Well, fellows, fans of Japanese girls from old, and the new fans who have since been drawn to the fairer of Japan's sexes by Riyo Mori's recent crowning as the 2007 Miss Universe…one of Japan's hottest has tied the knot.
It didn't, however, keep her from stealing the TV ratings last week.
Either the rest of Japanese […]
Three men, each 22-years old were sentenced to prison, two for nine years, and one for seven years for murdering a student by burying him alive.
The three men unleashed a gang beating on two fellows, over, what else, a woman.
The three clowns then buried one of the men alive at a waste disposal site.
The man […]
Japan's average household income is down to a 17-year low. 56.3% of people surveyed are also saying its making it tough to make ends meet.
In 2005, the average Japanese household brought in 5.64 million ($48Kish depending on the yen rate.)
Some reasons:
1. The number of elderly households with lower incomes
2. Smaller nuclear families.
3. Single-person households were […]
Worse than getting stolen, the thing should never have been made in the first place.
Somebody was surely surprised to find that when they went to take a bath in the million dollar tub at a hotel in Kamogawa, Chiba…the thing was gone!
How in the world do you get anything the size of a tub out […]
We all have to go sometime. But none of us has to hurry the eventual day along.
Japanese live long - 79+ years for men and 84+ years for women. Mean people like my ex-mother-in-law live longer.
I am not sure why.
A quarter of a century ago to two major causes of death in Japan were cerebrovascular […]
I was surprised to find out which countries have the most doctors and which have the fewest…which havethe most hospital beds and which has the fewest.
The countries with the most doctors per 1000 people:
1. Russia - 4.22. Beligum - 3.8
3. Germany - 3.5
4. Switzerland - 3.4
5. Sweden and the Netherlands - 3.1
6. United States […]
The Japanese use seals…not the noisy creatures you find at the wharf or in the zoo…but small, about the size of your pinky, seals, sticks, made from wood or marble with your name in Kanji if you are Japanese, in hiragana or katakana if you are a foreigner and in Romaji if it is official.
At […]
Japanese work long hours. Or more accurately, they spend a long time at the work place. That's another discussion reserved for another post.
In 1993 the Labor Law was revised to establish regulations concerning holidays and time off for Japanese workers.
1. Workers must get one day off each week.
2. After six months at the same company […]
The Japan Mountaineering Association announced that a 71-year old Japanese mountain climber has become the oldest person to reach the 8,850 meter summit of the world's highest mountain.
The 71 years 2 months and 2 day-old Japanese man broke the record of another 70-year old Japanese man.
The man, Yanagisawa, started climbing on April 8th with a […]
Well, we know what a lot of Japanese young couples have been up to last year, now don't we?
For the first time in six years the average number of children per birth giving machine reached 1.31…the highest since 1.32 in 2002.
Junior baby boomers, born between 1971-1974 are given credit for the increase in production, er, […]
