12/25/10

Triumph's 'Welcome To Japan' Bra

Remember the Japanese Solar-Powered Bra and the Japanese Husband Hunting Bra? Or how about the Japanese Hole In One Bra? Well Triumph Japan has done it yet again with their recent release of the all-new "Welcome To Japan" bra:



COME ON DOWN!!!

welcome to japan bra

12/6/10

Banksy: Exit Through The Gift Shop

Now for something completely different - earlier this year, Banksy directed and starred in Exit Through The Gift Shop. A very funny movie about an amateur film maker who attempts to create a documentary about street artists and then, encouraged by Banksy, becomes one himself with some incredible results! Watch this film before it gets taken down. Here is part one:



banksy exit through the gift shop

mr brainwash

12/1/10

TsuShiMaMiRe - "Sex On The Beach"

Here is Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re recently performing "Sex On The Beach" live at The Double Wide Bar in Dallas, Texas:



TsuShiMaMiRe

To find out more about this very popular band, please visit the TsuShiMaMiRe Official Website

11/30/10

New North Korean Videos

In case you missed it, North Korea launched a quite popular Youtube Channel earlier this year. Since then they have uploaded many interesting videos, including this recent one featuring some of the DPRK's very cute and very talented "Genius Kids":

11/26/10

Coming Soon: Battlefield North Korea

Recently filmed in HD, here is a good slow-motion look at Kim Jong Il and his well-dressed military:



Remember: "North Korea is Best Korea"

north korea is best korea

FLASH NEWS UPDATE: The Dear Leader was very recently seen at a soccer match in Pyongyang.

FLASH NEWS UPDATE #2: President Obama was recently injured while playing in a basketball game.

Coincidence?

9/19/10

Tea Party 3D News by NMA.TV

Next Media Animation now brings us another hilarious update on the recent Tea Party primary wins in the US:




christine o'donnell sarah palin

9/14/10

Pedobear Warning by CA Police

pedobear police warning


California Police Issue Real Warning About Satirical Internet Creation Pedobear

pedobear news

In case you’ve been living in an Internet-free cave, Pedobear is a character made popular by the 4chan image forums that is frequently displayed or referenced when someone is being a little too weird about children on the Internet and basically amounts to one big Internet in-joke, in no way supportive of pedophilia. Despite this, California’s San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Department issued a “public safety information bulletin” describing the dangers of Pedobear.

The Californian sheriff’s office didn’t get the memo that the people who make mention of Pedobear are Internet nerds, not actual pedophiles (surely if real pedophiles identified themselves with such a symbol, it would be a godsend to law enforcement.) They released a pamphlet (unintentionally) humorously entitled “A Seemingly Innocent Menace: An Introduction to ‘PEDO BEAR.’” A news station even reported on the “menace” in the segment in the video above.

Continued...

8/21/10

Australian Election Taiwan News CGI Report

Taiwan's Next Media Animation just released this very funny and accurate CGI report on the upcoming election in Australia:



See more at NMA World Edition



8/19/10

North Koreans in Japan - AlJazeera News

Here is a very interesting short news documentary by Al Jazeera English on the North Korean community currently living in Japan:





north koreans in japan

8/2/10

Sarah Palin Taiwan News Update Animation

Well, once again, Taiwan's Next Media Animation has released another hilarious hit with their recent news update on Sarah Palin:




7/5/10

Al Gore Sex Scandal Taiwan News Animation

Remember the Tiger Woods Scandal on Taiwan News, well Taiwan's Next Media Animation has done it again and has brought us another interesting and hilarious animated news story on the recent Al Gore Sex Scandal:

"A masseuse who accused Al Gore of being a "crazed sex poodle" and of groping her in a hotel room is preparing to come forward and sell her story -- for $1 million.

Sources tell Page Six the so-far unidentified Oregon woman is ready to publicly reveal herself and heap more embarrassment on the former vice president in return for a seven-figure media deal. And she intends to use the pants she wore on the night of the alleged incident -- supposedly stained with Gore's DNA and stored in a bank safety-deposit box -- as evidence against Gore, who recently split with wife Tipper."





