“You can’t lose at Muse” no longer true. Iconic Roppongi club lost in war on dance
Roppongi's iconic dance club, Muse, became the latest victim of the crackdown on illegal dancing when police announced on Sunday morning that it had raided the club and arrested manager…
Prostitution versus “Prostitution” in Japan (REPOSTING)
originally posted on December 18th, 2009 The Japanese law draws the line between legal and illegal sexual services by whether or not the ball makes it into the goal, so…
Toyoda Designs 100% Driverless Car: HARU2001. Self-determining vehicles are the future!
"Nissan, Honda, everybody is designing a self-driving car. We thought, ‘Hey, what if we take out the human component altogether?’ And that’s how we came up with the HARU2001,” Toyoda…
Freelance journalist vs “Nuclear Mafia”: the good guys win…for now
Minoru Tanaka’s story is the story of one man, one journalist. He was sued over one year and half ago for one story he wrote about a shadowy figure in…
Fucked Up Puppy? No, Fukuppy is just a mascot lost in translation. (He’s not from Fukushima either)
The text above Fukuppy, announces that he was born as a corporate character for Fukushima Industries. He introduces himself as "Fukuppy" and says the Japanese equivalent of pleased to meet…
3,300 participate in nuclear evacuation drill in Satsumasendai, 40,000 rally in Tokyo against nuclear power
Over the past weekend, the Japanese government conducted its first major nuclear disaster drill ever since the 3/11 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant triple meltdowns. It was a two-day drill…
Born to run, doomed to stall. Sayonara Speed Tribes documents end of Japan’s motorcycle gangs
Sayonara Speed Tribes focuses on Hazuki Kazuhiro, the former leader of the Narushino Specter Gang. When the film starts, all we know is that he is currently a boxer and…
“Japan needs to put data in English”, says International Atomic Energy Agency
IAEA to work with Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority on Fukushima nuclear disaster monitoring After a meeting held in Tokyo with the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),…
Haruki Murakami Wins The Nobel Prize For Literature!….in Japan. For a few minutes.
It was reported on the evening of October 10th that Japan’s much beloved novelist Haruki Murkami had won the Nobel Prize for Literature on October 10…but this turned out to…