Category: Society
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Tokyo Chinatown Ikebukuro
Could Ikebukuro be getting its very own Chinatown? A plan by some Chinese store and restaurant owners to create a community named “Tokyo Chinatown Ikebukuro” to promote interaction with their local Japanese neighbors is getting a negative reaction. What’s the problem? There has been trouble between Japanese and Chinese businesspeople over problems such as garbage…
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Just Looking
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No, that’s not an idol video, or at least it’s not sold that way. The video is from a DVD series by record label Avex called Miteru Dake (Just Looking). As you can see, it features girls — pumped-up breasts and all — just, well, looking. The idea is that it’s for shy men, to…
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iPhone for Foreigners
Japan Probe has posted some disturbing news regarding the newly launched iPhone 3G in Japan. According to the terms on the Softbank website: “If you have less than 15 months left on your visa, you wont be able to make a contract, but they’ll sell the phone to you without a plan for ¥80.000.” What???…
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The Manufacturing of Booms
Over at Clast, Marxy examines booms as a marketing strategy, and the end of an era. I’m just sorry I missed out on 1957, the year of the Calypso Style.
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Neojaponisme: Flower Train
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Neojaponisme hosts a video documentary by Ian Lynam on sexual assaults on Tokyo subways.
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From Shibuya-kei to Akiba-kei
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Over at the Clast blog, Marxy examines the relationship between Shibuya-kei and the newly-coined Akiba-kei.