H1N1, e-i-e-i-oh!
“With an oink, oink here. And an oink, oink there. Here an oink, there an oink, Everywhere an oink, oink.” With all due respect to the Japan Pork Producers Association, the real problem is not what...
View ArticleCommon Sense: WTF is that?
Common Sense. Mothers where I come from pound that stuff into their kids’ heads. With a baseball bat if necessary. The Great State of California has strict “child endangerment” laws –...
View ArticleTaco Bell Chihuahua, RIP
Having lived in Tokyo for the past 15 years, I missed the “cute little chihuahua pimps for Americanized Mexican fast food” phenomenon. Living in Tokyo, I also miss Mexican food. Of course, one could...
View Article59 Ways to Tell if You’re a Gaijin, not a Gaikokujin
You call yourself gaijin because you know it pisses off the newbie gaikokujin. You bow repeatedly when talking on the phone. You offer your business card before shaking hands with a visitor from...
View ArticleNoriko Sakai Press Conference Erupts in Chaos
Kanye West, Joe Wilson, Crasher Squirrel, and Serena Williams interrupted Noriko Sakai’s “gomennasai” press conference, which then erupted into chaos. Released on bail, Sakai began her carefully...
View ArticleJapanese “Balloon Boy” Found Safe
Tarao “Tara-chan” Fuguta, the six-year-old boy feared to be aboard a flyaway dorayaki-shaped balloon, was found safe hiding in the attic of the Isono family home in the Asahigaoka area of Tokyo. The...
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