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Mercury contamination is rising in Pacific fish 27 Aug 2013 | 07:55 am
You have probably heard recently on the news about massive radioactive leaks at the Fukushima nuclear powerplant meltdown has raised the alarm over seafood safety (Japan Times/ 2013Aug23). Although, a...
The newest Toyota comes Charred from the factory 26 Aug 2013 | 08:40 pm
The latest Toyota comes “Charred” from the factory. That is, the new Toyota Auris is customized in the image of Gundam character “Char Aznable” (Wiki). Toyota to sell Gundam-themed Auris saloon Kyodo ...
Big Bicycle Booty Busted! 25 Aug 2013 | 12:59 pm
Now here are words seldom seen together in Japan: “Big” with “Booty” and “Bust(ed)”. Via the ever-goofy Google Translate of: sankei.jp.msn.com (2013.8.24) 35-year-old unemployed man arrested stealing ...
Mr. Freeze vs Dog Days of August 23 Aug 2013 | 01:13 pm
With the sad demise last April of Tokyo’s long-suffering “Train Manners Guy” (L), the Metro posters have been BORING. Luckily, my buddy, Patrick Gannon at “Papercuts” has provided Mr. Freeze as the pe...
kinky kitty kostume 23 Aug 2013 | 11:07 am
The always amazing blog of Improbable Research reports: …Today a character costume can be seen in many places, such as amusement facilities, sport stadium and so on. They perform comical and funny .....
Will the über-prestigious Univ. of Tokyo be the 1st to admit A.I. robot students? 22 Aug 2013 | 05:59 am
University of Tokyo–aka ‘Todai’—is looking for better students and is turning to A.I. robots. The problem is…. Can an AI [Robot] Get Into the University of Tokyo? —The notorious entrance exam could be...
Tokyo train freaks 21 Aug 2013 | 08:23 pm
As I have said many times before, You Can Never Have Enough HELLO KITTY—Am I right or what? (I stumble across sights like this at least once a month on the train and I wish I had Google Glass to captu...
Japan Inc. may be forced to admit the Fukushima nuclear leak is ’serious’ 21 Aug 2013 | 06:46 pm
In yet another sign of the coming Apocalypse…. Hey child abusers in Tokyo! Don’t eat the the fucking saury—mackerel pike* ↑ (NHK News / 2013aug20)! Japan nuclear watchdog may raise leak to ’serious’ ...
Japanese airports plagued with autonomous and sentient eyeballs! 21 Aug 2013 | 11:50 am
As of late for, the Japanese news (and the 3Yen) have been plagued with reports of autonomous and sentient eyeballs on the loose! Airport art! Local airports in Japan having fun with baggage carousel...
A stalker early in his life, Mr. Spock enjoyed Japan in strange ways 20 Aug 2013 | 12:50 am
Star Trek Into the Darkness* finally opened in Japan last weekend†… embiggen Tokyo, Nishi Nippori station, Star Trek, Spock, stalking… Via kinks34’s tumblr JAPAN, 2013aug15 17:58 ________ † Japan is ...
