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- Win a Pair of Tickets to Snoop Dogg in Japan!
- September 17th, 2010Category: Arts & Entertainment
- Update: Competition is now closed. Is a dogg truly your best friend? It has to be if you want to win 2 free tickets to see rapper Snoop Dogg perform on October 6th and 7th in Tokyo and Yokohama! Join Snoop as he brings with him some late summer vibes to East Japan ... » Continue Reading
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- The GP Japan News Digest
- September 17th, 2010Category: Arts & Entertainment
- Here is something new GP will be trying for the next couple of weeks – a weekly roundup of news from Japanese newspapers, blogs and wire services presented in bullet point form for quick consumption. 45% of Japanese people carry crime-prevention devices 2c ... » Continue Reading
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- NTT’s vision of the future
- September 14th, 2010Category: Arts & Entertainment
- Japan may be experiencing somewhat of a technological malaise at the moment, with the runaway success of foreign products such as iPhone but there is still plenty going on here which will keep the country at the forefront of developments. NTT is currently offering a ... » Continue Reading
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- Still BARE and scared of the BEARS in Akita!
- September 2nd, 2010Category: Arts & Entertainment
- If you are new to Malcolm Ernst's cartoons, find out how they are created and how the authors have turned it into a successful business in this earlier post. Hey there, it’s me, Akie. I’m back at another famous mountain onsen in beautiful Akita Prefecture. My slightl ... » Continue Reading
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- ‘Australia’s Next Top Model’ hopeful drops in on Tokyo
- August 27th, 2010Category: Arts & Entertainment
- Put a bunch of aspiring models into a house in Sydney and watch them try to prove they have what it takes to make it in the high-stress, high-stakes world of modeling, as well as get on with each other. That‘s the premise of the popular Australian reality pay TV serie ... » Continue Reading
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- Japan entertainment tours
- August 25th, 2010Category: Arts & Entertainment
- Many come to Japan in search of a favorite aspect of its culture, a movie or entertainment piece that they first saw “back home”. As Japan Pulse reports, you can now explore Japan through entertainment thanks to KNT! - a tour company that has designed a series of the ... » Continue Reading
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- Tokyo apocalypse
- August 23rd, 2010Category: Arts & Entertainment
- These images, which blog Pink Tentacle recently pulled together and were originally showcased on Japanese image-sharing network Pixiv, offer some stark visions of a future Tokyo after the apocalypse. Hopefully for the Japan job seekers out there, you will be able to ... » Continue Reading
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- Nagoya Live Houses
- August 12th, 2010Category: Arts & Entertainment, Travel
- For too many people, Nagoya is simply a station between Tokyo and Kyoto, offering little of interest. In addition to the tourist attractions I have written about elsewhere on this site, Nagoya also has a thriving music scene, some characterful live houses and some ... » Continue Reading
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- SPOTLIGHT: Tekkonkinkreet
- July 30th, 2010Category: Arts & Entertainment
- Even as Studio Ghibli made a surprising flop that year with Gedo Senki (Tales from Earthsea), 2006 was a highly competitive year for Japanese anime thanks to Madhouse’s double-treat Paprika (directed by the great Satoshi Kon) and Toki o Kakeru Shōjo (The Girl Who Leap ... » Continue Reading
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- Miss Universe Japan
- July 23rd, 2010Category: Arts & Entertainment
- When Maiko Itai’s name was called out as 2010 Miss Universe Japan at the final in March, a roar erupted from the audience in the gallery – 40 of her friends had turned up to wish the 25-year-old well on the big night. “Actually, I didn’t say anything to my friends abo ... » Continue Reading
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