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Japanese Girls with manly voices

This is a CM from Japan, I dont wanna say too much about it because it would ruin the punch line. Just watch and enjoy

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Groupon Japan appologize

Article taken from;http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/17/groupon-ceo-apologizes-to_n_809894.html

TOKYO — The chief executive of Groupon, the rapidly growing online coupon provider, apologized to Japanese customers Monday for a New Year's deal gone wrong that highlighted the difficulties the company faces in managing its global expansion.

In a subtitled video message uploaded onto YouTube, the company's founder and CEO Andrew Mason acknowledged that the company had "really messed up" and outlined steps it was taking to rebuild its tarnished image in Japan.

Mason attributed the latest misstep to similar growing pains that the Chicago-based company has felt in the U.S. Groupon has expanded quickly since launching two years ago. It owns the Internet's largest ad network and its daily discounts now reach about 50 million subscribers in 35 countries. Last week it secured a nearly $1 billion investment to fund its growth.

"We created Groupon to help enrich people's lives by bringing new exciting experiences to them," he said. "So when we do the opposite, as we have in this case, it really hurts."

The blunder that prompted Mason's apology involved a deal for delivery of "osechi," which is a traditional New Year's meal. Osechi usually includes a variety of Japanese dishes painstakingly prepared and beautifully presented.

Unfortunately, some customers who paid 10,500 yen ($127) for this particular bargain were left feeling like they had been duped.

Many of the 500 osechi sets sold arrived late, while others' meals were in "terrible condition," Mason said. In an explanation earlier this month, Groupon Japan said the sets didn't match the picture or description provided by the restaurant, Bird Cafe, which was overwhelmed by the volume.

Angry customers took to the Internet, posting pictures of the underwhelming delivery on message boards, triggering a slew of criticism and bad publicity for the company.

Groupon subsequently refunded customers' money and offered them vouchers worth 5,000 yen.

Groupon – a fusion of "group" and "coupon" – combines social media with collective buying clout to offer deals on products, services and cultural events in local markets. Promotions are activated only after a certain number of people in a given city sign up.

Last week, it completed its biggest deal so far: a $950 million investment that will help finance further growth and enrich its current shareholders, including some of its employees. The infusion came less than two weeks after the company outlined its plans to raise the money in documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Mason said Groupon has developed capacity planning formulas to help businesses determine just how many customers they can handle and how many deals they should offer. The system is available in the U.S. and other countries but had not been introduced in Japan.

"Basically because the popularity of Groupon Japan has grown so quickly it took us off guard," he said. "We weren't expecting to run into this problem so quickly."

Groupon entered the Japanese market in August when it bought Qpod Inc. for an undisclosed price.

Mason said his company has begun teaching its Japan staff on capacity planning and will implement similar training in other countries "as soon as we launch."

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Japan; Land of Herbivorous Man - Sou Shoku Danshi

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/14/japanese-men-losing-sex-d_n_809271.html

http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/survey-shows-rising-indifference-to-sex-among-male-teens-couples

http://articles.cnn.com/2009-06-05/world/japan.herbivore.men_1_japanese-men-men-and-women-girlfriend?_s=PM:WORLD

Miyabi gets accepted in MIS.

We finally got the good News. Miyabi was selected among a selected few to join MIS from April. MIS is the only recognize English School in Japan. We are very happy but also very tight on Money. I have saved for the first 2 years of tuition already but I need help if she wants to continue her education in English.

We need your help!

I work a full time Job in Tokyo and on the little free time I get I also sell product online (flutterscape.com) and I started an account on fiverr.com.

Please help which ever way you can.
Every child should have the right to education

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Jezebel in Osaka joint uses feminine guile to turn tables on her captor

October 12, 2010
Tokyo Reporter
http://www.tokyoreporter.com/2010/10/12/jezebel-in-osaka-joint-uses-feminine-guile-to-turn-tables-on-her-captor/

Sometimes form follows art. Some time ago there was a famous V-Cinema film about monkey business behind bars titled “Female Prisoner #701 Scorpion.” This time, reports Shukan Jitsuwa (Oct. 21), something occurred in an Osaka detention facility that was remarkably similar to the plot of the film.

On September 29, senior police inspector Yasuyuki Takagi, age 49, was placed under arrest. Takagi had been attached to the administration section of the detention facility at Makikata City in east Osaka Prefecture.

According to the charges, Takagi had engaged in sexual relations on the morning of September 10, 2009, with a woman who had been confined to the facility for stimulant drug abuse.

“Takagi was working the night shift,” relates a reporter from the local newspaper. “He was invited by the woman to engage in sex. It seems she sucked him off.

“The case became known when the woman was detained on a similar charge in July of this year at a hotel in Neyagawa City,” the reporter continues. “‘Takagi had been kind to me, so I thought I’d reciprocate,’ she told her captors. ‘We waited until the guard was away and then embraced.’”

A police source explains how the dirty deed could have been pulled off.

“Usually guards don’t carry keys to the cells,” he says. “It’s believed that Takagi got his hands on a special key that can only be used to open a cell in the case of an emergency. If that’s true, then even if he was invited by the woman it’s pretty obvious that he was rarin’ to go himself as well.”

Takagi has so far maintained his innocence. But the police have apparently obtained testimony from a female detained in a neighboring cell that night, who recalled she “heard the sound of the cell being opened.”

The aforementioned reporter says that while the details of Takagi’s partner in crime have not been released, she appears to be a masseuse from China. As she was a repeat drug abuser, this raises the possibility that she intentionally set Takagi up.

According to a source in the Osaka police department, women undergoing interrogation often try to distract the officers, such as by opening the top buttons of their blouse or by pretending to masturbate while in their detention cells. (K.S.)

Source: “Osaka fukei no keibuho ga hamatta joshuu to no ‘kangoku sex,’” Shukan Jitsuwa (Oct. 21, page 202)

Note: Brief extracts from Japanese vernacular media in the public domain that appear here were translated and summarized under the principle of “fair use.” Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy of the translations. However, we are not responsible for the veracity of their contents. The activities of individuals described herein should not be construed as “typical” behavior of Japanese people nor reflect the intention to portray the country in a negative manner. Our sole aim is to provide examples of various types of reading matter enjoyed by Japanese.

"Japan" in Music

I am trying to find all music videos from around the world (exept Japan) that has a refference to Japan, either in the Title, as a refference or shot in Japan.
Please help me complete the list

Mr. Roboto from Styx ;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cShYbLkhBc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cShYbLkhBc

Read my mind from The Killers ;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc8hbSM1zVo&ob=av3e
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc8hbSM1zVo&ob=av3e

Thoia thoing from R. Kelly ;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG8Vd0FTjdo&ob=av2e
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG8Vd0FTjdo&ob=av2e

Lovers in Japan from ColdPlay ;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_exesnCA5Y&ob=av3e

Read My Mind from the Killers with Cameo from Gachapin and Mukku:

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