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 ...
English teacher used hangman game at school where student hung himself
Friday, July 23rd, 2010 Posted in Japan | No Comments »English teacher used "hangman"-like game at school where student hung himself - The Mainichi Daily News. he use of the pictures (Hangman) could almost be considered a form of "power harassment," granted playing hangman as a teaching tool after a kid has ...
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 ...
Apple pulls products from major electronics retailers’ Internet shops – The Mainichi Daily News
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010 Posted in Japan | No Comments »Apple pulls products from major electronics retailers' Internet shops - The Mainichi Daily News. wow... apple pulling its own products off of internet websites seems very very suspicious... especially if they are worried about brand image.