NagoyaOya said...

NagoyaOya at 10:18 AM JST - 23rd October

Hmm, why is it messing up the URL like that? It's glaywinthe_day.shtml. And if that one gets messed up to, you can always find the story in the Japan Zone entertainment news section.

Posted in Court rules in favor of rock band GLAY over copyright ownership at 10:18 AM JST - 23rd October
NagoyaOya at 10:16 AM JST - 23rd October

http://www.japan-zone.com/news/2009/10/23/glaywinthe_day.shtml

Posted in Court rules in favor of rock band GLAY over copyright ownership at 10:16 AM JST - 23rd October
NagoyaOya at 10:16 AM JST - 23rd October

It really is a shame that an organization like JT doesn't do more with stories like this. With my extremely limited resources, I found out quite a bit more about the back story to this case, yakuza connections and all...Or maybe, like the mainstream Japanese media, JT don't want to…

Posted in Court rules in favor of rock band GLAY over copyright ownership at 10:16 AM JST - 23rd October
NagoyaOya at 11:27 AM JST - 16th September

BTW, their inane tagline of "We bring you the best!" was born out of a phone conversation I had with one their guys. I can't remember what they had before (but it was awful) and I suggested they start by changing it. "You know...We bring you the best Japan has…

Posted in Japan Online Shop English portal site attracts 200 shops in 1st month at 11:27 AM JST - 16th September
NagoyaOya at 11:22 AM JST - 16th September

Shouldn't Japan Today mention that JOS is (or at least was) a sponsor/advertiser? I run one of the stores that JOS links to and it has led to absolutely zilch in new business. I mean, fair play to them in trying to build a business but their lack of understanding…

Posted in Japan Online Shop English portal site attracts 200 shops in 1st month at 11:22 AM JST - 16th September
NagoyaOya at 01:06 PM JST - 16th September

I'm a lifelong PF fan and Rick Wright's loss is a sad one indeed.

But I have to say to Taka - making a mental note to a co-worker?! Syd Barrett would be proud of you.

Posted in Pink Floyd member Richard Wright dies age 65 at 01:06 PM JST - 16th September
NagoyaOya at 10:39 AM JST - 28th August

I can't stand her. With her arrogant and "fake" personality she fits right into the variety show circuit and she milked her gaijin idol status for quite a few years. She married a two-bit actor who was a renowned playboy and then divorced him when he played true to type.…

Posted in Marcia to release new song for the first time in 10 years at 10:39 AM JST - 28th August
NagoyaOya at 04:09 PM JST - 17th July

Without knowing what the full list of factors are, we can argue ad nauseum about their objectivity. But having just come back from a trip to Ireland, I can affirm that the cost of living there is astronomically high for the quality of life you get. I arrived in Japan…

Posted in Britain, Ireland lowest in Europe in quality of life: study at 04:09 PM JST - 17th July
NagoyaOya at 01:34 PM JST - 20th June

On the Teaching English in Japan website (teij.net), there is a metric conversion tool and it gets somewhere in the region of 25,000 visitors a day (most, needless to say, from the U.S.). And it's just one of several online metric conversion tools (and not the most popular by 1.6km...uh,…

Posted in Why doesn't the U.S. switch to the metric system? at 01:34 PM JST - 20th June
NagoyaOya at 01:17 PM JST - 5th June

Oh, right, it's the capital of Azerbaijan.

Where the hell is Azerbaijan?

Posted in Tokyo moves to next phase in bid for 2016 Summer Games at 01:17 PM JST - 5th June