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I'm worried that the overweight will be shunned in the workplace and these new rules will make no one want to hire them.
What do you think about the false accusation of groping against men on trains? "I was molested by perverts on a train when I was a primary school student." |
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Death rate high for Mainichi employees
China boom helps Tokyo homeless
Is a China-free diet possible in Japan?
Fuji TV panics over announcer's future
Ministry squabbles overshadow collision
Love hotels target women
Softbank discount for Koreans backfires
| Put your money under your futon |
| Pros and cons of online matchmaking |
| Japan's new, improved diplomacy |
| Tokyo professionals - recession proof? |
| Petsitters lend helping hand |  |
| Japan's love affair with all that blooms | |
| 'Yasukuni' director feels heat | |
| MLB popularity at all-time high |
| A life in the day of a clown |  |
| Once upon a Times Square | |
| All in a night's work for Eiko Koike | |
| Nicole Kidman having a big year |
 | Anyone for tea Melon Tea Pot |  |
| Karaoke mic for MP3 players LAT-PKARA01, Logitec | |
| Wireless access point for gaming devices CG-WLGAP01, Corega |
| Discreet elegance Chieko Ino, Akris Japan Ltd |  |
| A world of culinary delights Kozo Hasegawa, Global-Dining, Inc | |
| Redefining the hotel business Lothar R Pehl, Starwood Hotels Japan Co |
| One version of the American dream Jilted in San Francisco |  |
| Re-examining history yet again From Marco Polo Bridge to Pearl Harbor | |
| Unlocking the imagination Visions of delight |
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No goodies for Miura, says Saipan jailer
Japanese businessman Kazuyoshi Miura, 60, currently jailed in Saipan, awaiting possible extradition to Los Angeles, received a small disappointment this week when attorney William Fitzgerald, a member of his defense team, was prohibited from presenting Miura with a box of Japanese sembei (rice crackers). Miura was detained at Saipan airport on Feb 22. Los Angeles authorities allege Miura conspired to murder his wife Kazumi in November 1981 by feigning an armed robbery, during which she was ...
Premature death rate high for Mainichi employees
Journalists working in war zones and dictatorships put their lives on the line. In Japan, at peace and nominally democratic, the stakes are rather lower. Not as low as might be supposed, however. The premature death rate among the allegedly overworked and underpaid employees of the major daily newspaper Mainichi Shimbun is shockingly high, reports Shukan Shincho (March 6). It is conspicuously higher than rates at other newspapers, according to the Mainichi employees’ union ...
China's economic boom mean iPods and leather jackets for Tokyo's homeless
It’s a good time to be homeless in Japan, Tokyo Sports (Feb 27) finds. Why? Because of this summer’s Beijing Olympics. What’s the connection? The Olympics are feeding a Chinese building boom. The building boom has created a demand for metal. The price of metal is surging. Among the beneficiaries are collectors of metal trash — aluminum cans and so forth. This is a prime occupation of Japanese homeless people. We’re seeing in consequence, Tokyo Sports ...
Is a China-free diet possible in Japan?
Japan’s single biggest news story since the beginning of February has been the ongoing revelations of pesticide-laced frozen gyoza (dumplings) from China and the repercussions thereof.Japan only produces 39% of its total food requirements, and as long as this high dependency on food imports continues, concerns are likely to persist over whether imports can be made to meet even minimal sanitation and safety requirements.So where does this leave the average person? Is it possible, at the ...
Five years on, Roppongi Hills hollowing out
“Over the weekend, I dropped in on Roppongi Hills and found myself in for a surprise,” writes a reporter for evening tabloid Nikkan Gendai (Feb 13). “After watching a movie, we went to grab a bite, and the restaurant where we planned to eat was closed! There was a sign out front explaining that it was ‘Closed for Renewal.’ The pricey Coach and Versace boutiques, at some point, had also been closed.”This coming April 25 will mark the 5th anniversary of ...
Emergency medical system on brink of collapse
Don’t get sick or injured in Japan. Doctors may be skilled, medical technology is state of the art, and national health insurance coverage is relatively comprehensive — but anyone who’s been following the news lately knows the fly in the ointment: the ambulance carrying you may not find a hospital willing or able to admit you until it’s too late. “Decidedly,” says Weekly Playboy (Feb 11), “Japan’s emergency medicine system is on the brink of ...
Shinjuku cops roust 'otaku' to boost sagging arrest stats
“The places you’re most like to get stopped and questioned are by the east exit of Shinjuku Station, around the Sakuraya Hobby-kan, or at the west exit, over by the Yodobashi Camera Game-Hobby shop,” the young man tells Weekly Playboy (Feb 4).He’s referring to “shokumu shitsumon” or “shoku-shitsu” – the Japanese term for ex-officio questioning, which typically involves a policeman’s halting a citizen for impromptu questioning, and ...
What irritates people the most
“Do you find yourself getting irritated a lot lately?” Spa! (Jan 22) asks 200 male and female company employees. “Yes,” say 69.5% — 65 men and 74 women. Well, naturally. Daily life is an irritating game, and we’ve no choice but to play it. High technology smoothes some of the bumps, only to raise others of its own. Ask rats in a maze if they get irritated, and you’d probably get a similar percentage of affirmative replies. The surprise ...
Visitors to Beijing Olympics warned to be on their guard
Barely into 2008, Japan’s TV networks are abuzz with things Chinese, with a plethora of programs featuring spectacular scenery, exotic locales, colorfully clad minorities and, everywhere, friendly citizens spouting “Huanying, huanying” (welcome) to foreign tourists.The reason for this emphasis on amicability, of course, is China’s hosting of the 2008 summer Olympics.Far be it from Weekly Playboy (Jan 21) to rain on China’s parade. But forewarned is forearmed, as ...
Stimulants now drug of choice
Does Japan have a drug problem? Shukan Taishu (Dec 31) fears it does — a rapidly growing one. Drug use, the magazine claims, is spreading far beyond its traditional sphere in the entertainment world, tempting children as young as the early teens and — more surprisingly, perhaps — a rising number of housewives. Maybe entertainers are setting the example. Everything they do is news, and when people like singer Akira Akasaka, formerly of the pop group Hikaru Genji, and ...
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