Noripinhead said...

Noripinhead at 06:54 PM JST - 9th September

What in blazes does "Morning Musume" mean anyway? Morning Daughter? Is that the opposite of "Evening Son (Sun)"?

Posted in Nozomi Tsuji book shows wedding photos for 1st time at 06:54 PM JST - 9th September
Noripinhead at 06:50 PM JST - 9th September

Most of the folks buying them in Japan are oyajis in their 40s. The Beatles, as we all know, have a huge following to this day in Japan. And there are plenty of wealthy salarymen willing to fork out close to 40,000 yen for this remastered set. Now why don't…

Posted in Beatles fans rush to purchase digitally remastered CDs at 06:50 PM JST - 9th September
Noripinhead at 01:14 PM JST - 9th September

Oooo. I'm glad this made Headline News. Was about to lose some sleep over it.

Posted in Nozomi Tsuji book shows wedding photos for 1st time at 01:14 PM JST - 9th September
Noripinhead at 06:40 PM JST - 8th September

John Lennon must be rolling over in his grave about this. Seriously. The life of the Beatles reduced to an interactive computer game. The music, cleaned up and sanitized of all its warts and peculiarities for the grandchildren of baby boomers. Roll Over Beethoven.

Posted in Beatles leap into digital age at 06:40 PM JST - 8th September
Noripinhead at 04:31 PM JST - 8th September

Yeah, nice parody on the Obama "Hope" poster. Wouldn't wear a T-shirt with this design around right wing circles, though.

Posted in Out with the old at 04:31 PM JST - 8th September
Noripinhead at 03:05 PM JST - 3rd September

The victory of the Democratic Party of Japan in Sunday’s lower house election "means the White House must deal, for the first time in decades, with a Japanese government that is a complete stranger"

Well, maybe we can have Mrs. Hatoyama start channeling her thoughts to Hillary Clinton to clear…

Posted in Change of power in Japan presents new U.S. diplomatic concern: NY Times at 03:05 PM JST - 3rd September
Noripinhead at 02:44 PM JST - 3rd September

The Instrument of Surrender, the document signed on this ship, can be seen in a display case at the Tokyo Edo Museum in Ryogoku. Not exactly a long line to see it.

Posted in WWII vets mark Japan's surrender aboard battleship at 02:44 PM JST - 3rd September
Noripinhead at 11:46 AM JST - 3rd September

"It was an extremely beautiful place and was very green," she said.

I doubt it would be green on Venus. More like a blast furnace.

Posted in Miyuki Hatoyama claims her soul traveled to Venus on UFO at 11:46 AM JST - 3rd September
Noripinhead at 04:56 PM JST - 2nd September

Read the book ages ago. One might say it's a Bronte-saurus of a novel.

Posted in Curtain rises on Takako Matsu as Jane Eyre at 04:56 PM JST - 2nd September
Noripinhead at 02:37 PM JST - 1st September

Everyone knows that it's Ozawa who's pulling the strings. Hatoyama is just a front man. The slight of hand pulled off by the DPJ is to make it look like "change" when in fact it's a return to the old backroom politics.

Posted in OK, Mr Hatoyama, you're in -- now govern at 02:37 PM JST - 1st September