainment
- Now this ad is a challenge to figure out. It starts off with a young man flirting with a young woman. Suddenly, they are menaced by a dog. The man hides behind the woman. First she throws her high-heeled shoes at the dog. That has no effect. Next, she tosses her bra p ... » Continue Reading
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- Tohoku Cycling Challenge and 1st Annual Tohoku Cycling Festival
- August 26th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- Lowell Sheppard, Mark McBennett and Tony Torres, the three Amigos of Japan Coast to Coast (JapanC2C) are calling for participants to cycle with them from Niigata City to Matsushima City in Miyagi Prefecture from Sept 19-22 to help raise money earmarked for needy commu ... » Continue Reading
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- Showa Generation parodies Girls Generation
- August 26th, 2011Category: Arts & Entertainment
- Check out this video which is a parody of Korean pop group Girls Generation’s song “Gee” by SMAP’s Masahiro Nakai, accompanied by Oyaji Dancers, a dance group of elderly men. For the parody, they renamed Girls Generation (Shojo Jidai) to Showa Jidai (Showa generation ... » Continue Reading
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- Uniqlo turns on the heat
- August 26th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- Yes, we know it is still summer and the last thing on anyone's mind is thermal underwear. But that hasn't deterred Uniqlo from getting an early start on sales of its fall-winter lineup of Heattech thermal underwear. Actually, Uniqlo started selling some Heattec ... » Continue Reading
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- AKB48 duo, Korean star ‘open your beauty’
- August 25th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- AKB48 singers Atsuko Maeda, 20, left, and Yuko Oshima, 22, right (in the photo), strike a cool pose with South Korean actor Jang Geun-suk, 24, at a promotional event for Aesthetic TBC at the Conrad Hotel in Tokyo on Wednesday. The trio will be appearing in a new ad c ... » Continue Reading