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- Building the future with Lego blocks
- June 3rd, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- The old days when Lego blocks were just toys for little boys and girls to play with at home are long gone. This summer in Japan, Lego blocks will be used to stimulate people’s imagination into building the future—a look at what streets, buildings and landscapes wil ... » Continue Reading
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- Septuagenarian Sex Star Still On Top
- June 3rd, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- He looks like you’d expect a 76-year-old Japanese man to look: Balding, what’s left of his hair streaked with silver; drooping jowls; a stern, wizened look. He walks with a lethargic, ambling gait, and appears ready for a nap at any time. But Shigeo Tokuda’s dreams tu ... » Continue Reading
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- A resigned Horiemon prepares for life in prison
- June 3rd, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- After exhausting all legal avenues, disgraced former Livedoor CEO Takafumi Horie, age 38, appears headed for prison, where, from June, he will serve a sentence of two years and four months for securities fraud. The prosecutor had demanded four years. Interviewing ... » Continue Reading
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- Dominos Pizza x One Piece
- May 30th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- Dominos has come to Japan in a big way in the last 12 months and have been quickly growing their presence here. They have not forgotton their roots though and are one of the few mainstream services that offer a full website in English from where you can order your fa ... » Continue Reading
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- Affordable and unique share houses
- May 25th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- Ever thought about living in one of these while in Japan? Yep, it’s a trailer home. You can experience living in a trailer home (Air Stream) just 3 minutes walk from the Yamanote line. This being Japan though, trailer homes are done differently. Here you get a who ... » Continue Reading
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- GaijinPot Personals
- May 20th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- What is GaijinPot Personals? GaijinPot Personals is the leading global site for meeting Asian Singles. Our member base of over 3,000,000 includes women from Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and China, as well as Europe and the US. They come to GaijinPo ... » Continue Reading
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- Akie blog 49-Spring fever is giving me a cold!
- May 20th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- Hi all, it’s me, Akie, coming to you from my neck of the woods, Akita.Wow, are we ever having an unusal spring this year! I think that huge earthquake not only, knocked the Earth off its axis and shifted a few tectonic plates, but also shook things up weather-wise. Thin ... » Continue Reading
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- Piracy Isn’t Theft – A Challenge for Japanese Game Developers
- May 20th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- The problem of the illegal copying of games, also known as “piracy”, has continued to plague the game industry, causing major damages. According to an investigation by the Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association, in the period between 2004 and 2009 alone, damage ... » Continue Reading
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- Japan nuclear crisis road map
- April 29th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- Ten days have passed since Tokyo Electric Power Co released its road map for bringing the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant under control. Efforts are under way to stabilize overheated nuclear fuel rods and keep water temperatures in reactors in check bu ... » Continue Reading
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- Foreign businesses commit to helping Japan rebuild through NGOs
- April 29th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- Seventeen foreign chambers of commerce in Japan representing 34 countries have expressed their long-term commitment to helping the nation rebuild from the March 11 quake and tsunami that wrecked northeastern and eastern areas, by supporting activities of nongovernment ... » Continue Reading
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