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Top anti-drink cop caught drunk driving

(via www.japundit.com) 11 hours ago

Top anti-drink cop caught drunk driving

A senior Tokyo police official tasked with keeping the city's roads clear of drunk drivers has been arrested for driving under the influence.

Tags: tokyo, police, arrested, car


Thank You Singapore

(via www.dannychoo.com) 15 hours ago

Thank You Singapore

Just about to get on a plane back to Tokyo and would like to say a big thank you to the folks in Singapore for their great food and warm hospitality.

Tags: japan, tokyo, group, free, food, photo, probe, singapore


Youtube Live Tokyo 2008

(via www.japanprobe.com) 2 days ago

Youtube Live Tokyo 2008

Here's a Japan first: Youtube is hosting a big concert on Sunday at Studio Coast in Tokyo in conjunction with the main Youtube event going on at the same time in San Francisco.

Tags: japan, tokyo, 2008, song, album, american, girl, live, blog, couple, boy, youtube, concert, band, train, mobile, celebrities, boa


Trashy news from Japan

(via www.japanprobe.com) 2 days ago

Trashy news from Japan

A few trash-related news stories from Japan:nThe first is a video from a Washington Post article about Tokyo's Toshima Incineration Plant, which takes 300 tons of garbage a day turns it into electricity...

Tags: japan, japanese, tokyo, video, korean, us, government, director, deal, water, rights, overseas, prison, human rights, cooperation


More Japanese taking overseas vacations due to stronger yen

(via www.channelnewsasia.com) 2 days ago

More Japanese taking overseas vacations due to stronger yen

TOKYO : The volatile stock market and a strong yen may be hurting Japanese companies which are largely export-driven. But there are some businesses trying to take advantage of the strong Japanese currency.

Tags: japanese, tokyo, market, overseas


Ishigaki Yuma Arrested in Bar Brawl

(via www.japan-zone.com) 3 days ago

Ishigaki Yuma Arrested in Bar Brawl

It was revealed yesterday that actor Ishigaki Yuma (26) was recently arrested for assault and interference with a police officer in the execution of his duties.

Tags: tokyo, police, actor, arrested, fight, execution


Man visits suicide forest, returns unharmed

(via www.tokyomango.com) 4 days ago

Man visits suicide forest, returns unharmed

If you ever spent summers in Tokyo watching those freaky psychic ghost shows, you know about Jukai, or the suicide-inducing forest at the foot of Mt. Fuji.

Tags: japanese, world, tokyo, 2008, man, life, popular, style, blog, couple, parents, suicide


Runway show flaunts sex appeal of adult diapers

(via www.tokyomango.com) 5 days ago

Runway show flaunts sex appeal of adult diapers

Adult diapers can be sexy. This runway show held in Tokyo in September is proof that an aging population yields an entirely new sense of fashion. A quote from a 26-year old spectator...

Tags: japan, new, tokyo, 2008, show, asia, fashion, sexy, sex, population


Tokyo pictures 2008 - People

(via www.japundit.com) 5 days ago

Part of an ongoing series of photo subjects in Tokyo by Héctor García.

Tags: people, tokyo, 2008, series, photo


Silicon Valley in Tokyo

(via www.dannychoo.com) 5 days ago

Silicon Valley in Tokyo

Included in the photo is Joi Ito (CEO of Creative Commons and board member of a zillion other web properties - check his LinkedIn), Andrew Huang (Vice President Hardware Engineering at Chumby), Ellen Levy (Vice President, Corporate...

Tags: japan, new, tokyo, video, us, love, tv, girls, live, website, free, food, president, performance, director, dance, internet, deal, project, photo, cover, talks, otaku, development, probe


Tranquil time in Tokyo

(via www.kirainet.com) 6 days ago

Tranquil time in Tokyo

One of the best things I like about Tokyo is that, even though it is one of the most populated cities in the world, if you walk away five minutes from any train station you can find places that metaphorically...

Tags: japan, world, tokyo, series, asia, woman, train, probe, nintendo, village


Widow of 'Japan's Schindler' Sugihara remembered

(via www.japundit.com) 6 days ago

Relatives, friends and diplomats attended a memorial service Sunday in Tokyo for Yukiko Sugihara, the widow of Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara, who helped save thousands of Jews from Nazi persecution.

Tags: japan, japanese, tokyo


82-year-old woman turned away by five hospitals dies

(via search.japantimes.co.jp) 6 days ago

82-year-old woman turned away by five hospitals dies

FUKUSHIMA (Kyodo) A doctor in the house?: Page 3 (Kyodo) An 82-year-old woman died in a hospital in February after being refused admission by five other hospitals in Fukushima Prefecture, a local fire department said Friday.

Tags: japan, tokyo, woman, fire, google, birth, pregnant


Missing Japanese painting found in Korean museum

(via www.japanprobe.com) 6 days ago

Missing Japanese painting found in Korean museum

A painting by Japanese artist Ryohei Koiso that has been missing since 1935 was found in Korea:nJapan's Tokyo Shimbun said Friday that Ryohei Koiso's painting depicting a woman with a Japanese coiffeur was found...

Tags: japan, japanese, tokyo, korean, korea, woman, artist, artists, collection, museum, army, painting


McDonald's Trying to Trick Japanese People into Eating its Burgers

(via eastwindupchronicle.com) 8 days ago

McDonald's Trying to Trick Japanese People into Eating its Burgers

Interesting idea here — a no brand McDonalds in Tokyo called "Quarter Pounder." The menu is minimalist, offering just a double and single quarter pounders with friends and a coke. Hmm…where have I seen this before?

Tags: japanese, people, tokyo, korea, single, food


McDonalds Japan Goes No-Brand with Quarter Pounder Shops

(via www.japundit.com) 8 days ago

No clowns, no shakes, no golden arches. McDonalds Japan is testing the waters of no-brand marketing with newly opened Quarter Pounder stores in Tokyo.

Tags: japan, tokyo, mcdonalds


Yon-Sama (Bae Yong Joon)

(via japanvisitor.blogspot.co...) 9 days ago

Yon-Sama (Bae Yong Joon)

Bae Yong Joon, or more commonly known as Yon-sama to his fans in Japan, is the Korean mega-star who makes middle-aged Japanese women dizzy with desire. He featured in several films and television drams in Korea prior to...

Tags: japan, japanese, new, tokyo, korean, korea, man, star, fans, police, women, drama, book, list, seoul, female, global, dvd, yahoo, aid, dating, flickr


Japan is No. 1 in warehouse sex!

(via news.3yen.com) 9 days ago

Japan is No. 1 in warehouse sex!

Perhaps my drinking buddy Rob Pongi wanted to brag to me about the last party he held at his home here in Tokyo when he sent me this hot link today…

Tags: japan, tokyo, 2008, home, women, party, men, record, sex, weird


Tokyo Triptych - Bong Joon-ho

(via www.japundit.com) 10 days ago

Tokyo Triptych - Bong Joon-ho

This movie(s) was an entrant in the recent Taiwan Film Festival - I'm in quite hurry at the moment and cant write much more - sorry

Tags: tokyo, movie, film, festival, taiwan, film festival


Flower Auction Japan

(via japanvisitor.blogspot.co...) 10 days ago

Flower Auction Japan

Flowers, more flowers, and things you hardly even realized were flowers. The Flower Auction Japan, in Tokyo, is a veritable zoo of all things floral. It is also features a constant human hubbub of visitors and buyers, milling...

Tags: japan, japanese, tokyo, english, website, style, business, market, book, list, language, yahoo, aid, dating, photography, zoo


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