Posted in: Japanese samurai 'randoseru' backpack lets you carry bushido spirit with you wherever you go See in context
This may make the kids bully each other and may drown in the river.
Reading book is more important.
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Posted in: What do you think of airline food? Has it improved much over the past few years? See in context
British Airways - muffins and beans for the lunch
So no need to feel down on JAL or ANA.
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Posted in: Toxic work environments in Japan: What to do if you find yourself in one See in context
Not just in Japan, even in Western countries, there's toxic environment. The reason Japan has negative sides on this is because Japan is overall a very exiciting, interesting and popular country in the world. Anyway, here are some big issues at work.
Bully and Harassment
Unfair Schedule
Gaslighting
Politics/Bribery within team
Plotting or secretly scheming
Snitch, People Pleaser, Double Crosser
False Attribution, Willful IgnoranceAll these can be unfair dismissal and if any one is brave enough to be whistleblower, he must sacrifice his job and make a new life somewhere else.
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Posted in: Face sleeping cushion See in context
This kind of "Only in Japan" ideas wouldn't work in this new generation but sure it would be in the 50s to even mid 90s.
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Posted in: Don't text while walking See in context
Don't walk while texting would better stop them.
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Posted in: 33 changed gender in Japan without surgery after 2023 court ruling See in context
On the left hand side there is female toilet and Gentlemen is on the right. So they go left or right?
Wouldn't it traumatize the kids?
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Posted in: The Japanese airport that says it never loses a bag See in context
For those who claimed they lost the baggage, any proof?
Anyone can say that, even my 3 yr old niece.
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Posted in: A man's world: Japan makes tepid push on gender gap in politics as election nears See in context
Who makes coffee and who carry heavy boxes at your workplace? There you go, the gender issues!
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Posted in: Is that a public toilet or a performing arts hall? In Tokyo, you never know See in context
All it needs is a squat, a clean squat.
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Posted in: 42-year-old woman arrested for kidnapping teenage boy after taking him to hotel See in context
Not much info, it could be just anything. Anyone can be suspicious on case like this, even a boy.
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Posted in: Japanese woman likely swindled out of ¥100 mil in marriage scam See in context
I really don't understand how these marriage scam easily works.
Are people really that desperate to tie the knot without any feelings or physical involved but stupid enough to give away cash to the strangers?
Or is it revenge from either of the side by the involvement of third person?
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Posted in: What's your idea of Japanese comfort food? See in context
Nobody mentioned Onigiri :(
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Posted in: Subway manners See in context
The two most bad things in Japan train are Chikan and drunken salarymen swearing. Others are not much problem if compared to UK and US.
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Posted in: Japanese research society probes mysteries of laughter See in context
Japanese young girls often make that nasty laugh when they are in group. They do it when they see a foreigner. Last time happened to me just outside the backstage when I went to see the band "Envy"
When they are alone, they try to hide themselves walking with their head down with their noisy froggy feet.
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Posted in: Hello Hallyu: Why is South Korean culture sweeping the globe? See in context
I used to watch lot of Korean movies back in 2010s and they have got really amazing thrillers and in other genre as well. However, after around 2015, they haven't produced good Korean films, only about 1 or 2 (Out of 100 over) are good every year.
Most of those amazing actors who became popular during Hallyu are now getting older and the younger ones try their best but something is off, probably the real character looks and style, aura I guess. They are usually in dramas who get hugely popular among Kdrama fans but Korean movies have gone low.
The last Korean movie that I think was good is The Man Standing Next (2020) and highly anticipated for movie "Hope" next year.
As for Korean music, their ballad rock and Indie genre are good but KPop, sorry!
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Posted in: What do you think of the names that Japanese automakers give to their cars? See in context
Why can't simple names by year like
City car = City 2025
Adventure car = Trek 2025 / Trek 2025 E (extra)
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Posted in: What do you think of the names that Japanese automakers give to their cars? See in context
Aygo, Qashqai and Yaris
How did these names even come up?
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Posted in: After 21 years, Harajuku’s famous Lolita fashion and cosplay shop is permanently closing See in context
Visual-kei genre disappeared. So will this lolita fashion.
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Posted in: Veteran editor asks, 'Where have all the book readers gone?' See in context
It won't be gone like the typewriters, floppy disk but it will be comeback like the vinyl.
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Posted in: Netflix series explores women's dreams in the body-slamming world of Japanese pro wrestling See in context
This one they were expecting huge hit like another Japanese drama "Sanctuary" on Netflix but no Japanese dramas have surpassed "The Naked Director"
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Posted in: Pizza Hut Japan creates 'landmine' pizza to celebrate Japan’s dark 'jirai-kei' fashion See in context
The one that looks gross is going to be delicious. Example - Natto!
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Posted in: 7-Eleven owner confirms new takeover offer from Couche-Tard See in context
I will stop going there. So will many Asians. Company will collapse before another handover.
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Posted in: Rice price See in context
Indian Premium Basmati Rice Tilda Brand £40 for 20 kg (that's yen 7500 only)
Japanese 20 kg Nishiki (yen 10,500) and Koshihikari (yen 12,000)
Nepalese Pure Village 20kg Rice (yen 5500)
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Posted in: Osaka zookeeper caught stealing chimpanzees’ food See in context
Ooh! Ooh! Aah! Aah!
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Posted in: Japan's troubled craft industry pins hopes on 'Japonisme' reboot See in context
At age 35 over, i still stuck at collecting Doraemon plush.
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Posted in: Late French actor Alain Delon was like a 'god' in Japan See in context
But why Japanese women never seem to like their own macho handsome actors like Mifune, Sonny Chiba, Tomisaburo Wakayama???
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Posted in: Delon's dog saved from euthanasia, Bardot Foundation says See in context
If buried, it's possible after few years, chance to be side by side coffin but with cremation, it's gone.
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Posted in: There's no reason to avoid seed oils and plenty of reasons to eat them See in context
Mustard oil is banned in the West but widely used in SouthEast Asian countries for cooking, hair and body.
Rapeseed, Avocado oil are getting popular in Europe.
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Posted in: What do you think are some of the strangest music group or band names ever? See in context
B'z
Number Girl
Ogre You As*hole
Thee Michelle Gun Elephant
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Posted in: Why do you think some Olympic gold medal winners bite their medals while on the podium? See in context
Showing off is an universal tradition.
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Posted in: 'Birupaku' turns vacant spaces into unique lodgings in central Japan
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Posted in: Japan top destination for Chinese during Lunar New Year holidays
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