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The most impressive part of Onam celebration is the grand feast called Onasadya, prepared on Thiruonam. It is a nine course meal consisting of 11 to 13 essential dishes.
Onam is the biggest and t…

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Hiromi Nishiuchi – Miss Air Guitar + Muscles = Lingerie Image Girl

Hiromi Nishiuchi has graduated moved on from being Miss Air Guitar champ to being Triumph International Japan’s new image girl.
Nishiuchi is the 17th such girl for the company.
Nishiuchi won the…

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Posted by Bill Belew on August 18th, 2010 in asia | Comments Off

Video Game Market reaches $5.5 billion in ’06

Japan's consumer video game hardware and software market grew by 37.6% in 2006 to more than 625 billion yen. ($5.5 billion).
Hardware sales were up 59.%. Nintendo Co.'s sales to people who pre…

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Posted by Bill Belew on August 18th, 2010 in Japan | Comments Off

Question # 25 Will I be able to study Japanese when I teach ESL in Japan?

Will I be able to study Japanese when I teach ESL in Japan?
Absolutely. The ESL teacher is totally immersed in the culture…or at least should be.
Granted…your students want to learn Engli…

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Posted by Bill Belew on August 18th, 2010 in Japan | Comments Off

Honda Will Export Mexico-Made SUVs to North America

Honda Motor Co. will being exporting SUVs made at its Mexican plant to Brazil and Argentina early next year.
After that, Honda wants to make its Mexican plant an export base of CR-V SUV shipments to N…

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Posted by Bill Belew on August 18th, 2010 in asia | Comments Off

Gold-Plated “Saint Seiya’ Action Figures for Y15,000

Bandai Co. will sell gold-plated limited-edition action figures of the lead character in the "Saint Seiya" animated television show next year, March.
Pegasus Seiya will stand 17cm (7")…

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Posted by Bill Belew on August 18th, 2010 in Japanese Products | Comments Off

80+% of High School Seniors have job offers

Not everyone in Japan plans to go on to university. Japanese companies seem happy to give them a place to go. Japan needs workers.
For the fourth year in a row Japan’s high school seniors have s…

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Posted by Bill Belew on August 18th, 2010 in Japan | Comments Off

Humanoids Do Dishes, Serve Tea

Humanoids are serving tea and washing dishes…and the best part, though slower than a human, says a professor of Tokyo University, "You don't have to say thank you. You don't have to…

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Posted by Bill Belew on August 18th, 2010 in Japanese Products | Comments Off

The Most Expensive Toy in Japan – $41,468

And you thought the Play Station 3 was overpriced.
How about a "Gundam Fixed Platinum?"
Japan's Ginza Tanaka and toymaker Bandai Co. unveiled a miniature of Japan's famous animated r…

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Posted by Bill Belew on August 18th, 2010 in Japanese Products | Comments Off

American Pervert Gets Ad Placed in Japanese Newspaper

He’s English, he’s a man, and he’s in Osaka….and he almost always makes me laugh.
His choices for topics also serve as good commentary on how things Japanese.
The Englishman ca…

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