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Japanese Only Take Average 8 Days Of Annual Leave

(via www.alafista.com) 1 day ago

Japanese Only Take Average 8 Days Of Annual Leave

According to a recent survey by Expedia, an Internet-based US travel agency, Japanese workers take the least paid vacation among several countries in the world.

Tags: japan, japanese, people, world, us, women, men, online, list, internet, workers, travel


Super Junior's Hee Chul is Terrified of Women

(via www.allkpop.com) 3 days ago

Super Junior's Hee Chul is Terrified of Women

Super Junior member Hee Chul revealed that when he holds a girl, he gets "extremely nervous and feels like his heart is going to burst." The Super Junior member revealed his fear of women while a love scene with Jung Sun...

Tags: love, girl, women, super junior, s.h.e.


LPGA English speaking Requirements are racist

(via www.channelapa.com) 8 days ago

LPGA English speaking Requirements are racist

Since Golfweek broke the story August 25 about the LPGA requiring English proficiency from its players, reaction has been swift. This was clearly targeting the South Korean players, since there was a mandatory South....

Tags: new, world, korean, korea, asian, american, fans, english, women, international, games, south korea, olympic, money, director, history, global, south korean, game, tour, talks, rights, asian american, increase, golf


Professional Women's Golf: English Only

(via www.asian-nation.org) 11 days ago

Professional Women's Golf: English Only

I presume that most of you have heard about various campaigns aimed at making English the official language of the U.S., or a particular state, or some other entity or institution. In recent decades, such campaigns have ...

Tags: new, chinese, world, korean, 2008, asian, american, english, women, international, asia, foreign, money, language, global, south korean, tour, asian american, test, koreans, golf


300: No, not the movie but pantsus!!!!

(via otakuinternational.com) 12 days ago

300: No, not the movie but pantsus!!!!

Doing my usual web browsing and found this about a man who steals women undergarments, funny stuff. A man in Kagoshima prefecture has been arrested after he had stolen more than 300 pieces of women's undergarments Asahi reports,...

Tags: japan, japanese, man, movie, women, men, female, arrested, funny


Mysterious Grave Robber Steals Ashes from Urns

(via www.tokyomango.com) 13 days ago

Mysterious Grave Robber Steals Ashes from Urns

Every August, millions of Japanese go to their ancestors' graves in honor of the obon holiday, when spirits of the dead are said to come back to earth. It's also one of three major stretches where the whole country ...

Tags: japanese, new, women, wife, mother


Lovieanne Jung wins silver with Women's Softball team

(via www.channelapa.com) 14 days ago

Lovieanne Jung wins silver with Women's Softball team

The USA softball team lost for the first time since 2000 denying them a chance for a fourth straight gold medal. Japanese pitcher Yukiko Ueno, who pitched 21 innings one day earlier, stunned the USA softball team...

Tags: japan, japanese, chinese, 2008, beijing, asian, american, women, games, olympic, olympics, game, mother, gold, filipino, pitcher


The 2008 Olympics: One World, Countless Nightmares

(via www.8asians.com) 14 days ago

The 2008 Olympics:  One World, Countless Nightmares

Okay, so what's the real count during these 08 Olympics? I'm not talking about the medal race between China & the US, or how many golds Michael Phelps has rack up. I'm talking about the count of human rights violations.

Tags: china, people, chinese, world, us, 2008, love, beijing, government, single, media, women, international, president, games, free, foreign, olympics, internet, court, global, rights, game, protest, human rights, trial


Elderly Japan woman slashes passers-by

(via www.reuters.com) 14 days ago

Elderly Japan woman slashes passers-by

A 79-year-old woman slashed two women with a fruit knife near a crowded Tokyo railway station because she wanted police help after running away from a shelter for homeless people, police said on Saturday.

