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(1 vote) Video: Brad Pitt Starring In Vintage Japanese Commercials

In the film Lost in Translation, Bill Murray plays a Hollywood actor who is on a business trip to Japan, to film some commercials for Japanese television, to make some extra money. Read more...

(1 vote) A POW Story

My father, Clarence Clough, was captured by the Japanese Army May 6, 1942 on the island of Corregidor in the Philippines. Read more...

(1 vote) Crazy Japanese trailer: High-Kick Girl!

Okay, folks, what's going on here? Have a look at this crazy trailer for a Japanese movie called HIGH-KICK GIRL! I haven't seen the full movie. Read more...

(1 vote) Video: Brad Pitt Starring In Vintage Japanese Commercials

In the film Lost in Translation, Bill Murray plays a Hollywood actor who is on a business trip to Japan, to film some commercials for Japanese television, to make some extra money. Read more...

(1 vote) A POW Story

My father, Clarence Clough, was captured by the Japanese Army May 6, 1942 on the island of Corregidor in the Philippines. Read more...

(1 vote) Tokyo Disneyland

Tokyo Disneyland in Tokyo, Japan was the first Disneyland to be opened outside of the United States. It was opened in April, 1983. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Disneyland It is located at the Read more...

(1 vote) Crazy Japanese trailer: High-Kick Girl!

Okay, folks, what's going on here? Have a look at this crazy trailer for a Japanese movie called HIGH-KICK GIRL! I haven't seen the full movie. Read more...

(20 votes) Somalia: Pirates? Europeans illegally fish & dump toxic nuclear wastes in their waters (Updated 6-8-2009)

How has this whole pirate-thing emerged in Somalia? For decades Europeans have fished their waters illegally and used Somalia waters as toxic waste dumps, to dump nuclear waste. Read more...

(11 votes) New Japanese Energy Drink: 'Surging Eel'

A Japanese company is introducing a new fizzy energy drink called "Surging Eel," just in time for eel-eating season. Read more...

(6 votes) Ozzy Osbourne Says Konnichiwa to Japan

Ozzy Osbourne will return to Japan and perform at Budokan. Read more...

(6 votes) Woman Discovered After Living One Year in Man's Closet

A Tokyo man installed video cameras in his house recently, after food kept mysteriously disappearing. Read more...

(4 votes) We Love Katamari

So until recently I never really knew what the craze with this Katamari series was. Read more...

(4 votes) The Black Watermelon

A jumbo black watermelon that was auctioned in Japan fetched a record $6,100, making it one of the most expensive watermelons ever sold in that country. The 17-pound, black-skinned Densuke watermelon, Read more...

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