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- TV commercial of the week: Super Mario 3D Land
- November 8th, 2011Category: Arts & Entertainment
- This is the commercial of Nintendo 3DS game soft "Super Mario 3D Land" which released on November 3 and the member of the boys idol group "Arashi", Kazunari Ninomiya pretends to be Mario and adventures in Super Mario world. Some people responses that Ninomiya look ... » Continue Reading
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- Christmas sweets at Tokyo Disney theme parks
- November 7th, 2011Category: Arts & Entertainment
- Tokyo DisneySea and Tokyo DisneyLand on Monday opened the Christmas season which runs through Dec 25. Besides all the festivities throughout the theme parks, there are lots of Christmas-designed foods and goods. The popcorn souvenir bucket (2,000 yen) is shaped like ... » Continue Reading
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- Weekly Digest: 10/29~11/4
- November 5th, 2011Category: Arts & Entertainment
- 10/29 (Sat.)International Marriages 10/30 (Sun.)Adopting English as workplace language in Japan has its disadvantages 10/31 (Mon.)Visit the snow country of Hokkaido and Yuzawa this winter Other Post:TV commercial of the week: PS3 game "Unchar ... » Continue Reading
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- User generated content: What Japan can learn from computer game modding culture in the West (Part 2)
- November 4th, 2011Category: Arts & Entertainment
- EDITOR'S NOTE: This is part 2 of a two-part article. Modding – The peephole to understand the relation between players and the game industry Mods are digital artifacts that avid gamers design by tinkering with their favorite games. The creators of those mods are calle ... » Continue Reading
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- Japanese girl narrates story of ‘Star Wars’ saga ‘The Empire Strikes Back’
- November 4th, 2011Category: Arts & Entertainment
- The video features a Japanese girl explaining the story of the "Star Wars' film "The Empire Strikes Back." Some responses from viewers were: "She should do the entire 'Star Wars' saga. She is so adorable. She always puts a smile on my face!" "That's pretty ... » Continue Reading
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- User generated content: What Japan can learn from computer game modding culture in the West (Part 1)
- November 3rd, 2011Category: Arts & Entertainment
- User generated content is not new. On the contrary, it is a trend in gaming that has fascinated gamers for more than a decade already, and the availability of level editors and other modding software has drawn more and more "casual" people to start designing their own ... » Continue Reading
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- TV commercial of the week: PS3 game “Uncharted 3”
- October 31st, 2011Category: Arts & Entertainment
- Sony Computer Entertainment is going to launch the popular adventure action game, the new "Uncharted" series, "Uncharted 3 Drake's Deception" on November 2 in Japan. The commercial of "Uncharted 3 Drake's Deception" in Japan used Harrison Ford for the cast. Harris ... » Continue Reading
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- TV commercial of the week: Scalp shampoo UL・OS
- October 24th, 2011Category: Arts & Entertainment
- Here is a commercial for a skin care scalp shampoo for men, UL・OS. In Japanese, UL・OS can be pronounced "uruosu," which means to moisten. In the ad, a man dreams of having his hair shampooed by a beautiful woman. What guy wouldn't fantasize about treatment like th ... » Continue Reading
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- Weekly Digest 10/15~10/21
- October 21st, 2011Category: Arts & Entertainment
- 10/15 (Sat.)Now, this is the true Japan! 10/16 (Sun.)Brazilian BBQ in the heart of Ginza 10/17 (Mon.)TV commercial of the week: Cup Noodle Futomen Dodo Other Posts:Want to learn how to cook Japanese foods? 10/18 (Tue.) Burger King to offer ... » Continue Reading
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- Foreigners sing in Japanese on TV
- October 19th, 2011Category: Arts & Entertainment
- If you can sing in Japanese and you're brave, then you should try for a spot on NTV's program "Nodo Jiman Za! World." Two segments were aired this year -- one in June and the other on Oct 11. "Nodo Jiman" has been around for decades, mostly on NHK -- "nodo" me ... » Continue Reading
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