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Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 8:27 am Post subject:
Shindou wrote:
haha, i can just imagine
the funny things is to a japanese they wouldn't look twice at it..but to a foreign tourist coming from abroad...it might be extremely hilarious without overtly appearing so...it's not like anything is spelled wrong or it's written in ENGRISH...it's just the juxtaposition of the words.
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� Comedienne Aoki Sayaka (33) has been chosen for this year's "Best Swimmer Award". Though she has released a best-selling book of nude photos, she is not the most shapely of celebrities. Her choice was due to her appearances on the TV Asahi variety show "Q-sama!!" in which she and other celebrities take part in pretty competitive swimming races.
Damn, I didn't know that you already have your own show qilver! (referring to Q-sama) Seems like you are now ahead of Tu_triky _________________
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Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 2:06 pm Post subject:
I have a question...does japan-zone.com have anything to say regarding Oguri Shun and Yaguchi Mari's break-up? I can't find detailed articles...
And I even heard that Guri has a new girlfriend now...I'm really puzzled coz it's a bit too fast...I mean, he's just broke up with Mari right?[/url] _________________
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Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 3:29 pm Post subject:
Entertainment news from Japan-zone.com-Your Guide to Japan and Japanese Culture:
June 19 2006
Hope lives on for the Samurai Blue. The Japan soccer team flirted with disaster against Croatia at the World Cup yesterday but lived to fight another day. A series of saves, including an early penalty, by goalkeeper Kawaguchi Yoshikatsu kept the hopes of the nation alive. With the game played in searing heat, the players were reduced to the same exhaustion that was their undoing in the loss to Australia. The last 20 minutes saw a series of embarassing mistakes and missed chances by both teams. But this time the game ended scoreless, probably a fitting result and one that leaves all three teams with a chance to join Brazil in the next round. With their place secure after a 2-0 defeat of the Aussies, it's possible that the Brazilians will field a less than full strength squad for the final group matchon June 23. And so Japanese fans still have a reason to tune in for that game, even though it kicks off at 4am local time.
Audience ratings for last night's broadcast of the game on TV Asahi are expected to beat the 49% that NHK managed for the Australia game, and maybe even the 66.1% that watched Fuji TV's broadcast of the Japan-Russia game in 2002. The highest rating last year was for a soccer game, Japan beating North Korea in its final World Cup qualifier, and that was also shown on TV Asahi. If the network manages to pull the highest rating for this year, it will be the first time a private network has done so two years in a row.
• Sekine Mari (21), daughter of popular talento Sekine Tsutomu (52), has made her showbiz debut. In May she graduated at the top of her class from Emerson College in Boston, where she studied Marketing Communication. She had considered joining one of Japan's top ad agencies, but this month she joined the Asai Kikaku management agency that handles her father's busy schedule. She got off to a busy start herself on Saturday, appearing on three different shows. _________________
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Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 1:42 am Post subject:
Entertainment news from Japan-zone.com-Your Guide to Japan and Japanese Culture:
June 20 2006
Award-winning actress Terajima Shinobu (33) has some French romance in her life. According to today's issue of the weekly Josei Jishin magazine, the actress is involved with a French employee of a trading company, said to be around 40 years old. The couple met through work and began dating last autumn, and Terajima is said to be studying French. The daughter of kabuki actor Onoe Kikugoro, she was seriously involved with kabuki star Ichikawa Somegoro in 1997, but they broke up after it was revealed he was the father of a 5-year old illegitimate child. Terajima was later linked with actor Omori Nao. She is currently working on a movie adaptation of the NHK drama series "Ai no Rukeichi" (Penal Colony of Love).
• Celebrities visiting the studios of Tokyo FM radio are testing the power of miracles. The Japan soccer team is said to need a miracle to advance to the second round of the World Cup, as it meets world champions Brazil in its final group match. So celebrities are challenging the football fates and promising to do a series of outlandish things if the Samurai Blue can pull it off. Talento and 80s sexy idol Aota Noriko (38) says she dress in "bodicon" style and dance in Tokyo's Roppongi district; pop duo Yuzu say they'll do their next recording at the home of a Tokyo FM listener; and actor Ishida Issei promises to adopt the hairstyle of a Brazilian soccer star. The station has already received some 4000 pledges from listeners and celebs alike.
• The official figures for Sunday's game against Croatia are as high as expected. Video Research say the TV Asahi broadcast of the game had a ratings high of 68.6% in the Kanto region. With the recent increase in the number of people following games on the Internet, in sports bars and outdoor broadcasts, the figure holds up very well to those of past events. It remains to be seen if enough people believe the team still has a chance to progress in the tournament to create a similar audience for the Brazil game, which airs from 4am on Friday.
• Actress Adachi Yumi (24) made her return to work yesterday. After a busy year that has seen her marry comedian Itoda Jun (33), give birth to a baby girl, watch the media speculate over her husband's alleged infidelities, and embarrassed by her mother's publication of a nude photo book, she finally got back to work. Her first job since becoming a mother was to record a character for the summer's new Anpanman anime feature. Meeting the press afterwards, she fielded the inevitable questions with good humor, saying the rumors about Itoda were simply untrue and that her mother looks beautiful for her age. She said her only worry was leaving her daughter and husband alone for the first time, but added that recent events have only served to deepen their love for each other. _________________
Entertainment news from Japan-zone.com-Your Guide to Japan and Japanese Culture:
• Celebrities visiting the studios of Tokyo FM radio are testing the power of miracles. The Japan soccer team is said to need a miracle to advance to the second round of the World Cup, as it meets world champions Brazil in its final group match. So celebrities are challenging the football fates and promising to do a series of outlandish things if the Samurai Blue can pull it off. Talento and 80s sexy idol Aota Noriko (38) says she dress in "bodicon" style and dance in Tokyo's Roppongi district; pop duo Yuzu say they'll do their next recording at the home of a Tokyo FM listener; and actor Ishida Issei promises to adopt the hairstyle of a Brazilian soccer star. The station has already received some 4000 pledges from listeners and celebs alike.
I was expecting something more daring than those challenges mentioned above _________________
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i certainly felt so when i took this picture in shinjuku and signed up for this credit card
Yeah, have a second home in Japan and live there once you are already out of the business. 
I believe what was stated in the news is all the infos they could provide.
