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- Have a Seven Eleven Christmas with AKB48
- November 23rd, 2011Category: Arts & Entertainment
- In this Seven Eleven Christmas cake commercial, AKB48 wear Christmas costumes. The nine top members, Atsuko Maeda, Yuko Oshima, Yuki Kashiwagi, Mariko Shinoda, Mayu Watanabe, Haruna Kojima, Minami Takahashi, Tomomi Itano and Rino Sashihara from the third AKB ... » Continue Reading
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- Ginza sparkles for Christmas
- November 22nd, 2011Category: Events
- Christmas lights and illumination displays are all over Japan in places such as Tokyo Dome City and Decks Tokyo Beach in Odaiba in Tokyo, Kobe Illuminage in Hyogo Prefecture, Sapporo Factory's huge Christmas tree in Hokkaido and Nabana no Sato in Mie Prefecture. Her ... » Continue Reading
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- Foreigners in business in Japan: Syn
- November 21st, 2011Category: Events, Work Tips
- When songwriter Nick Wood came to Japan for a month in 1988, he had no idea that his musical talents would quickly find a niche in Japan and that he would soon establish one of the first international music production companies in Japan. Originally from Liverpoo ... » Continue Reading
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- TV commercials of the week: Toyota and Doraemon
- November 21st, 2011Category: Arts & Entertainment
- Toyota's new commercial starts out using characters from the famous animation "Doraemon." Twenty years later, they are "reborn" at the age of 30 in live action scenes. Nobita Nobi, the weakling, is played by actor Satoshi Tsumabuki and Takeshi "Gian" Goda, the big ... » Continue Reading
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- Weekly Digest 11/12~11/19
- November 19th, 2011Category: Arts & Entertainment
- 11/12 (Sat.)YOSHIKI figure joins Madame Tussauds Tokyo 11/13 (Sun.)Tokyo Dome City Winter Festival 11/14 (Mon.)Lady Gaga's photo book to be released on Nov 22 Other post:Video of the week: Tokyo Metro 11/15 (Tue.)Daiba memorial Tree I ... » Continue Reading
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- Showa Generation perform another Girls Generation parody
- November 19th, 2011Category: Arts & Entertainment
- In August, we introduced Showa Generation parodies Girls Generation, 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. It has become a big hit on YouTube. Showa Generati ... » Continue Reading
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- How about green tea-flavored canned coffee?
- November 18th, 2011Category: Food & Dining
- One of the GaijinPot team found a new canned coffee -- one flavored with green tea -- in a vending machine. According to Georgia official website, the drink contains green tea powder with a smooth, deep, slightly bitter taste. The concept of the product is that "it ... » Continue Reading
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- Nozomi Ohashi sparkles at Takashimaya Nihonbashi Christmas event
- November 17th, 2011Category: Events
- Nozomi Ohashi, the 12-year-old singer, was the guest of honor this week at Takashimaya Nihonbashi department store to kick off their SWAROVSKI "Crystal Tree light-up" Christmas event.Ohashi shot to fame in Japan in 2008 after singing the theme song for “Ponyo on the C ... » Continue Reading
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- Unique vending machines in Japan
- November 17th, 2011Category: Culture
- Previously, we introduced a banana vending machine in Tokyo station as one of the more unusual vending machines in Japan. There are many unique vending machines all over Japan. Here are a few. This is a workbook vending machine for students. We're not sure if it w ... » Continue Reading
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- Yen intervention
- November 16th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- Living in Japan, it's quite unlikely that you haven't already heard the term 'yen intervention", but understanding what it means is another story entirely. Here, we hope to clear up some of the confusion by answering some questions commonly asked by our clients, in ... » Continue Reading