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jpn_guy, hats off to you. You could have made the explanation shorter by pointing out the fact that Strangerland simply got 提案 and 提供 confused which led to the cringe-worthy argument above.

Well there we go then. Case closed.

"But what abou-"

CASE. CLOSED.

There are a lot of NHK bill collector videos in Japanese on youtube.

Haha yeah I love those videos. There are some good joke/parody ones too.

Also speaking of youtube, Tachibana-san (立花孝志) has some good videos. He does some great bear knuckle phone arguments with NHK people.

stories about collectors gone mad, trying to push in the door etc

Really? You mean like trying to force entry into someone's home? I heard that collectors are absolutely not allowed to enter houses for fear of being accused of doing something where there are no witnesses. For that reason even if you say, "I don't have a TV, come in and you can see for yourself" they can only refuse.

 incompetant translator

*incompetent

I love the way how the Japanese media makes it look like Japan drinks everybody's milkshake at the Olympics. If Japan wins it's all you see on the news, and if they lose... here's footage of yesterdays gold medal!

The last time I went abroad I remember turning the sports news on and seeing Japanese athletes that neither my Japanese wife nor I had ever seen before on Japanese TV - it was then that I realized how awful Japanese media coverage of sport is.

Didn't see that one coming. Seriously though, Japan has built and owns one of the world's deadliest submarines, they may as well square out their fleet with a "not-built-as-an-aircraft-carrier-just-converted-to-one-later" ships.

Love Star Wars but totally not excited about episode 8... there I said it.

I think BeerDeliveryGuy beat me to it. These boats have been drifting ashore for years now. It's funny the media has only just decided to start making them into news now.

My Japanese wife told me she regularly worked with human bodies when she was at university studying medicine over 10 years ago. I guess she must have been in the minority.

All legitimate examples and loving everyone's comments. But out of interest, have people experienced things like these in other parts of Japan (not Tokyo)? I never saw this side of Japanese people until I moved to Tokyo.

Very true Stangerland. I guess it's just me being a bit of a pedant. The depth and method of inking 入れ墨/刺青 is different from tattoos - but you're right - to the average peson the end result looks the same.

"traditional Japanese irezumi (tattoo)"

Maybe it's beside the point of the article but does the author of this realize that irezumi is NOT the Japanese word for tattoo. They're two different things, that's why there's a katakana word for tattoo.

Makes you wonder how many of those "Teacher A hit student B" news stories actually happened like this. If this teacher had lost it and cracked the kid, would we even be seeing the video? Or would it be another "teacher A hit student B" story where everyone pipes up in the comment section saying things like "grrr, if I was there I'd have kicked that bully teacher".

This sounds like another Premium Friday-esque way of improving the Japanese work culture: exactly 3 companies do it about twice and then we never hear about it again.

Plan to kick back at home...drink a few beers

Livin' the dream bruh. Livin' the dream. I'll be doing that in my head while riding a jam-packed shinkansen to my wife's jikka tomorrow.

Eesh tough crowd. Bad examples on my part lol. But you get what I mean.

cucashopboy - haha I see. Construction companies use a formula based on the chance of earthquakes occurring in an area when they construct buildings to decide how "earthquake-proof" to make the building. You could make a building earthquake/typhoon/mudslide/whatever-proof anywhere if you wanted to, but that would put the final price up so companies build houses that are resilient to whatever natural disasters are likely to occur in the area. It wouldn't make sense to have an earthquake-proof house in Okinawa anymore than it would to have a typhoon proof house in Hokkaido after all.

Was it really necessary for people to vote Ron's comment down?

Buildings in Kyushu aren't as tough against earthquakes as other areas in Japan where earthquakes are more common. Let's hope that everyone is safe.

"Case closed. Good job boys." "But what abou-" "CASE, CLOSED."

Someone needs to call Rex Banner - there's a guy who's not afraid to rock the boat.

@Sabrage

Haha I almost spewed coffee all over my keyboard when I read that. Thanks.

@Jalpeno

She's one of the girls from AKB48. Someone else will have to give you her name though.

Who noticed that the guy is wearing mask? Hands up. MAN CARD REVOKED.

Hey this picture must've been taken from near my office...

You can't have any fun anymore can you.

I wonder if she blames Japan’s high incidence of gastric cancer on foreign foods too?

When a Japanese friend asks if you have as many mascots in your country and you’re just like, “Ugh. No. No we don’t. Next question.”

Another hilarious version (groan).

Oh but, "Justin Bieber said on his Twitter that he liked PPAP, so that means it's a massive worldwide hit" - said every Japanese TV channel.

Suicides? Not at all, those are merely 人身事故, an "accident resulting in injury or death." Also, I don't think my morning train has ever been on time.

Personally I use my computer for gaming, but most PC gamers build their own rigs from individual parts so I suppose we don't contribute to sales of computer units.