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Avatar Posted by kwech 10 days ago (http://www.dannychoo.com)
Category: General | Tags: danny choo blog money japan
Danny Choo reveals some of his blog's earnings statistics. read more »
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Avatar Posted by Deas 11 days ago (http://aaron.madlon-kay.com)
Category: Teaching English | Tags: translation japanese problem english
Former CIR Aaron wrote a very nice post about the problems one faces when translating place names in Japan into English. Even Google is doing it wrong! His suggestions for knocking off the extra "city" or "town" make a lot of sense to me, and so does his reasoning about tautological place names read more »
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Avatar Posted by KenYN 12 days ago (http://www.ft.com)
Category: TV and Radio | Tags: tarento gaijin
Nice article from the Financial Times on the token gaijins on the telly. read more »
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Avatar Posted by matigo 12 days ago (http://www.j2fi.net)
Category: Technology | Tags: dell emobile netbook
I bet DBR is happy she waited on that netbook purchase, 'cause Dell is selling their basic netbooks for ONE HUNDRED YEN!!!

It's part of a package deal with EMobile, which means that you'll be suckered into buying a data package and getting locked into another monthly bill, but this read more »
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Avatar Posted by uktokyoite 15 days ago (http://curiosidadesnanet.wordpress.com)
Category: Photography | Tags: amazing photos natural photos
I hope this story is ok - it's not specifically about Japan! There are some fantastic photos though from around the world and one could be Japanese! I just hope you enjoy the pics - I stumbled across them and just wanted to share : ) read more »
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Avatar Posted by Jordan 18 days ago (http://feedproxy.google.com)
Category: Foreigners | Tags: foreigners japan court employment
Man looses two fingers on the job. Man sues for more compensation. Man is told his complaint is invalid because he signed documents he could not read. Has the law failed him? I'm of the opinion that yes, it has. read more »
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Avatar Posted by ShaneS 21 days ago (http://www.nihonsun.com)
Category: Culture | Tags: wwii history government
I recently saw an article about a memorial Chiune Sugihara's widow and it prompted me to do a little research on this brave man who save thousands of lives during WWII by going against orders from the Japanese government. read more »
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Avatar Posted by Alex 21 days ago (http://victorymanual.com)
Category: Film and Books | Tags: opinion rant films entertainment
Hollywood set to defile one of the great identity-defining movies for our generation. read more »
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Avatar Posted by Deas 21 days ago (http://www.rockinginhakata.com)
Category: Sightseeing | Tags: tottori sand dunes travel sightseeing
I recently took a trip to the Tottori Sand Dunes. If you're thinking "wait, what?" you should click through to see the pictures and video I that put together as a recap of the experience. It draws visitors from all over Japan. There's even an enka song about it - which you can see in the post! read more »
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Avatar Posted by Jordan 22 days ago (http://www.toxel.com)
Category: Culture | Tags: tetsuya ishida paintings japan artist
A post on the late Ishida Tetsuya's gritty works of social commentary. read more »
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Avatar Posted by ShaneS 22 days ago (http://www.japan-san.com)
Category: Learning Japanese | Tags: slang
Looking for Japanese slang? I found this site via SU today and got a kick out of some of the terms so thought it was worth a soc. read more »
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Avatar Posted by Deas 25 days ago (http://www.mentalfloss.com)
Category: Music | Tags: music video games nintendo
"Koji Kondo (born 1960) was just your average Japanese composer when he stumbled into a gig at a playing card company called Nintendo in 1984."

Come on, you know the Mario theme inside and out. Find out about the man who scored all of the Mario games at the Mental Floss blog!*

*except Super read more »
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Avatar Posted by samuraidave 35 days ago (http://www.youtube.com)
Category: Strange | Tags: halloween japan tokyo yamanote party
Seems once again there's alot of myth coming from those not in the know about the Halloween Train. We were told on JapanProbe that few attended this past Saturday's event and it was very low key. Some commentators on other sites even said it was shut down.

Once again I must rise to the challen read more »
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