Ahhh, Groping ! When i first came to Japan in 2002 i noticed signs on the subways depicting 3 things … all illustrated by cartoon; no fighting, no setting the seats on fire and no putting your hand up a school girls dress. Needless to say each pictu

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Still to this time, Super Mario Bros 3 consistently places high on ‘greatest games of all time’ lists.

Super Mario Bros. 3 was the last major Mario video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was released on October 23, 1988 in Japan, Fe

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Tip for getting cheap steak in Japan. You don't have to pay full price for perishable food. Wait until the throwaway date and pay only half the price. 700 yen steaks become 350 yen steaks. 4000 yen watermelons become 2000 yen watermelons. Nice

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A look at the third chapter of the Japanese version of Fight Club. Topics include:

Japanese men are mumblers. What the hell are they saying?
Astronomy terms are interesting in Japanese.
How to say "cafe latte enema" in Japanese.

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Want to know the secret to cooking strong meats like lamb? Soak it in milk. A NihonHacks reader writes in with an easy recipe that you can prepare in just a few minutes. I tried it out tonight and the results were great!

Lamb is sold at most J

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How much control should we have on our recorded history? Absolute? Partial? None?
Once something comes out of our mouth, should we have the option of erasing it from history? When we post something on the internet with no limits on who can see it,

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With Japan and China gearing up to explore and potentially colonize the moon, space and science administrations are just beginning to tackle the questions that need to be answered sooner or later.

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Language teachers in Japan have been watching the decline of Nova for several months, and many have jumped ship as soon as another company offered a position. The gradual collapse of this language school leaves thousands of people without work.

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In a cross-cultural context we might feel intimidated by the language barrier to make our complaints known. How can we get around this? What's the right way to state dissatisfaction?

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Well, if you are busy, young, or a professional from the middle class, poverty comes to mind usually when a community activity has been conducted in the slums, or when it is reported on TV - along the squatters’ areas, or in a far off barrio in the

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The pursue of Ross Brawn by Nick Fry has been talked about for months but the news still comes as a bit of a surprise. The Telegraph reports that former Ferrari technical director Ross Brawn will be unveiled as Honda’s new team principal later today

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The Nintendo DS is a great tool for learning the Japanese language. It has a variety of games that can help you learn kanji (Chinese characters). This is a short review of one such game that my wife bought for me for my birthday last week. It has over 47,000 questions that cover all 12 levels of the Kanji Profiency Exam (Kanken).

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With only one week to go before Japan’s new entry procedures go into effect, foreigners are becoming even more vocal about the coming changes. I had written about this subject a few months ago, but figured it was time to put this question into better context and raise some of my own concerns regarding Japan’s ‘Friendly Factor’.

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Japanese toy giant Tomy co LTD has come up with an innovative way to encourage their aging population to save.

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Disney Mall Japan released Mickey and Minnie Mouse Micro SD Card and the adapter in Classic Drawing @ 512 Mb. This Micro SDs come in Red Color for Mickey mouse and Pink Pastel for Minnie Mouse. Every Micro SD included with the SD Adapter, make easy to use to put on card reader slot.

But if you look more detailded, you will find out that th

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