Posts Tagged ‘Doing Business in Japan’

Studying in Japan (part 2)

Japan has seen a huge increase in international students (+54% ) since 1998. And yet, thanks to a declining Japanese population, the odds for first year students to enroll in a Japanese university are…

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Posted by Terya on December 13th, 2008 in All about Japan, Doing Business in Japan, East Asia, Japan, asia, business | No Comments

Married Couple’s Sex Video Posted on Web Site Worth 200 Million

Sex is the biggest money maker on the Net. People will pay for it. People will also do anything to get money from it.

A married couple, 38 and 32-years old set up a web site in July 2000. On the site…

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Posted by Bill on October 10th, 2008 in All about Japan, Japan | No Comments

Jr. High School Sues Policeman for 5.6 Million Yen

A junior high school girl is suing the Saga Prefecture (state) for 5.6 million yen ($45,000) for damages.
The girl says she developed post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after the policeman treated …

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Posted by Bill on October 1st, 2008 in All about Japan | No Comments

Blue’s Clues Courts Hello Kitty – Paris Hilton, Mariah Carey, Briteny Spears to tag along?

Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Product’s Blue is courting Sanrio Company’s Hello Kitty.
Sanrio director of and general manager said, “We are well poised to establish Blue as one o…

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Posted by Bill on October 1st, 2008 in All about Japan | No Comments

Love Confession Services a Hit in Japan

The shy Japanese man (and that’s most of them) who cannot muster up enough courage to tell the girl of his dreams that, well, she is the girl of his dreams can hire someone to do it for him.
The…

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Posted by Bill on October 1st, 2008 in All about Japan | No Comments

New Imperial Baby Boom

Japanese business leaders think that the first baby boy born into the Imperial family in 40 years could give a multi-billion dollar boost to the economy.
One economist says, “The birth is expect…

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Posted by Bill on October 1st, 2008 in All about Japan, Japan | No Comments

Japan’s Sexiest New Star – Hello Kitty

To get a fashion spread in Japanese Vogue, indeed the model must be very sexy.
Cute will do, too.
Hello Kitty will model the latest autumn and winter designs by John Galliano for Dior.
The squatty cre…

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Posted by Bill on September 30th, 2008 in All about Japan | No Comments

The Business of Selling Naked Women Filmed in Japan

Apparently it’s good business.
All you need is someone female to work in cahoots with.
Apparently when a women hides a camera in gym changing room or at the health spa, she raises little suspici…

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Posted by Bill on September 28th, 2008 in Japan | No Comments

A Toilet Window and Adult DVDs Worth $185K

Only waste goes into the toilet.
What could a thief expect to gain by climbing through a toilet window? More waste?
Appartenly a burglar pried the bars apart on the windows to a toilet, climbed throug…

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Posted by Bill on September 28th, 2008 in Japan | No Comments

Nike T-shirt and German Sex Slaves

A 40-year old woman didn’t know the slogan on her t-shirt had a sexual innuendo until a professor from her tourism group told her wrongly. He also managed to persuade her to change it.
The T-shi…

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Posted by Bill on September 27th, 2008 in All about Japan | No Comments