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2/17/16

Virgin Mice Science Research In Japan

In a new study from Japan, results have shown that virgin mice preferred watching mice fight videos and receiving morphine injections rather than watching mice erotica and mice sniffing videos. The research was done by Japanese scientists Shigeru Watanabe from Keio University, Kazutaka Shinozuka with the RIKEN Brain Science Institute and Takefumi Kikusui from Azabu University and was published in the scientific journal "Animal Cognition."

Virgin mice prefer watching fight videos to sex... by tomonewsus

Although Japan does not have a big drug problem, this study may partly explain why violent anime is so popular in Japan and all over the world. It may also partially reveal why many young Japanese men and women are not interested in sex these days.

About this study, Barbara Kenig at the University of Zurich in Switzerland told New Scientist: "There is a debate over whether time spent with a specific cue is a good proxy for preference. Mice might just need longer to gain information on whether the objects signal any kind of danger."

1/10/16

Live In Nagoya: "Crunch"

Here is an up and coming Japanese new wave pop group known as Crunch (Noriyo Hotta, vocals/guitar; Reina Kawagoe backing vocals/bass; Yoshiko Jinno drums) performing their short, airy and melancholy song entitled "Blue" live at K.D Japon:

Lyrics

I have been searching something in all my life, with hollow in my mind. I would be swallowed by the deepest blue as soon as looking into it

I always pretend to be not interested in, even if I expected to. apart from touch by anyone.

Are you kidding? Actually you are so wired.

It is so free as lonesome, beacuse I can decide anything. I have nostalgia for inconvenience caused by being with someone together.

In the city of night where many lights are together I used to be tearing at somewhere, it blinked, It's　translucent days.

I was stranger there, Nothing left but to go home and sleep. It is same about a future I hope or a future you won't hope.

It is so free as lonesome, beacuse I can decide anything. I have nostalgia for inconvenience caused by being with someone together.

It is so free as lonesome, this feeling with transparency. I was waiting in sun shower, but that guys were in sunlight.

一生かかっても埋まらないから探し続けている　覗きこんだそばから吸い込まれそう　どこまでも深い青

期待しててもいつも知らん顔　誰にも触れられないように実は理不尽なのは君の方　まるで子供みたいに

寂しいくらいに自由に　何もかもを決められるから誰かが居る不自由さを　今は懐かしく思うよ

無数の光の粒ひしめき合う夜の町の中でどこかで泣いてるあの頃瞬く　半透明な日々

良く知らない子たちと遊んだ　あとは帰って眠るだけ私の望む未来も　きっと　君が望まない未来も

寂しいくらいに自由さ　何もかもを決められるなら誰かが居る不自由さを　今は懐かしく思うよ

寂しいくらいに自由で　透き通るこの気持ち天気雨の中を待っていた　あの人は陽射しの中

Posted by Crunch Nagoya on Tuesday, November 26, 2013

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10/11/13

"Fukuppy" Fukushima's New Corporate Character

In an effort to alleviate the fear of Fukushima's ongoing nuclear disaster and food safety, the Fukushima Industries Corporation (a refrigerator/freezer manufacturer) has recently unveiled an all-new corporate character named "Fukuppy":

On the introduction page for this character it begins with this question and answer:

Q. Where were you born Fukuppy?

A. I was born in a Fukushima refrigerator.

The character also states that it is not yet a male or female because it is still an egg (with wings). It goes on to explain that it enjoys eating alot of food and is always on patrol and checking out the quality of meat, fish and vegetables in all new refrigerators. Also, to be fair, most likely, the Japanese pronunciation of this new oddity is "FOO-KU-PEA" or 「ふくっぴ」. And perhaps the logic behind this is that by putting a raw egg in one's refrigerator, somehow it will then indicate if any food has become irradiated. Mmmkkaaaayy...

Related:

Japanese Pluto-kun Your Plutonium Friend!

News Documentary on Food Safety in Japan

9/8/13

Vice Japan's "Korean Poo" Show Upsets Koreans

Via 3Yen News Japan September 8, 2013

In a recent Vice Japan episode, investigative reporter Yuka Uchida traveled to Seoul to visit Dr. Lee Chang Soo a traditional Korean medicine doctor in order to try human feces wine or "Ttongsul" (똥술) which has been used for medicinal purposes for centuries. According to Uchida, Dr. Soo is one of the last Korean physicians who prescribes and makes Korean Poo wine for his patients.

