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Asobit Setup PM Fukuda Special Corner
Following the recent sudden resignation of Japan’s Prime Minister Fukuda, Asobit stores has been setting up a special corner dediacted to selling Fukuda-themed goodies.
These products are all manufactured by Daito. And Asobit had also previously created a similar stand when former PM Shinzo Abe resigned in September 2007.
Source: Akiba Keizai
Its just interesting to see theme [...]
Japanese Only Take Average 8 Days Of Annual Leave
According to a recent survey by Expedia, an Internet-based US travel agency, Japanese workers take the least paid vacation among several countries in the world.
According to the questionnaire conducted in Japan as well as in eight countries in Europe and North America, the Japanese only took an annual average of eight paid holidays — smaller [...]
Japanese Murder Investigators Mistaken Sex Doll For Corpse
Would you ever mistaken a sex doll for a corpse? Well the police and murder investigators in Izu prefecture actually did so. LOL
Police in Izu responded to a report of a possible corpse in the woods by dispatching an investigation team:
Fifteen officers were dispatched to the scene, where they discovered a human form wrapped in [...]
Robber Flees Store After Female Employee Beats Him
Remember the Dustpan VS Bokutō story? Now here’s another similar story but this time the robber and the convenience store employee are evenly matched.
Shortly after 3 a.m. on Tuesday, two female part-time workers at the Poplar Saga-Yamato outlet in Saga were putting bread on a shelf when a young man approached them, local police [...]
MADs Might Become Legalised
Recently NicoNico Douga signed an agreement with various copyright owners to remove MADs. But all these might change, and MADs might become legalised again in 2009 if this new action plan by Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications goes through smoothly.
The Ministry is planning to setup a special “cyber-district”, whereby creative users can make [...]
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