6/21/10

Chinese World Cup Models

China didn't qualify for the World Cup, but instead has provided us with these fully-approved and official "substitutes":



chinese world cup soccer model

See more at 世界杯32强超级诱惑人体彩绘_网易体育论坛

6/9/10

YES WE KAN!

Well, now that Naoto Kan is Japan's new prime minister, there are already some encouraging new items coming up here:

yes we kan

yes we kan

yes we kan

See more t-shirts, sweatshirts, coffee mugs, iPod cases and other "YES WE KAN!" swag at:

【菅直人】YES WE KAN::オリジナルTシャツプリント - クラブT

5/27/10

Current TV: Captive in North Korea

Via Current TV

March 20, 2010

Here is Laura Ling's account of how she and Euna Lee were captured in North Korea in March 2009:

5/23/10

Bush 'W' Film Posters - US vs Japan

Bush 'W' Film Posters - US vs Japan

Recently, I stumbled across these US and Japan movie promo posters for Oliver Stone's film "W". Notice the 'subtle' differences: The Japanese version says "The most famous president in the world is also the loneliest man in the world." Also the the 'KY' indicates "Kutsu Yoge" man or someone always putting their shoe in it regardless of being an idiot. Obviously, this is also a little pun relating to the Bush Shoe Throwing Incident

Also, don't miss North Korea's Fuck George Bush Fucking USA Video

5/21/10

Japanese Breaking Up is Not So Hard To Do

Recently, I went to an old, long-term Japanese friend's wedding and it was really something else! It included a party of over 200 people, wine from the bubble era of the late '80s/early '90s, some well-known Japanese TV celebrities and far too much gourmet food. Indeed, it was quite a wonderful and rare occasion to behold, especially right here in Tokyo.

However, believe it or not, Japan's current marriage rate has recently declined to 5.8 per 1,000 people. This negative trend has spun off such inventions like Japanese Web Sex Technology, and the Japanese Husband Hunting Bra, the Tokyo Love Doll Call Girl Service, as well as i-doloids! Love Dolls for Japan and the rest of the world - the Playboy mag for LOVE DOLLS! Yes, folks, its all too true here in Japan's Adult Toys Robot Nation.

So what the flock of seagulls could possibly be causing all of this? Well, one big reason can be seen in the now very popular 'wakaresase-ya' or the 'breakup service industry':




Sex, lies and splitting up

May 10, 2010

Via Times Online

By Richard Lloyd Parry

"Until the unexpected phone call comes and she learns the breathtaking truth, Rika Suzuki will remember it as a night of fun and excitement in a cheerless and humdrum life. It began with an invitation from a young female friend, Kaori, whom she’d met by chance a few weeks earlier. A group of friends were going out for the evening and, unexpectedly, Rika — 40, and unhappily married — was invited to join them.

They met in one of Tokyo’s smartest restaurants; the beer and saké flowed. Kaori’s friends were flatteringly interested in her, none more so than a man of her own age named Osamu Ota, a successful businessman with a droll and confident charm. When the bar at which they ended up closed for the night, it was Osamu who suggested that they all take a room in an hotel so that the party could continue. And as the others said their goodbyes several hours later, it was he and Rika (not her real name) who were left behind.

The photographs taken the morning after tell the story of what happened next: the discarded clothes and screwed up tissues and Rika, looking bashful but happy, sitting among the churned up sheets of the hotel bed. “These are her earrings on the bedside table, and that’s her belt,” says Ota, who is showing me the photographs. “And these . . . bodily liquids on the sheet — well, these are the proof of what happened.”

In other circumstances, this would be unsavoury, but predictable, sexual bragging. But Rika was the victim, not of a straightforward womaniser, but something more chilling: a meticulously planned professional sting operation.

Everyone involved in that wild evening — from the young “friend” who invited her, to the guests in the restaurant — was an actor, an employee of an agency that specialises in sexual entrapment. The chance meeting with “Kaori” weeks before, the dinner invitation and the act of seduction were commissioned and paid for by someone Rika has never met — the lover of her husband, a woman who yearns for the failure of Rika’s marriage.

