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- TV commercial of the week: Love is KAT-TUN
- February 6th, 2012Category: Arts & Entertainment
- Here is the TV commercial for the animation "Ai ha KAT-TUN" (Love is KAT-TUN), which is distributed on the mobile social gaming platform entag! The story revolves around a girl who lives in the same house with the five male members of the popular boys' band KAT-TUN ... » Continue Reading
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- Stuffed tuna and kelp for food education
- February 5th, 2012Category: Shopping
- Food product company Meito is selling 60-cm-long stuffed tuna and 3-meter-long kelp to educate children. These are life-size and the tuna can be filleted into five pieces. The MEITO official website says children may be surprised at the size of tuna and that th ... » Continue Reading
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- Weekly Digest: 1/28~2/3
- February 4th, 2012Category: Arts & Entertainment
- 1/28 (Sat.)Mushroom detective's assistant Funghi spreads the word Other Post:The worst case scenario: 5 simple steps that could save your life 1/29 (Sun.)Rapping with Samurai Boy Other Post:Honor and loyalty 1/30 (Mon.)TV commercial of the week: ... » Continue Reading
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- What do you think of the quality of waiters in restaurants in Japan?
- February 3rd, 2012Category: Culture
- Japan Today recently asked its readers what they think about the quality of waiters in restaurants in Japan, compared to their home countries. Here are some answers. -- Considering they get no tips I think they generally are pretty hard-working and efficient. Some ... » Continue Reading
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- Where to buy the best chocolate for Valentine’s Day in Tokyo
- February 3rd, 2012Category: Shopping
- We mentioned how Valentine's Day is celebrated in Japan in the article "Lots of chocolate, but little love on Valentine's Day in Japan". Between now and Feb 22, Japanese retailers turn into a paradise for chocolate lovers. Here are some places where you can buy fine c ... » Continue Reading
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- More answers for how foreigners’ daily lives change when they live in Japan
- February 2nd, 2012Category: Culture
- Last week, GaijinPot had a story on "How foreigners' daily lives change when they live in Japan." It got a big response from readers on GaijinPot and the Japan Today website. We did a short survey on the topic on the GaijinPot facebook page too. How is a sample ... » Continue Reading
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- ‘Gurokawa’ (grotesquely cute) fashion styles
- February 2nd, 2012Category: Culture
- Have you ever heard of the Japanese slang expression "gurokawa?" It's a combination of the katakana words for grotesque and cute and is used to describe a distinct fashion style or character. Here are a few "gurokawa" examples. Gloomy Bear Gloomy Bear is a cute-lo ... » Continue Reading
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- TV commercial: Emobile and Tomomi Itano from AKB48
- February 1st, 2012Category: Arts & Entertainment
- AKB48 singer Tomomi Itano, wearing a sexy animal print costume, walks with a lion in a commercial for Emobile’s Pocket Wi-Fi device that connects to the 3G network automatically and works as a Wi-Fi access point and router. In the commercial, Itano says that “Emobil ... » Continue Reading
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- Lots of chocolate, but little love on Valentine’s Day in Japan
- February 1st, 2012Category: Culture
- Ah, Valentine's Day. That most romantic of times is just around the corner. That means roses and chocolates, right? Wrong. Guys, take note. If you get a whole lot of chocolates from women in your office on Valentine’s Day, don’t get the wrong idea. They don’t all l ... » Continue Reading
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- Oden, mixed stew, sukiyaki most favored ‘nabe’ dishes in winter
- January 31st, 2012Category: Food & Dining
- Japanese people love eating "nabe" (hot pot), especially in winter. According to Whether News, 88% of 16,428 Japanese people polled ate "nabe" in December and January. The average number of times was 11.31. The survey also showed that people living in the ... » Continue Reading
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- Otaku Paradise Akiba Culture Zone completed
- January 30th, 2012Category: Arts & Entertainment
- Akiba Culture Zone, a new 6-floor department store in Akihabara, was recently completed, with all floors now open to the public. The store is devoted to “otaku”-related goods, such as animation character figures and games, manga, idol goods, clothes, among others. ... » Continue Reading
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- TV commercial of the week: Staff Service with Cyborg
- January 30th, 2012Category: Arts & Entertainment
- This commercial is for Staff Service which is a big recruiting company. Staff Service currently shows two kinds of Cyborg commercial series. One features the Cyborg temp worker 022 (the number "022" refers to the phone number of Staff Service), and stars Mikako Tabe. ... » Continue Reading