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China stomps Japan to become 2nd in the world economy

Economic growth – China Becomes Second Biggest World Economy Reuters | CNBC — Friday, 30 July 2010 ….Yi Gang, China’s chief currency regulator, mentioned the milestone in passing in remarks published on Friday. “China, in fact, is now already the world’s second-largest economy,” he said in an interview with China ...

Posted on July 31, 2010 at 8:32 AM

Hello Water

Kitty. Luxury Water. Hello. Hello Kitty Luxury Water Hello Kitty Hell — 2010/07/30...The luxury bottled water comes in five colors which represent different themes: Red (friendship), Pink (cute), yellow (heartful), green (wish) and lavender (sweet). You can buy all five for $500 or individually at $100….…more… Five hundred dollars for ...

Posted on July 31, 2010 at 12:45 AM

Bladerunner brolly

Posted on July 30, 2010 at 12:10 PM

Japan’s new LDP

Despite the colapse in public approval of Japan’s LDP— the not-so-Liberal not-so-Democratic no-so-much-fun-Party—according to GhETToY IMAGES–DayLife.com young French “emocore” now find it fashionable to support the LDP—Ligue des Pervers (League of Perverts). … …Photo taken at the ‘Japan expo’, a manga fair, at Villepinte, a Paris suburb.

Posted on July 30, 2010 at 7:49 AM

Hello Furry

Spotted in Tokyo’s fashion district, Harajuku…Hello Kitty waves to its adoring public. . I especially like the precious expression on the guy’s face on the right. Mind you this photo was taken a couple of weeks ago in the middle of a July heat wave in Tokyo. The temperature was ...

Posted on July 30, 2010 at 6:42 AM

Return of the samurai sword umbrella!

Posted on July 30, 2010 at 3:22 AM

July 30 start –Fuju Rock Festival’s live streaming video

http://www.interfm.co.jp/frf10/

Posted on July 29, 2010 at 4:21 PM

‘Green Cola’ — summer swamp soda of Japan

In my constant quest to find a stronger flavored cola for my favorite summer drink Rum-and-Coke, I end up drinking some “inovative” Japanese products like Pepsi Baobab™ (right) cola, Cucumber Cola*, fresh Basil Pepsi* and the dread red bean favored Azuki Pepsi* which only tastes marginally better than steamed zebra ...

Posted on July 29, 2010 at 4:15 AM

Giant Japanese Jugallo gogo!

Check out the giant Japanese Jugallo “GOGO!” spotted on the backstreets of Kamata Tokyo. Embiggen to 600 X 800 px. Ok, ok, the Japanese spelled Juggalo wrong, but some nameless sign painter has his Insane Clown Posse (L) heart bleeding in the right place—the gray concrete backstreets of Tokyo. Japanese ...

Posted on July 28, 2010 at 3:34 PM

Hitachi Japan’s plans for ‘Life Recorders’

For decades dorks have dreamed a “Life Recorder” the you can wear on your person to constantly take video and provides a positional GPS record your daily life for your personal entertainment, work, security or stalking. Think of it as a Twitter-on-Steroids Device™. Now, Hitachi is making a half-assed try* ...

Posted on July 28, 2010 at 2:37 AM

Furry Japanese Nazi

A furry Japanese Nazi CROSS-DRESSER — it must be the heat… ….Tokyo temperatures have been running above 100F/38C for a couple of weeks now, and I hope the girl above is cosplaying the graphic novel “Maus.” The above photo and many more of last Sunday’s Wankfest are available via the ...

Posted on July 27, 2010 at 9:31 AM

Japan’s BECK and Mongoloid losers

Japan has a Mongoloid BECK. That is, according to the always charming Mari blog today, “BECK is a manga about boys in a rock band named ‘BECK’ but this manga was called BECK Mongolian Chop Squad to avoid confusion with Beck of the UK.” Now the manga/anime fake BECK is ...

Posted on July 27, 2010 at 5:10 AM

The end of the world as we know it–Natto Curry

[+] As I have written before, the Japanese food delight of rotten soybeans aka Natto, is Japan’s homegrown WMD (shown left). Natto is best described as, “…kinda smelling like baked beans if they were baked in the filthy heat of Satan’s asshole.” Japanese eat it—Go figure. Now according to my ...

Posted on July 27, 2010 at 12:31 AM

Fun factoid — Masi Oka of Heroes

I always thought the actor Masi Oka of Heroes looked like kd lang the singer/songwriter. Now I know why…. Masi Oka. Actor. Time magazine whiz kid. Reported I.Q. of 180 (same as cast of “Carpoolers.”) Authored paper stating sex with a man is by definition a hate crime. —via menwholooklikeoldlesbians.blogspot.com ...

Posted on July 26, 2010 at 2:41 AM

be the Buddha

I have said several times before, “Bite the Big Buddha,” but in this case it’s, “Be the Buddha.” Via bccks.jp

Posted on July 24, 2010 at 4:35 PM

Finally Japan has affordable BOTH voice and data for under 4000 yen per month

B-Mobile (which uses the best quality network, Docomo) is now offering “talkingSIM”, a voice and data SIM for under 4000 yen per month! Refer to… B-Mobile talkingSIM: BOTH voice and data for under 4000 yen per month Softbank Sucks: July 23, 2010 B-Mobile will add voice service to their data ...

Posted on July 24, 2010 at 4:03 AM

Japan’s first lady poops on the PM

Japan PM’s wife question’s ability of husband to lead in new book TVNZ.co.nz | July 23, 2003 Japan’s first lady has written a book publicly questioning her husband’s ability to lead the country titled What on earth will change in Japan now you are Prime Minister? Naoto Kan became leader ...

Posted on July 23, 2010 at 7:57 AM

Japanese ‘Gals’ march ‘Active in the tampon’

According to the Asahi News (machine translation), “One hundred gal– gyaru fashion girls with matching T-shirts, and paraded in Omotesando, Tokyo for an ‘Active in the tampon‘ march.” 　In the 35C/95F heat, 100 gals assembled at Harajuku bridge for an, “Oh hot,” but energetic pose for the photographers. The march ...

Posted on July 22, 2010 at 6:05 PM

A sumo in MMA for real, finally

Could this be the revenge of the disgraced*, foreign sumo star Asashoryu? Sumo champ Asashoryu starts MMA camp USATODAY.com | July 21, 2010 …. World Victory Road says Asashoryu has started an MMA team for athletes from his native country of Mongolia, according to the Nightmare of Battle. World Victory ...

Posted on July 22, 2010 at 11:06 AM

Japanese girlie group: S/mileage

With a mean age 14.5 years old, the Japanese group “S/mileage” is attracting attention with some amazing panchira (pantie glimpse* ). More amazing was the controversy that S/mileage’s appearance on the “MUSIC JAPAN” show on the staid public broadcaster NHK with their panties in full flash. More info and pix ...

Posted on July 22, 2010 at 9:31 AM