The whole thing was masterminded by Mr “Ota” — real name Osamu Tomiya — a member of a peculiarly Japanese profession, part-private investigator, part-prostitute, known as wakaresase-ya — the “splitter-uppers”.
"

Continued...

5/8/10

Tokyo Koenji Street Show 2010 Video

From Lazysupper - here is a brief but very amusing video of the recent Koenji Street Show 2010 filmed nearby in West Tokyo:

4/25/10

Tenniscoats Live in Ebisu, Tokyo

Here is Tenniscoats performing "Baibaba Bimba" live in one of their recent Take Away shows:



Directed by Colin Solal Cardo
Sounds & Mix by François Clos
Produced by Chryde for La Blogotheque

24 February 2010
Ebisu, Tokyo, Japan

Read more about the making of this video: Tenniscoats LA BLOGOTEQUE (French)

See more about the Tenniscoats (Japanese/English)

3/14/10

Left My Heart in Tokyo

Here is "Left My Heart in Tokyo" by Mini Viva
This debut single from last year was very popular and charted well in Europe. Their new album is due out any day now. See more at Viva Mini Viva

mini viva

3/13/10

Kim Jong Il Party Photo

Despite the current economic downturn, and millions of starving North Koreans, KCNA recently released this party photo of the "Dear Leader":

kim jong il party photo

See more recent photos of the "Dear Leader" at On the Spot with Kim Jong-il


And don't forget to check out the Kim Jong Il 'The Dear Leader' Video

3/1/10

Merepeoples - "Sherman"

One of the hottest Japanese alternative rock bands going now, here is the Merepeoples and their newly released "Sherman" video:




Merpeoples bewitch; The Party's . . . party

merepeoples

Sex and magic served up by two new Japanese girl bands

By SIMON BARTZ

Friday, Feb. 26, 2010

Via Japan Times

Four cute young women clad in ghostly white robes prance around in a forest holding twigs: No, it's not an outtake from the classic 1973 pagan spookfest "The Wicker Man." Yes, it is the excellent video for the Merpeoples' spankingly sublime song "Sherman."

Singer/guitarist Charlotte and drummer Rico must be the star pupils in their art-school class, as Merpeoples — completed by keyboardist Sayaka and bassist Ikuko — made the video themselves.

"Sherman," boasting a hypnotic but spiky guitar lick, is the catchiest song you'll hear this year and deserves to be a staple hit on all indie dancefloors. Like most of Merpeoples' eponymous debut album — released Feb. 17 — "Sherman" is dreamy pop melded to post-punk guitar riffage, but the band aren't afraid to experiment, and on the track "Midara na Story" ("Dirty Story") Sayaka's ivory-tinkling conjures up an exotic buzz — like the music from a James Bond scene in a souk.

Shame they spelled "Sherman" wrong.

"You mean it's S-H-A-M-A-N?" asks Charlotte.

I'm afraid so. Sherman is an old U.S. tank. I didn't see a tank in the video.
"Thanks, but on the CD it's in katakana, so it's OK," Charlotte says (she got her nickname 'cos a friend said that in profile she looks like Charlotte Gainsbourg).

Continued...

2/28/10

Japan CNN TV Tsunami Warning

Here is the current Japan CNN TV Tsunami Warning:



NHK TV in Japan is now in multilingual emergency broadcast mode repeating updated information and warnings for everyone to evacuate the coastlines.

Japan sees first tsunami waves from Chile quake

February 28, 2010

Via CNN

(CNN) -- Tsunamis from the deadly 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Chile rippled across the Japanese coast Sunday, appearing to get taller with every wave.

The first one, a 4-inch wave, hit Minami Torishima, according to the Japanese meteorological agency. Minami Torishima is a small island in the Pacific Ocean.

A few more waves later, the tallest one yet at about 4 feet hit the Kuji Port in Hokkaido, the meteorological agency said.

