"Jiro Dreams of Sushi" Trailer

Here is the official trailer for the upcoming documentary film entitled "Jiro Dreams of Sushi." This movie is about the world's greatest sushi chef named Jiro Ono. He is the owner of a small sushi shop known throughout the world as "Sukiyabashi Jiro" and located in Tokyo's Ginza subway station. This restaurant is the only sushi shop to ever win a Michelin Guide 3-star award and reservations are made one year in advance. Jiro Ono is recognized by the Japanese government as a living national treasure.


Coming soon: "Jiro Dreams of Sushi"

North Korea's Lee Chun Hee Retires from TV

North Korea's celebrity anchorwoman Lee Chun Hee aka Ri Chun-hee is calling it quits. Well known throughout the world for her devoted and emotional news casts, she is now starting to train younger anchor students. Also known as an "Anchor With An Attitude" and "Pyongyang Lady", she was interviewed by China Central Television (CCTV) in a behind the scenes look inside her studio:



And here she is crying while announcing the deaths of Kim Il Sung in 1994 and Kim Jong Il last year:



See also: North Korean Version of "Take on Me""

Hong Kong Face Slimmer Demo Video

In this short Hong Kong Face Slimmer Demo Video, Hsiao Mi shows how to use this 2-in-1 face-lift and thin neck roller. This manual roller device is much easier to use than the Japanese mouthpiece face slimmer. The mouthpiece model requires one to get into a bathtub, put the slimmer in their mouth and then repeat all of the Japanese vowels "a i u e o" 『あ　い　う　え　お』 over and over for three (3) minutes a day everyday for the rest of one's life.

Nope.

This one is much easier to use.

This hand-held wheel type slimmer doesn't require any talking nor getting into a bathtub as one should just simply roll it around their face for about 10 minutes or so each night. It also costs less and while using it one can relax and watch TV at the same time. Apparently by doing this one can lift up their face and thin out those horrible double chins. Check out how Hsiao Mi starts using it when she says "Look Me":



See more about this product and other beauty products at AmiShophk By Shopping-Cart.Com.HK.


Related: Japan's New WTF "Face Slimmer" Plus Alpha

North Korean Version of "Take on Me"

Unless you've been living in the DPRK, you probably have seen or heard about some kind of strange and funny North Korean videos. Most of the time they feature young kids playing and singing traditional folk tunes or patriotic songs. But now all the way from the Kum Song School in Pyongyang, we have a group of accordion students playing A-Ha's big 80s hit "Take on Me":



This performance is a part of "The Promised Land" project by director and artist Morten Traavik. You can read more about this production at Traavik.info Creative Intelligence Agency and at Barents Spektakel 2012.

UPDATE: Some readers have already written in and Anna from Tokyo wrote: "Didja notice how the phone rang immediately after they finished the song? Probably it was the new Best Kim (aka "The Young-Un" and "Kim Jong Iliberace")



demanding their immediate arrest and incarceration for playing that "foreign devil's music."

We also have an update from the almighty Taro, the lame who says "Japan is always better than Korea! See irrefutable proof":





And, obviously, that is correct as everyone knows that the Japanese are superior to all other humans. But don't forget that Pyongyang North Korea is ‘better’ than Tokyo!

Related:

New North Korean Videos

North Korean TV Segments

Why, China Why? Because China #3

In our first "Because China" post we featured a bulldozer on top of an old apartment building while demolishing it! And our favorite Japan correspondent Mr T replied "Why China"?--This is the way they built it" and cleverly referenced this photo. And that reply did speak volumes.

But now we have another inexplicable "Because China" photo that once again begs the question "Why China, Why?"

.

Any ideas at all are greatly appreciated.

Related: Why, China Why? Because China #2

See more at Because China.