The secretive world of traditional Japanese tattooing | CNNGo.com
Friday, August 6th, 2010 Posted in Culture, Japan | No Comments »The secretive world of traditional Japanese tattooing | CNNGo.com. Just wanted to mention two things on this article. THe first being it's not only japan that is weary of tatoos, but china, taiwan and korea as well. All of probably stems ...
Online gaming law set to take effect in China – CNN.com
Sunday, August 1st, 2010 Posted in Blogroll, Culture, Media | No Comments »Online gaming law set to take effect in China - CNN.com. sometimes people who know nothing of the gaming industry shouldn't comment on it.... While it may not have been a law before, the things laid out in this article were already ...
Five students tie up and strip female classmate, send videos to other students
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 Posted in Culture, Japan | No Comments »Five students tie up and strip female classmate, send videos to other students - The Mainichi Daily News. If this was america, there would be criminal charges and possibly labeling all of the 5 bullies as sex offenders. But what ...
Uniqlo operator to make English its official company language from March 2012
Thursday, June 24th, 2010 Posted in Culture, Japan, Media | 2 Comments »Uniqlo operator to make English its official company language from March 2012 - The Mainichi Daily News. what's more interesting is that these companies feel that they need to be speaking english internally to be competitive. Also the standardization of ...
Report: Women could boost Japanese workforce if concessions are made – CNN.com
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010 Posted in Blogroll, Culture, Japan | No Comments »t 40 via Report: Women could boost Japanese workforce if concessions are made - CNN.com. I couldn't agree more... But what i think they need to change is the idea of working overtime and that anybody can do any work if they ...
DPJ to scrap pledge to pay 26,000 yen in monthly child allowances – The Mainichi Daily News
Thursday, June 10th, 2010 Posted in Culture, Japan | No Comments »DPJ to scrap pledge to pay 26,000 yen in monthly child allowances - The Mainichi Daily News. while i have no children of my own, i was really hoping that this would have at least survived the regime change cause japan ...
More Japanese women think wives should stay at home to focus on housework, childcare
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010 Posted in Culture, Japan | No Comments »By occupation, the number of married women who believe wives should stay home was the highest among full-time housewives, at 55.3 percent. via More Japanese women think wives should stay at home to focus on housework, childcare - The Mainichi Daily ...
Man convicted of rape by all-female panel of citizen judges
Saturday, May 15th, 2010 Posted in Culture, Japan | No Comments »Man convicted of rape sentenced to 6 years by all-female panel of citizen judges - The Mainichi Daily News. Yeah that wasn't a biased conviction.... at all... For those of you who don't know,japan JUST changed over to trial by jury system ...
‘Obscene’ U.S. Manga Collector Jailed 6 Months | Threat Level | Wired.com
Friday, April 30th, 2010 Posted in America, Culture, Japan | No Comments »‘Obscene’ U.S. Manga Collector Jailed 6 Months | Threat Level | Wired.com. So my stanc eon this is that i'm all for these manga being illegal, in japan and america. Did he break teh law by importing the manga? Yes. Does ...
Why would ‘RapeLay’ thrive in Japan? – CNN.com
Sunday, April 4th, 2010 Posted in Culture, Japan, Media | No Comments »haha... i found this article funny, while completely true. And probably is a response to all the flak they got from critiquing an old game that is not available anywhere but japan. But still it's nice that they actually covered ...