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Internet videos empowering right-wing activist group

May. 24, 2012 - 07:00AM JST ( 21 )

Last autumn, South Korean actress Kim Tae Hee, 32, starred in her first Japanese drama, a light romantic comedy on Fuji TV and affiliates, titled "Boku to Star no 99 Nichi." Kim played opposite Japanese leading man Hidetoshi Nishijima. Kim was subsequently recruited to appear in… Read

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If you want a child, do it before you're 30, says leading obstetrician

Kuchikomi Apr. 16, 2012 - 06:15AM JST ( 145 Comments )

When entertainers speak, the world listens, and one message they’re delivering lately is profoundly disturbing to at least one leading obstetrician – namely, that giving birth relatively late in life is okay. It’s not, Kyoto… Read

Hashimoto's school for aspiring politicians starts with fervor

Kuchikomi Apr. 09, 2012 - 06:22AM JST ( 14 Comments )

On March 24 in Osaka, there occurred a mass gathering that, to Shukan Shincho (April 5), was difficult at first glance to classify. The many young men in sober business suits made it look like… Read

Megasolar rush a band-aid on a bullet hole

Kuchikomi Apr. 06, 2012 - 06:07AM JST ( 33 Comments )

While an unseasonably chilly spring lingers over Japan, summer is only a few months away. With the nation's 54 nuclear power generators shut down for safety inspections -- or over concerns of their ability to… Read

Diet fads come and go, but few last long

Kuchikomi Mar. 30, 2012 - 11:43PM JST ( 30 Comments )

In 2008, a program about dieting broadcast on the TBS network and affiliates introduced the "Banana Breakfast Diet." Eating the yellow fruit in the morning, the producers claimed, would cause the body to burn off… Read

Corporate in-house jocks now seen as a liability

Kuchikomi Mar. 27, 2012 - 05:33AM JST ( 11 Comments )

"The 'tai'ikukai-kei' staff have the mental fortitude to hold up in tough situations," a company personnel manager informs Nikkan Gendai (March 20). "Tai'ikukai-kei" refers to those who spent their university years building up relationships through… Read

Osaka mayor, Yomiuri boss trade dictator insults

Kuchikomi Mar. 23, 2012 - 11:09PM JST ( 20 Comments )

Who’s more of a Nazi, Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto or Tsuneo Watanabe, chairman of The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings? “He reminds me of Hitler,” Watanabe wrote of Hashimoto in the April issue of the monthly Bungei… Read

Realtors have hard time renting stigmatized properties

Kuchikomi Mar. 20, 2012 - 06:19AM JST ( 48 Comments )

The month of March marks the end of the academic and fiscal years in Japan. And because is the busiest time of the year for hiring of new workers, job transfers, school matriculation and others,… Read

Marusa tax investigators leave no stone unturned

Kuchikomi Mar. 16, 2012 - 06:33AM JST ( 8 Comments )

The term "Marusa," meaning the investigation division of Japan's National Tax Agency, was popularized by Juzo Itami's brilliant 1987 comedy "Marusa no Onna" (A Taxing Woman), about a female investigator who doggedly pursued the operator… Read

Japan's 10 most intractable problems

Kuchikomi Mar. 13, 2012 - 06:21AM JST ( 56 Comments )

Everybody knows Japan is in crisis. The biggest problems it faces – sinking economy, aging society, sinking birthrate, radiation, unpopular and seemingly powerless government – present an overwhelming challenge and possibly an existential threat. Less… Read

Retailers report surging demand for disaster and emergency goods

Kuchikomi Mar. 08, 2012 - 06:30AM JST ( 17 Comments )

According to an article in the Yomiuri Shimbun on Jan 23, seismologists at the University of Tokyo have ratcheted up the possibility of the Kanto area being struck by a large earthquake. These data have… Read

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