Tags: japan, people, tokyo, police, women, woman, homeless


Filipino women seek Japan's apology for WWII rapes

(via news.yahoo.com) 17 days ago

Filipino women seek Japan's apology for WWII rapes

Two dozen elderly Filipino women and their supporters protested outside the Japanese Embassy in Manila on Friday demanding a clear-cut apology and compensation from Tokyo for wartime sexual slavery.

Tags: japan, japanese, tokyo, women, filipino, manila, apology, compensation, wwii


China is golden in gymnastics

(via www.danwei.org) 18 days ago

China is golden in gymnastics

China claimed four more gold medals yesterday, and most papers chose to feature the women's gymnasts, who won the country its first gold in the women's team event yesterday by beating out the US and Romania.

Tags: china, chinese, world, us, 2008, media, girls, women, series, men, olympic, olympics, art, list, history, gold, photo, heroes


The Chinese Gymnasts: Age Questions Remain

(via www.time.com) 18 days ago

The Chinese Gymnasts: Age Questions Remain

They won the team gold, but the Chinese women have not been able to shake allegations that they are actually just girls

Tags: chinese, girls, women, gold


Are Gymnasts Pushed Too Far?

(via www.time.com) 18 days ago

Are Gymnasts Pushed Too Far?

Key errors ended the U.S. women's team's gold-medal hopes. But injuries and a new scoring system also played a role

Tags: new, women, system, gold


Spanish teams make racist "slant eyes" gestures

(via www.channelapa.com) 18 days ago

Spanish teams make racist

The Spanish men's and women's Olympic basketball team and 2008 Federation Cup Tennis women's team posed for pictures making the ever offensive slate eye gesture.

Tags: china, people, chinese, 2008, beijing, media, women, international, games, men, summer, olympic, olympics, youtube, rain, game, photo, advertisement, basketball, tennis


Enjo kosai - a growing problem in Hong Kong

(via www.japanprobe.com) 19 days ago

Enjo kosai - a growing problem in Hong Kong

A group in Hong Kong claims that young girls in their city are turning to enjo kosai (compensated dating)...

Tags: japan, group, girls, women, hong kong, family, men, money, sex, problem, trade, dating, luxury


BABEWATCH: Xue Chen

(via disgrasian.blogspot.com) 21 days ago

BABEWATCH: Xue Chen

Although we don't count ourselves as beach volleyball fans, NBC has been shoving it down our throats, so if we have to watch it all day long, we'd prefer to look at Xue Chen. Like most women in her profession...

Tags: us, love, fans, women, olympic, beach


GameStop Wants The Girls To Spend The Night With John Madden

(via kotaku.com) 22 days ago

GameStop Wants The Girls To Spend The Night With John Madden

It's Madden Day — and video game retailer GameStop is hoping to soak up some of those "pink ocean" dollars, tapping into what it think is a currently untapped market of women gamers who not only love the Wii, but also love NFL...

Tags: video, love, girls, women, party, free, woman, online, market, cute, female, health, game, fight, photo, wii, video game


Robbers targeting asian women

(via www.angryasianman.com) 22 days ago

Police in Sacramento are warning residents to be on the lookout after a rash of robberies targeting Asian women: Police: Robbers Targeting Asian Women. There have been five attacks since the end of July, all happening between...

Tags: asian, police, women, men, car, warning


Spanish Olympians - More Controversial Photos Uncovered

(via www.asianweek.com) 22 days ago

Spanish Olympians - More Controversial Photos Uncovered

Just one day after the media centered the spotlight on Spain's Olympic men's basketball team and their offensive photo, more photos were discovered and surfaced on Spain's other teams. New additions to the controversy are Spain's...

Tags: new, asian, american, media, women, men, olympic, asian american, photo, basketball, tennis, apology, spotlight


Shout Out: China's Women Gymnasts and Age

(via time-blog.com) 23 days ago

Shout Out: China's Women Gymnasts and Age

As one commenter suggested, I am posting a link to Hannah Beech's excellent piece on the controversy over the possible age violations of China's women, ahem, gymnasts.

Tags: china, women, gymnastics


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