This episode also includes a visit to the Toilet Culture Park in Suwon. This unusual public garden/museum includes many amusing statues and ancient toilets from centuries ago. It is explained how servants would use these hand-held scoops to collect the King's feces. Once done, the first servant would test the odor and the second servant would also smell it and even eat some of the King's shit in order to get a more accurate health level! This was done despite not knowing exactly what healthy excrement was supposed to taste like. (?) O_O

Next up is Mr. Toilet House. Included here is a collection of mini statues of human beings squatted down in the process of practicing the ancient Korean tradition of outdoor defecation. Three of the statues are reported to be of the Buddha, Eve, and Jesus himself!

So to summarize, we have an "investigative reporter" who said "it was hard to find reliable information online". Also, with no fact checking at all, she claimed that Dr. Soo is "one of the last Korean physicians who prescribes and makes Korean Poo wine for his patients." And, according to the Toilet Culture Park manager, long ago, servants would sniff and taste samples of Korean Kings' excrement even though it was not known what healthy feces should taste like.

Riiiiiiiiiigghhtt!

(Does anyone want to buy a river-front condo inside the DMZ?)

NOPE!

Yuka then gets a call from the good Doctor saying that his bowel movement brew was now ready. Can Yuka drink it? Let's see how that goes:

Well, the broadcast of this episode on Chosun TV stirred up quite a shit storm of negative reactions and anger from some Korean viewers according to Kotaku. Is anyone surprised by that?

See also:

Poop steak, from Japan of course

White is Beautiful: Japanese beauty with bird poop powder

Japanese Bikini Girls Playing in Shit

WTF Japan: TOTO's Toilet Poop Bike

The great Golden Turd of Tokyo

8/6/13

A Beautiful Birthday Present From Julie Watai

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Released earlier today, on her birthday, here is an exceptionally beautiful fine art photograph by Japan's one and only Julie Watai. The model is Hanami-chan and this was taken at the studio of sculptor/designer Kaz Asada in Osaka, Japan.

Thank you for this wonderful gift Julie! Happy Birthday! お誕生日おめでとうございます!!

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mishmash*Julie Watai Featured on TiVo

8/2/13

Hamish & Andy 'Ultimate Japanese Wingman'

Last month, Australia's dynamic comedy duo Hamish and Andy filmed some of episode three of their popular TV show "Hamish & Andy's Asia Gap Year" in downtown Shibuya, Tokyo. A segment of that third chapter is entitled "Ultimate Japanese Wingman" in which Hamish tries his best to find a new girlfriend for his buddy Andy. This hilarious skit starts out simple and cute but then snowballs right over the top!

7/16/13

Flawed Fukushima Fruit & Vegetables w/ Radiation

Fresh Fukushima Fruit & Vegetables w/ Radiation

Two-Headed Corn

Via MSN Now July 15, 2013

Recent photos from a Korean website of many irradiated and malformed fruit and vegetables from Fukushima, Japan have gone viral and are now being reported by mainstream news entities. And these are not pretty pictures, indeed:

Deformed Peaches

Hand-Shaped Radish

Giant Cabbages

More photos...

Related:

Fukushima Deformed Baby Rabbit w/ No Ears

News Documentary on Food Safety in Japan

5/13/13

Kraftwerk Live in Tokyo May 13, 2013

Photo courtesy of Udo Artists News.

Last night Germany's legendary electronic music group Kraftwerk performed their sixth of eight shows at Tokyo's Akasaka Blitz. Their setlist included their eighth studio album "Computer World" which was first released in May 1981. Many believe this to be Kraftwerk's peak period. Kraftwerk is one of the first groups to popularize electronic music and are considered pioneers in the field. Below is a video from last night's performance of their 1974 worldwide hit "Autobahn":

Video courtesy of Peter Jacobs.

Related:

Kraftwerk Live in Tokyo @ NO NUKES

4/3/13

Cute Japanese Girl Screaming Racism & Hatred

Is Japan a racist country?

Is this typical behavior among Japanese girls nowadays?

What is the difference between this video and Medama Sensei's "Racism in Japan" videos?

This very unusual and shocking video was filmed just the other day in front of Tsuruhashi 鶴橋 station in Osaka, Japan. In this we see a young and cute (?) Japanese girl destroying all the myths about her by shouting explicit racism and hatred against Korean people living in that area. She actually yells "We will start the Tsuruhashi Massacre like the Nanking Massacre!" Believe it or not, this kind of protest is legal and not uncommon in Japan, but seeing this done by a young middle school girl is quite rare, indeed. It makes us wonder if her parents are aware of this or not. OK, one last question:

Could this legally happen in the USA? Discuss.

Related:

Is Japan a Racist Country?

