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Guerrilla rainstorm
Looking south from Tokyo SkyTree as a Guerrilla rainstorm strikes part of Koto, Tokyo Follow @gaijinass For the last couple of nights now the humidity is so bad over Tokyo that every night there seems...
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Visiting the Yasukuni Shrine
Follow @gaijinass I’ve lived in Tokyo for a long time, years. Many years. One of the most controversial places in Tokyo is the Yasukuni Shrine, it’s always in the news and I’ve never been there. For...
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Fishing in Gifu
“Just got home from Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy! Got to sit down, take a rest on the porch.” We turn onto a very narrow little road that cuts between two expansive rice fields and which has a...
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German on the run
Follow @gaijinass When I arrived to work today my office was abuzz with breaking news about a 25 year-old German national who was wanted by the police. His face was everywhere, even the train’s...
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The Bad Bear Japan Does Not Get
Follow @gaijinass Last Sunday I went to the Japan Cup, a horse racing extravaganza at the Tokyo Race Track. Tens of thousands of people show up to watch a few races and bet the house on which steed...
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A Very Decent Black Shirt
It’s Fashion. There are two old photos someplace. One is of a tall black haired young military man in a leisure suit, a gold chain across a tanned and hairy chest, with each arm around two drunk young...
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Globalization and the Japanese Food Industry
On the West Coast of America a labor dispute with the port workers has meant there has been a potato shortage over here in Japan. Not enough spuds are making their way across the Pacific. For a while...
View Article7 Life Lessons from Conan the Barbarian
I grew up watching Conan, god knows how many times, and through literally hundreds of hours spent digesting its contents I have learned seven very valuable life lessons.
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7 Scumbag Tips to Saving in Tokyo Tokyo has traditionally been ranked the most expensive city in the world to live in. Now, this is something we here at GJS have disputed, saying that if one knows...
View ArticleSamurai Sex and Video Game Rape: Japan’s culture of Acceptance
So, spending two or three hours a day engaged in rape simulations might have some effect on one's world view. But the games continue to sell, apps have been developed, ten-year old's have smart phones.
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