Jul 05, 2009 -
How do they express this? By featuring a young girl shaving a hot bear in the forest in places he can't reach. If you shave a bear in the forest and no one's around.
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Jun 22, 2009 -
Almost one third of brides in Japan are what the Japanese call "double happy." In other words, they have two things to celebrate: an impending marriage and a baby already on the way!
Japanese society used to frown on shotgun weddings, but recently more and more women are walking down the aisle visibly pregnant.
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May 21, 2009 -
Japanese students on a field trip at the House of Councilors are given facemasks and hand disinfectant before they enter. With the hope of stopping the spread of swine flu, the government office has prepared facemasks for every one of the 3,000 people who visit each day. Meanwhile in the US, fear of contracting the illness is at an all-time low.
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Apr 20, 2009 -
In the United States, we have plenty of off-the-wall beauty gadgets — hello, Lipstamp! — and the same goes for Japan. Some are a little kookier than others, so I've rounded up eight of the most unusual for this quiz.
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Apr 13, 2009 -
I've seen this Japanese masking tape floating around the web a bit, but until now it was never for sale stateside. Happy Tape! is now selling a wide range of hues and patterns of the tape, and I want them all!
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Apr 07, 2009 -
President Obama might dream of a nuclear-free world, but companies that manufacture nuclear fallout shelters are counting on the bombs' existence. Japanese company Shelter Co saw a sharp increase in sales over the last two months, when it became increasingly obvious that North Korea would test-launch an intercontinental ballistic missile.
All right, so Shelter Co only received 12 orders, but that's still double the number they typically sell in a year.
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Apr 07, 2009 -
Nothing says fertility like a giant pink penis — am I right, ladies? At least, that's how they celebrate fertility in Kawasaki, Japan, during the Kanamara Festival held during cherry blossom season.
Men dress as women in pink, and women enjoy phallus-shaped candy, all with the goal of raising AIDS awareness and bringing harmony to married couples.
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Apr 03, 2009 -
If you were stoked to hear about the release of The Ramen Girl, wait until you hear about the next big foodie flick. Oh, wait — you may have already seen it. Twentieth Century Fox is creating a Japanese version of Sideways, the Oscar-nominated comedy about four friends road-tripping through California wine country that became a runaway hit in 2005.
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Mar 30, 2009 -
Everybody's taking about how President Obama will face a defiant world at the G20 conference. But that group of industrialized countries, upset with the US economic policy, seem like America's BFFs compared to North Korea. According to the US military, North Korea will test launch a rocket next month that could reach Hawaii.
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Mar 30, 2009 -
The annual National Cherry Blossom Festival kicks off this past weekend in Washington DC, and runs through April 12. It marks the 96th anniversary of Tokyo's gift of 3,000 cherry trees to the capital city. Cherry blossom festivals are held all over Japan, and the flower heralds Spring, represents love, and illustrates a basic tenet of Japanese philosophy: perfection is fleeting (love, too).
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