Update on "Racism in Japan" Video by Medama Sensei

3/27/13

News Documentary on Food Safety in Japan

Two years after the March 11, 2011 nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan The New York Times has published a short news documentary entitled "In Japan, a Portrait of Mistrust" by Itai Keshet. In this he reports on some cases of public mistrust, fear and suspicion about the levels of radiation in food. Since the exact amount of radiation that was leaked from the Fukushima power plants has not yet been fully disclosed, various Japanese people express concern about the safety of food and where they live. In Japanese with English subtitles.

Related:

Forever Alone in The Nuke Zone of Fukushima 2013

Fukushima Housewife's Story of Nuclear Meltdown

1991 GE Tokyo Electric Power TV Commercial

Japan's Chim↑Pom‬ 'Super Rats' Attack Tokyo

3/12/13

Forever Alone in The Nuke Zone of Fukushima 2013

Recently produced by Vice Media Japan, here is a very chilling short documentary on two Fukushima farmers who, in the face of high levels of radioactivity, are still bravely working their desolate farms and feeding their animals. One farmer, Naoto Matsumura, is still living within the 20 kilometer evacuation zone in Tomioka. Another farmer, Kenji Hasegawa, had to evacuate his town of Iitate and now lives in temporary housing. Together they tell some very somber tales of the nuclear accident, TEPCO's lies, their separated families and Japanese government failures two years after the disasters of March 11, 2011.

See also:

Fukushima Housewife's Story of Nuclear Meltdown

Kraftwerk Live in Tokyo @ NO NUKES

2/26/13

Update on "Racism in Japan" Video by Medama Sensei

Today Medama Sensei aka. "Miki Dezaki" released a follow up video to his controversial "Racism in Japan" clip of his classroom lesson about Japanese discrimination. After that class, his students were enlightened, there were no complaints from anyone and the vice principal of his school even said that he wished more students could have attended Dezaki's lesson.

“The reaction was so positive,” he said. "These kids have heard the stories of their parents being discriminated against by the mainland Japanese. They know this stuff. But the funny thing is that they weren’t making the connection that that was discrimination.”

But when he uploaded that lesson as a video to Youtube last week, it turned more than a few heads and generated a very negative backlash from some right-wing, racist Japanese netizens known as the "netouyu" or "nettouyoku" (ネット右翼) who even sent him death threats:

“I recently made a video about Racism in Japan, and am currently getting bombarded with some pretty harsh, irrational comments from Japanese people who think I am purposefully attacking Japan,” [snip]

"If I should have anticipated something, I should have anticipated the netouyu,” said Dezaki.

Here is Dezaki's original "Racism in Japan" video:

And here is today's release "Racism in Japan Part 2":

The netouyu created quite a stir by hacking into Dezaki's social networks and then by contacting his previous employers, local politicians and Okinawa’s board of education and complained about Dezaki's video through numerous telephone calls. This reaction also earned him a write up featured in the Washington Post. Dezaki is an American English teacher in Okinawa who previously gained some notoriety with his other videos entitled “What Americans think of Japan”, "Sh*t Japanese Girls Say", "Hitchhiking Okinawa" and "Being Gay in Japan".

Be sure to see more of Mike Dezaki's interesting videos here.

Related:

Is Japan a Racist Country?

Is China A Racist Country?

WTF KFC Japan Sells Chicken w/ Watermelon?

2/20/13

Coming Soon: Heaven on Earth in Japan

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Via National Geographic Photo by Diane Cook and Len Jenshel

Here is a very beautiful photo of some Cherry Blossom trees in full bloom at Hirano Shrine in Kyoto. It's breathtaking scenes like this one that can make one really believe that Japan changes into a spectacular "Heaven on Earth" landscape during Springtime. This photo is featured in National Geographic's "Night Gardens" photo gallery.

Related:

Japanese Cherry Blossoms at Himeji Castle

Japanese Cherry Blossoms Near Mt. Fuji

1/27/13

Wakakusayama Mountain Burning Nara, Japan

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Here is a beautiful photo of the Wakakusayama Mountain Burning in Nara, Japan during the festival known as Yamayaki (山焼き literally "mountain roast" or "prescribed burn"). This festival is held on the fourth Saturday of every January. It begins with a fireworks display and then the dead grass of the mountain is burned. Folklore has it that this tradition is done as a territorial dispute and to kill all of the wild boars or pests in the mountains. Photo taken with a Sony RX100 by deepfriday.

