8 Most Popular Posts (Last Seven Days)
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In a Post-Apocalyptic Zombie World, Asian American Man Gets White Girl
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Asian Guys and that One Long Pinky Fingernail
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Do Asians Have Body Hair?
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Review of Netflix Japan’s “Our Secret Diary”
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Asian American Commercial Watch: Instacart | Big Sister
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The Difference Between Internment Camps and Concentration Camps
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Was Jesus Asian?
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Asian American Commercial Watch: Liberty Mutual Insurance’s ‘First Word | Truth Tellers’
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Author Archives: Ben
K-Pop Star Rain Joins South Korean Army
K-Pop star Rain takes a temporary hiatus from his stardom to join the military as required by South Korea: “The 29-year-old singer and actor gave a military salute to tearful fans Tuesday before walking into a boot camp in the … Continue reading
Posted in (simple), Entertainment, Music
Tagged Army, K-Pop, kpop, military, pop star, Rain, South Korea
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Dole Japan Launches Search For Dole Dance Ambassador For Banana Commercial
Dole Japan is setting up to find their “Smile♪ Dole Dance Ambassador” who will make $11k per hour for singing and dancing with SMAP singer Shingo Katori in a commercial. Not really my cup of tea, even for $11k an … Continue reading
Posted in (simple), DUDE WTF ASIA, Entertainment, Food & Drink, WTF
Tagged ambassador, bananas, Dole, Japan, Shingo Katori, SMAP
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War of the Arrows Movie Review: Cinematographically Awesome
http://youtu.be/1WebxC4VDTk Distributed by Lotte Entertainment, War of the Arrows is directed and written by Kim Han-Min. The film is something I’ve been wanting out of Korean films for a long time: an epic action film that keeps you on your … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Movies
Tagged arrow, Arrow: The Ultimate Weapon, bow, film, Joseon Dynasty, Kim Han-Min, Korean, Lotte Entertainment, Park Hae-il, Qing Dynasty, Ryoo Seung-Ryong, War of the Arrows, 최종병기 활
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Richest Self-Made Woman is Chinese
Not Oprah? What? This can’t be! But no, quite on the contrary, it seems that the richest woman in the world happens to be Wu Yanjun, executive director of Longfor Properties Co., who has a net worth of $6.6 billion. … Continue reading
NTT DoCoMo Releases Smartphone Radiation “Jackets”
NTT DoCoMo has released a smartphone that comes with a radiation jacket. The company will “show off three kinds of ‘jacket’ for use with a model of smartphone loaded with the appropriate software. As well as radiation, the company said … Continue reading
Posted in (simple), Technology
Tagged cellular, jacket, Japan, NTT DoCoMo, Technology
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Hong Kong Mobs Its First Apple Store
Apparently, people don’t just camp out at Apple Stores in the United States Oh no – the Chinese have had lines for almost two days for the grand opening of their first Apple Store. Being that Apple’s products are the … Continue reading
Club KT Shibuya Store Opens As DJ Hello Kitty Spins To Japanese Teenagers
In Japan, Sanrio opened Club KT Shibuya, a new store for Hello Kitty merchandise. But this isn’t your typical Sanrio shop. “Teenagers want to experience club culture for themselves, but they are not allowed to go into places where alcohol … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Fashion, Lifestyles, Shopping
Tagged Club KT Shibuya, clubbing, dance, Hello Kitty, retail, Sanrio
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Teijin Chemicals Develops Radioactive Detecting Plastic
In the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi plant disaster, Teijin Chemicals has developed a polyester resin that will glow blue in the presence of radioactivity. This product, Scintirex, will help push forward cheaper radioactivity detection equipment: “Scintirex ‘will help to … Continue reading
Posted in (simple), Business, Environment
Tagged Business, detection, radioactivity, science, Scintirex, Teijin Chemical, world
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Is Gaijin Just a Word or a Racial Slur?
A piece written by Eddie Landsberg for Japan Today hits home for not only the word gaijin, but any other racial word or slur. In a short form, the article is about how a Caucasian moved to Japan and his … Continue reading
DUDE WTF ASIA: Japanese’s Calorie Burning Underwear
Before you watch this commercial for Japan’s “Calorie Shaper” underwear, make sure that you have two minutes of your life to wonder what the hell you just watched. And you might want to get the wastebasket ready when the 70’s … Continue reading
Posted in Business, DUDE WTF ASIA, Fashion, WTF
Tagged Calorie Shapers, calories, Goldwin, japanese, underwear
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Japan Looks Towards Geothermal Energy
When it comes to quakes, Japan is known to have some of the best sensors and detection technology in the world. But for energy, they seem to stray from geothermal which only makes up one percent of their energy production. … Continue reading
DUDE WTF ASIA: Japanese Woman Accidentally Kills Self and Husband in Pitfall Trap
One young woman in Japan decided to play some sort of joke on her husband for his birthday and spent the better part of a day digging a 2.5m hole in the sand with a couple of the guy’s buddies. … Continue reading
Posted in DUDE WTF ASIA, WTF
Tagged accident, death, husband, Japan, japanese, pitfall, trap, young woman
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