USAkuma said...

USAkuma at 08:01 AM JST - 14th July

Not high drama, but it could be amusing. I remember another Katori drama, "the flowershop that doesn't have roses." Katori played an emotionless man, so I wonder how well he will play an overly emotional J-Cop.

Don't expect anything even vaguely 24 like, but I would love to see an…

Posted in Beat Takeshi to make appearance in pilot of Shingo Katori’s new TV series at 08:01 AM JST - 14th July
USAkuma at 09:25 AM JST - 9th July

Herbivorous men and Carnivorous women. Talk about a sexual role-reversal. Well, in the states, they had bra-burning and unisex... japan seems to be going through its own sexual revolution. I guess that in a few years, people will settle down into a society more comfortable with people doing whatever they…

Posted in 'Herbivorous' men changing Japan's consumer society at 09:25 AM JST - 9th July
USAkuma at 08:02 AM JST - 26th June

As bizarre as this drama sounds, I forsee it being a hit with the otaku crowd, which means that Hollywood (starving for ideas) may try to create their own version of it... Maybe with Paris Hilton as the main maid. I would see that for the irony alone.

I must…

Posted in Actress Saki Fukuda to release first single from TV drama 'Maid Detective' at 08:02 AM JST - 26th June
USAkuma at 09:39 AM JST - 23rd June

Although the article is definitely geared to make 7-11 execs look bad for wasting food and gouging the franchise owners for the bento prices, I think there is a little more to it. If a customer gets sick from some expired food, then the whole company loses billions due to…

Posted in Seven-Eleven ordered to stop banning discounted sales of food items close to expiry dates at 09:39 AM JST - 23rd June
USAkuma at 10:37 AM JST - 11th June

Thanks for the updating.

If the worsening global economy should one day cause the company I work for to go under... and if I should ever decide to work for another Eikaiwa company, I will check to see if these schools are around in my area, and if they offer…

Posted in Teaching Japan a lesson at 10:37 AM JST - 11th June
USAkuma at 01:24 AM JST - 10th June

I must be missing something here, and need some updating... As far as I understood things, the foreigner "teaches" the class, and the manager crunches the numbers. Unless the manager is teaching accounting, most of the managers I have ever worked with are not that good at English, thus need…

Posted in Teaching Japan a lesson at 01:24 AM JST - 10th June
USAkuma at 09:57 AM JST - 9th June

Yet another Eikaiwa. The country is full of them, and they all sing roughly the same tune of "We're better than they are..." they sing it together so well, you would think the whole Eikaiwa industry is just one big conglomerate.

Its nice to see the details, but I bet…

Posted in Teaching Japan a lesson at 09:57 AM JST - 9th June
USAkuma at 11:01 AM JST - 5th June

What won't Coca-cola and Pepsi try to put in their drinks. Pepsi had cucumber flavored drink (I don't want to say cola) and now we have green tea-flavored....

Aside from fatfrenchfool's ipecac extract, what other fun flavors will they try?

How about Ramen-flavored? or Sushi-Flavored?

Posted in Coca-Cola plus Catechin at 11:01 AM JST - 5th June
USAkuma at 10:27 AM JST - 2nd June
This can be taken so many different ways.
1. Likely, she misspoke herself and meant to say 5 days a week... or since this is Japan, not France, 5 times a year...
2. Her idea of what constitutes sex could be really watered down... like considering shaking hands with a…
Posted in Marie, at AIDS awareness concert, says she has sex five times a day at 10:27 AM JST - 2nd June
USAkuma at 12:31 AM JST - 27th May

Military threat? As in a threat of invasion? -0.0000% chance. But Is there a chance that the "Elvis" might have a rocket malfunction that lands a rocket in Aomori rather than its intended target of the seas off Hawaii? Then the answer is something like 30%

As has been said.…

Posted in How much of a military threat is North Korea to Japan? at 12:31 AM JST - 27th May