See also:

Japanese Cherry Blossoms Near Mt. Fuji

Arashiyama Bamboo Forest Kyoto, Japan

1/23/13

Fukushima Housewife's Story of Nuclear Meltdown

Via Energy News January 23rd 2013

In a chilling testimony, the wife of a Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant worker, Takumi Takano, tells us about the meltdown, the hardships her family had to go through and the many Japanese government failures that followed. Knowing beforehand about the impending disaster, her husband evacuated their family from their Tomioka home just nine kilometers from the power plants on March 11, 2011. They all escaped to southerly Saitama Prefecture and then later on moved back to Koriyama, Fukushima.

"The day of the quake he told us right away that we should evacuate. My 80 y/o father lived close by. So we escaped together to the south. My husband said the wind was blowing north. He knew even before the government announced. When we were on the run he said the plant would melt down."

In this exclusive and very personal account of the Fukushima collapse, Takano blames the Japanese government for "lying to us from the get-go." Spoken in Japanese with English subtitles:

Related:

Kraftwerk Live in Tokyo @ NO NUKES

Japanese Government & TEPCO Have Lied & Failed

PBS Documentary "Nuclear Aftershocks"

1/20/13

Tommy Lee "Net Alien" Jones Returns to Japan!

Last year we thought that Tommy Lee Jones had done his final Japanese TV commercial for Suntory's Boss Coffee. But, now, SURPRISE! We were wrong and Tommy Lee "Net Alien" Jones has returned to Japan to star in this new funny WTF Japan Boss coffee commercial!

In this chapter of the ongoing seven-year saga, TLJ is working as a pizza delivery guy slowly flying through the neighborhood. He finds the apartment for the pizza delivery with his super human night-vision eyesight. Then suddenly Tommy Lee gets spotted by a guy (comedian Hiroki Konno) with a digital camera who just took a video of him in action. Then that video of TLJ as the flying "Space Alien Pizza Delivery Guy" gets uploaded to Youtube. The video goes viral and becomes very popular in Japan and then the rest of the world.

A few days later, Tommy Lee is going on another delivery and he's followed by a crowd of netizens with smartphones and cameras ready! The "Space Alien Pizza Delivery Guy" then tries to frighten the crowd but it doesn't work and they say "ooooh" and "aaaah". The rest of the commercial features a popular "Handstand Cat" so check it out!

Related:

Tommy Lee Jones Acts Like a Boss for Suntory

Tommy Lee "Space Alien" Jones in Outer Space

1/16/13

Ichiro Suzuki Begins Spring Training

Via The Washington Post January 15, 2013

Not wasting any time, Ichiro Suzuki has started this new year off with early spring training in Kobe, Japan. Last year he was traded to the New York Yankees and batted .322 with five homers, 27 RBIs and 14 steals. Prior to being traded he was batting .261 with the Seattle Mariners. This jump in performance helped earn him a new $13 million, two-year contract with the Yankees.

“Signing with the Yankees has given me a new sense of determination,” the 39-year-old outfielder said Tuesday after a workout in Kobe. “This is a unique team, a team that can have a player like Alex Rodriguez as a pinch hitter is special and to be part of that is exciting.”

This season could be another All-Star performance for the 10-time Golden Glove outfielder.

12/26/12

Hot Japanese Model Mitsu Dan in Sexy Promo

Via Rocket News 24 December 26, 2012

Last week the very hot Japanese model Mitsu Dan engaged in a super sexy promotion of the DVD release of "Safe House" or "Dangerous Run デンジャラス・ラン" (Japanese title) at the Hotel Ibis in Roppongi, Tokyo. During her promo appearance, Dan called herself “Dangerous Dan” and answered some "dangerous" questions in like fashion. On which movie star would she like to have a date with she replied “I’d like to make out with Ryan Reynolds while being spanked by Denzel Washington.” And in case you may now be somewhat interested in this promiscuous promoter, she is currently starring in the Japanese film entitled "Be My Slave" or 私の奴隷になりなさい in which she plays the role of an office lady (OL) turned sex slave. Here is the official Japanese trailer for this film:

12/18/12

Japan's Recent Election by NMA.TV

On Sunday Shinzo Abe and his Liberal Democratic Party ~~butt~~ buddies defeated the previous Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda of the Democratic Party of Japan. Mr. Pooper is now Japan's seventh prime minister in the past six years. Abe was forced to resign the leadership back in 2008 from a bowel illness caused by ulcers. Well now he is back. But just before the election Taiwan's NMA.TV weighed in once again with their hilarious look at the matchup between Abe and Noda:

See also:

Australian Election Taiwan News CGI Report

12/17/12