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No government would pay that much a ransom for an ordinary citizen, that's for sure.

What's going on?

Here in the Philippines, we've had several reports of abandoned babies and fetuses the past few days...

Humanity is going downhill.

LoveUSA: That shows us the demographics of JapanToday visitors.

IvanCoughalot: Takako Uehara's still hot as hell. That's saying enough.

Their songs do bring back memories from the good old 90s...

It's an uphill battle for them now, times have changed and the JPop scene is not what it used to be. They really have to strategize if they want to regain their teenage-days popularity.

TOKYOGAS: That is the most brilliant solution to this issue.

That will bring those proud-ass organizers back to reality; after all, competitive eating (no matter how weird that sounds) would not be as popular as it is now without that thin Japanese guy who can eat tons of hotdogs.

No matter how they put it, Kobayashi is the face of competitive eating.

PUKEY2: Competitive eating is not an issue of world hunger or starvation; it's like football and the scarcity of grassland. But Kobayashi serving as hunger ambassador would probably be an ironic but perhaps effective campaign.

18? Child?

On second thought, this is Japan...

Nakama had a tan for an au by KDDI summer campaign...

Dang, hot hot hot.

Because of TRICK, I am no longer fooled by magicians!

If Yukie Nakama looks sinister, Erika Sawajiri is the Devil!

I became a big fan because unlike most J-actresses who can only be either cute or bloody melodramatic, this girl is convincingly versatile...Ring 0. TRICK. Gokusen. G@me. Shinobi. Mr.Brain (episode 6, which justifies her looking evil).

Quite a long way from her 90s idol days.

Oh, boy... I miss the 90s.

NEOJAMAL: SPEED is back together again.

SARGE: I concur entirely.

NETREK: This is the only divorce I fully supported! Watch the video and you'll see two substantial reasons!

I agree with some views here that instead of outsourcing nurses with exceedingly stringent restrictions, Japan should start aggressively promoting nursing to the younger generation.

I study Japanese at leisure, so I can't really say for sure how long it would take me to reach a specific level. Filipinos have a natural talent for languages -- most of us use English, Filipino, and their local dialect, so learning another language is a cinch.

So for us, the main barrier to the language requirement is the timeframe. Exposure is the best, and only, way to learn and master a language. Kanji is pretty easy to remember, and personally, it's much more efficient to read than kana.

THAT IS SCORCHING HOT.

Lucky bastard, her soon-to-be ex-husband... it would have been definitely good while it lasted for him.

bicultural: Maybe she wants to flaunt her acquired 'accent'.

I cropped the clothes on Photoshop...

Boy, are those the prettiest faces ever.

2 cups of rice please!

Kill those fashion designers!

Why, when Japan has been touted a fashion capital, do they still make their celebrities wear the tackiest things in the entire universe?

The women don't look happy at all!

N3312: I suggest we crop the picture and leave their heads.

I hope to see a real Jurassic Park before I die.

We better give these scientists a pay raise.

Japanese schoolgirls are cool because they discovered the secret to raising the hems of their skirts, something that has never been seen in any other country.

And let's face it, innocent, sweet-looking girls are hotter than skanky ones, right?

LostinNagoya:

How can you be so sure that taiko666 doesn't own an iPhone?

Stop guessing as well.

Of course you know this means WAR.

I predict massive bug issues with Adobe CS6 for Mac.

Dammit, that's just smug.

Flash may die out someday, but Apple will have to battle it out with Google soon.

stevecpfc: You probably haven't heard her sing.

She might not be Mariah Carey, but her voice is as smooth and as cool as Haagen-Dasz.

Saori Hara is not chubby. Watch her videos.

JUNNAMA: I'm sure Aya Ueto is as 100% woman as a woman can be.

But I'd like to have a tangible proof, like yeah, a gravure photobook.

No, Ueto hasn't done gravure yet... She has released photobooks, but none in bikini so far, dammit. She does seem to have a really nice figure, though.

If you want the pinnacle of gravure photobooks, it would either be those of Takako Uehara or Erika Sawajiri.

Maria Ozawa can have all the support she needs from me!

Becky is like Hello Kitty, a divider rather than a uniter. You either adore her cheerfulness, or despise her elfin manners.

Becky, by the way, is the direct opposite of Erika Sawajiri. Just saying.

I forgot to say: Thank you, Takano Yuri.

typo: 'kicked off' was what I meant.

Well, what do you know... Just as I was typing this, there's an ad below for a Men's Cosmetic Concealer Stick.

Wasn't Gackt the one who kicked of the bishounen trend?

At least it's good that he sees the folly of the growing number of effeminate men.