Tens of thousands of residents evacuated Sunday morning from coastal Japan in anticipation of a possible tsunami after the earthquake. Authorities urged evacuees to stay away because a second and third round of waves could gain strength.

The northern part of the main island could be hit by a tsunami at least 9 feet high, according to the meteorological agency.

Sunday's alert was Japan's first major tsunami warning in more than 15 years, the agency reported. In 1960, a tsunami spawned by Chile's 1960 earthquake killed 140 people in Japan.

Continued...

2/15/10

Tiger Escapes Tokyo Ueno Zoo!

Here is a recent Japanese TV news clip of a tiger that escaped the Tokyo Ueno Zoo:

1/29/10

New Japanese Office - Toilet Paper Recycler

Via DigInfo News

January 29, 2010

"At Eco-Products 2009, Oriental Co., Ltd. exhibited a revolutionary recycling machine called White Goat, which makes toilet paper from shredded paper."

"White Goat won a top prize at the Monozukuri Nippon awards. It has patents pending, and Oriental is getting ready to release it in summer 2010."




office paper to toilet paper recycler

1/24/10

Japanese TV 'Glee' With Akebono

Via New York Magazine and Youtube

1/20/10

By Adam K. Raymond

"Glee is about to make its debut in Japan and just like Americans, the Japanese make promos in anticipation of such events. But Americans don't make promos like this. Featuring two adorably fat sumo wrestling tweens, retired sumo great Akebono and a cast of fly girls, this promo should result in Super Bowl level ratings. As Akebono would say, "So fun, so Fox!"

Here are two trailers for the upcoming Japanese TV version of this show:



1/15/10

Tokyo Auto Salon 2010 New Models

Yesterday the Tokyo Auto Salon was held in Makuhari Messe, Chiba. In case you missed it, here are a few clips of some of the featured new car models via Youtube:







Also don't miss the Japanese Models @ Tokyo Auto Salon 2009

japanese model at tokyo auto salon 2010

Chinese Police Cancel Mr. Gay China Pageant

Here's yet another incident showing the lack of human rights in China:

Gay pageant 'cancelled by police' in China

mr gay china pageant canceled by chinese police

Via BBC News and Youtube
15 January 2010

"A Chinese gay pageant, said to be the first held in the country, was ordered by police to close an hour before opening, organisers say.

The Mr Gay China event was thought to mark a new openness toward the gay community in China.

Organisers said police informed them it could not go ahead because they had not applied "according to the procedures".

Homosexuality was illegal in China until 1997, and officials described it as a mental illness until 2001.

The event's organiser, Ben Zhang, said he had been hoping the event would mark another step towards greater awareness of gay people in China."

Continued...

1/11/10

China's Glamor Bar Foreign Girls Video

By Jerry Leo

Via Vimeo



"From a few years ago, the Glamor bar began to recruit foreign young girls from Africa and Eastern European. Have these foreign girls to be proud of this bar, and they become their business signs. Many of the local guests came to the Glamor bar just for "looking for different beauty"

Glamor in China from Jerry Leo on Vimeo.




china glamor bar Foreign Girls video

1/8/10

Chinese Convict 'Leaving Fear Behind' Tibetan Producer

Via Boing Boing and Blip.tv

January 6, 2010

"Reports are circulating today that Tibetan filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen has been sentenced to six years in prison by the Chinese government for having produced "Leaving Fear Behind" a film about the plight of Tibetan refugees."

Below is a part of the film:

1/4/10

Evil Pongi is such a TWIT(ter)

Oh No! The world wide web just got a little more evil with yet another re-emergence of Hollywood's #1 Celebrity Cult Leader:

Evil Pongi on Twitter

Not recommended for young children and/or the faint of heart, but one can follow 'Mr. Entertainment' on Twitter.

1/3/10

Official Movie Trailer: Final Fantasy XIII

Just released on January 1, 2010 via Youtube, here is the official eye-popping movie trailer:




final fantasy 13


This Japanese movie (with English subtitles) is now exclusively available at Final Fantasy XIII Utima