WhatJapanThinks said...

WhatJapanThinks at 04:42 PM JST - 21st April

Scrote - hehehe! I was trying to work out how to get syrup into my comment, so well done!

Himajin: wifey always describes male-pattern baldness as kappa-joutai.

Posted in Aderans maps out plan to fend off Steel at 04:42 PM JST - 21st April
WhatJapanThinks at 11:30 AM JST - 21st April

Altria, a bald move to be sure, but Steel Partners have the kappa-bilities to pull this off; they just need to slap heads together.

Posted in Aderans maps out plan to fend off Steel at 11:30 AM JST - 21st April
WhatJapanThinks at 11:20 AM JST - 21st April

rjd_jr: try again. Although beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and I've not heard her voice, when it comes to singing I think my girl's ten-plus years of stage musicals means I win.

Posted in Leah Dizon to sing theme song for online drama 'Tokyo Prom Queen' at 11:20 AM JST - 21st April
WhatJapanThinks at 10:12 AM JST - 21st April

She is hot and you find some "interesting" pix of her on the intertubes.

So, it's a Pr0n Queen singing the Prom Queen theme, then.

Posted in Leah Dizon to sing theme song for online drama 'Tokyo Prom Queen' at 10:12 AM JST - 21st April
WhatJapanThinks at 09:57 AM JST - 21st April

nuts, 300 or 320 yen is the usual price for cancer sticks, but that's still exceptionally cheap compared to most of the developed world. But I agree, bung on the tax, as the experience from other countries is that people quit at a lower percentage than the rise in tax.…

Posted in Cigarette vending machines to accept driving licenses for age checks at 09:57 AM JST - 21st April
WhatJapanThinks at 07:49 AM JST - 21st April

Because they saw the adverts for them on Japan Today.

Posted in Why do people join cults? at 07:49 AM JST - 21st April
WhatJapanThinks at 01:54 PM JST - 18th April

That Wikipedia article is pretty crap (and wrong in a number of places). Takarazuka is just the Japanese equivalent of Mills & Boon/Harlequin Romance, although most Western observers read far too much into it, and I say this as both a fan and as someone with inside information.

Posted in at 01:54 PM JST - 18th April
WhatJapanThinks at 09:38 AM JST - 18th April

GW, no, they continue with normal studies too (including English), although at a reduced level to accommodate the theatre-related lessons.

And it is an ongoing business - there's five troupes, each usually working on a cycle of a 4-6 week show at Takarazuka, 4-6 weeks of the same show at…

Posted in at 09:38 AM JST - 18th April
WhatJapanThinks at 11:05 PM JST - 17th April

Ahh, finally see them - my other PC has Flash disabled, so I didn't get them

Posted in What do you think of the new Japan Today design? at 11:05 PM JST - 17th April
WhatJapanThinks at 10:34 PM JST - 17th April

keech2: do you get them in the top left between the title and the comments? All I ever see there is an image ad for a Kyoto Ryokan.

Posted in What do you think of the new Japan Today design? at 10:34 PM JST - 17th April