Archives for the 'Japan' Category

Potty Talk

Published on 29 Oct 2008 at 8:50 am. 2 Comments.
Filed under Japan.

You can laugh. But Japan’s study of the potential for a toilet crisis in a major urban earthquake zone is serious business. AFP:  

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Important Japanese Cat News

Published on 26 May 2008 at 9:12 pm. No Comments.
Filed under Japan.

Cat, in hat, gets the trains in and out of the station at a profit by luring cat-sappy Japanese tourists.

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Toxic Splatter

Published on 22 May 2008 at 11:56 pm. 3 Comments.
Filed under Japan.

Suicidal Japanese farmer hurls his gutful of pesticides, sprays the medics and sickens 54 people with toxic fumes before departing this vale of tears. Revolting, yet fascinating. His chloropicrin chunder took down docs, nurses and patients rooms away. Yomiuri Shimbun: 

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Smart Parrot

Published on 21 May 2008 at 9:54 pm. 1 Comment.
Filed under Japan, linguistics.

No bird brain:  

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BEANZAI!

Published on 25 Mar 2008 at 6:43 am. 1 Comment.
Filed under Boston, Japan, baseball.

It feels like Dawn over Tokyo, watching Beantown’s own open vs the A’s in the Tokyo Dome at 6 a.m. via the wonder of HDTV. Matsuzaka loses face on the hometown mound, soybeans one and walks another, gives up two runs and throws away 30 pitches in a 2-0 first-inning disaster.  That’s OK, the fat geisha hasn’t sung. No need for anyone [...]

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Hello Kitty Dissed

Published on 19 Mar 2008 at 11:07 pm. 7 Comments.
Filed under Hello Kitty, Japan.

IMPORTANT UPDATES: 
The world’s most recognizable Japanese feline amine* is passed over for global ambassador in favor of Doraemon, some robotic magic cat I’ve never heard of, I dunno about you. News24: 

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Hello Kitty for Men

Published on 29 Dec 2007 at 7:17 am. 1 Comment.
Filed under Hello Kitty, Japan.

The question is, are you man enough for Hello Kitty?  

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Blessed Event

Published on 7 Aug 2007 at 7:43 am. 5 Comments.
Filed under Japan, history.

My latest reprehensible and insensitive thoughts here. Reprise of prior re same, including one Nagasaki’s survivor experience, here:

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Sgt. Hello Kitty

Published on 22 Feb 2007 at 12:33 am. 4 Comments.
Filed under Hello Kitty, Japan, military.

Japan, eager to shed its rampaging samurai-sword-wielding Nanking-raping Tojo image as it cautiously projects its power out into the world, promotes the SDF with cuddly cartoon characters.  Meet Prince Pickles: 

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