Posts Tagged ‘Doing Business with Japan’

Kanamara Fertility Festival – Pix

There’s a small shrine in Kawasaki that hosts the Kanamara Fertility Festival.
Yup…that kind of fertility…huge phallus portable shrines carried around by…well, anyone willing t…

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Posted by Bill on August 20th, 2010 in Japan | Comments Off

Cyber Crimes Involving Minors Soar!

More people with access to the Internet means more crime.
It is indeed a sad fact of life that the more opportunities there are for the bad guys the more activities there are that follow.
Japan had a …

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Posted by Bill on August 1st, 2010 in Japan | Comments Off

Toyota Philippines Hires Stripper for Personal Touch

Toyota Motor Corp. started a program for Toyota Philippines employees called the “Personal Touch.”
The program is aimed at appeasing Philippine workers in hopes that they won’t try t…

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Posted by Bill on April 23rd, 2010 in Japan | Comments Off

Japanese Tourist Gets Bested by Philippine Sex Worker

Sex worker is a euphemism for prostitute.
But it shouldn’t stop you from messing with prostitutes in the Philippines or their neighbors.
A 25-year old Japanese man learned the hard way.
After he…

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Posted by Bill on October 10th, 2008 in Japan | Comments Off

Greenpeace Ship Demands Permission to Dock in Tokyo

Wouldn’t ‘demand permission’ be a sort of oxymoron?  How can someone demand permission? Demand entrance…ask for permission…maybe.
The Dutch-flagged Esperanza of Greenpea…

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Posted by Bill on October 6th, 2008 in Japan | Comments Off

Foreign Interns Exploited

I used to befriend quite a few young Chinese workers who were in Japan as trainees/interns learning the ropes of Japanese companies.
A half dozen or more (both sexes) would be forced to live in a 2 be…

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Posted by Bill on October 3rd, 2008 in Japan | Comments Off

Four Finned Dolphin Found by Japanese Fisherman

Japanese researchers are saying that they have more proof of evolution.
Fisherman off the coast of Wakayama Prefecture found a dolphin with four fins.
The extra pair are said to be the size of a huma…

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Posted by Bill on October 3rd, 2008 in Japan | Comments Off

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 asia | Comments Off