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Newzjapan
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News and Current Events from Japan, especially technology, entertainment, and representations of Japan and Japanese society in the media. Also news about gadgets of interest here in Japan.
Recent Posts
Japanese Culture – Top Ten Annoying Things People Brag About
This is another one of those interesting Google top ten lists. This one asks Japanese people what their friends brag about that annoys them the most. I don’t think the list is very unique to Japan, although it does give a little insight into wh...
About NHK On Demand Japanese Video Service
As you know if you live in Japan, NHK demands payment for its services. In fact, they say that “if you own a tv” you are required to pay. Many non-Japanese people living in Japan think that pretending not to understand Japanese will save ...
Twitter Japan Subscriptions and What I Would Do
Twitter Japan was rumored to be starting up premium accounts for which users would have to pay to read. This has since been described to be a “misunderstanding” by someone at Digital Garage Mobile who did a presentation in Japan talking a...
DJ Ozma 2007 Red and White Song Battle Performance
This happened way back in 2007, but as the Red and White Song Battle in Japan approaches, but every year about this time I remember this performance. It was probably the most talked about performance of the year, but DJ Ozma got himself a nice ban fr...
This Year’s Non-Japanese Red and White Song Battle Performers
This year there are only two non-Japanese performances scheduled. One is by the Korean five-man group called TVXQ, known in Japan as Tohoshinki, and American enka performer Jerome White, known in Japan as Jero. I wrote about foreigners on the Red and...
More Thoughts on the Kindle in Japan
When I wrote my open letter to Amazon Japan about the Kindle in Japan , we didn’t have a lot of options in Japan. If you live in Japan for any significant amount of time, you may end up accumulating books. Books are heavy and it means either ab...

