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NHK may charge viewer fees for Internet, smartphone usage

Jun. 15, 2013 - 06:25AM JST ( 72 )

"NHK is going to start charging viewer fees to owners of smartphones, car navigation units, Nintendo DS game units and the like." That's the rumor going around political and broadcast media circles, at any rate. But is there any truth to it? Shukan Taishu (June 24)… Read

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'Abenomics' hitting consumers from all sides

Kuchikomi Jun. 11, 2013 - 06:14AM JST ( 33 Comments )

Is “Abenomics” producing a revival or a bubble? The jury’s still out, and probably will be for some time, but Shukan Post (June 14) fears the worst. It sees prices rising but not salaries. What… Read

Middle-aged males suffering from epidemic of wife-induced disease

Kuchikomi Jun. 07, 2013 - 06:44AM JST ( 144 Comments )

In Japanese, "kogen-byo" is connective tissue disease (previously referred to as collagen disease), and used to describe systemic autoimmune diseases such as lupus. But Japanese males may also be suffering from an outbreak of a… Read

Young workers in Japan - candidates for clinical depression

Kuchikomi Jun. 04, 2013 - 06:48AM JST ( 26 Comments )

Depression. Of course, Japan has its problems, but why should so relatively prosperous, developed and democratic a society be so prone to a malady whose name means misery? How prone is it? There are various… Read

'Abenomics' may result in more workers getting fired

Kuchikomi May. 31, 2013 - 07:20AM JST ( 46 Comments )

What politicians say today might change radically soon afterwards. Take Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who published an article outlining his political visions in last December's monthly Bungei Shunju magazine. In it, recalls Shukan Asahi Geino… Read

Japanese warming up to public showings of erotic 'shunga' prints

Kuchikomi May. 27, 2013 - 06:30AM JST ( 17 Comments )

Japanese erotic prints known as "shunga" -- literally, "spring pictures" -- are described by Tokyo Shimbun (May 1) as "one type of 'ukiyo-e' (floating world picture) that was popular during the Edo era, characterized as… Read

Hashimoto's party 'faces extinction,' some media say

Kuchikomi May. 22, 2013 - 06:55AM JST ( 39 Comments )

Silence and politics don’t mix. Politics is speech – perpetual, ceaseless speech. Small wonder if the tongue slips, or if politicians blurt out more than is good for them. The latest casualty is Nippon Ishin… Read

Parents advised to give the boot to their sponging adult kids

Kuchikomi May. 19, 2013 - 06:00AM JST ( 36 Comments )

Mr A, a 59-year-old employee at a trading firm, resides in Saitama Prefecture. He's the not-so-proud father of three sons, the eldest in his 30s and two others in their 20s. His three progeny neither… Read

Can Tokyo be transformed into a 24-hour city?

Kuchikomi May. 14, 2013 - 07:00AM JST ( 35 Comments )

On April 15 during a visit to New York, Tokyo Gov Naoki Inose remarked that as a tentative first step to transforming Tokyo into a "24-hour city," he hoped to see round-the-clock bus services between… Read

Women have the knives out for their celebrity sisters

Kuchikomi May. 11, 2013 - 06:56AM JST ( 20 Comments )

“Women,” observed Arthur Schopenhauer, “are by nature enemies.” Who cares what a crusty old 19th-century misogynist philosopher said? Shukan Bunshun (May 2-9), for one. The magazine quotes in a lengthy feature titled “Women Hating Women.”… Read

City's poop patrol making slow progress against negligent dog owners

Kuchikomi May. 07, 2013 - 06:45AM JST ( 52 Comments )

In Izumi Sano City, the municipality adjacent to Kansai International Airport, the streets since last September have been patrolled by pairs of elderly men wearing distinctive yellow jumpers. The lettering on their backs reads, "Hochi-fun… Read

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NHK may charge viewer fees for Internet, smartphone usage

'Abenomics' hitting consumers from all sides

Middle-aged males suffering from epidemic of wife-induced disease

Young workers in Japan - candidates for clinical depression

'Abenomics' may result in more workers getting fired

Japanese warming up to public showings of erotic 'shunga' prints

Hashimoto's party 'faces extinction,' some media say

Parents advised to give the boot to their sponging adult kids

Can Tokyo be transformed into a 24-hour city?

Women have the knives out for their celebrity sisters

City's poop patrol making slow progress against negligent dog owners

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