The rise in nuisance influencers comes as tourism numbers in Japan near their pre-pandemic levelsA rise in the antics of nuisance influencers in Japan, who are accused of duping train ticket collectors and pretending to be homeless to get cash, has cau…
もっと読む »Sofia Coppola’s idiosyncratic 2003 film made a huge impression on the young Johny Pitts. Two decades on, the writer and artist revisits the movie and the people who made it to investigate its enduring appeal and place in the early millenniumIf you’re a…
もっと読む »Ōizumi has welcomed foreign workers and boasts everything from Brazilian supermarkets to Turkish kebab shopsAn unassuming industrial town in Japan, far from the busy tourist hubs of Tokyo and Kyoto, is in the middle of an unprecedented social transform…
もっと読む »monoAIの上場ゴールはマジで酷すぎるよな。なんでこんなクソ会社が上場できるのかほんと不思議。— 凭れ合うバーベナオカルト (@snjytkx8sw) October 20, 2023 2023/10/20 monoAI technology業績予想の修正及び法人税等調整額の計上、並びに役員報酬の減額に関するお知らせ h…
もっと読む »Concerns over fuel capacity with wrestlers onboard led to national carrier taking the ‘unusual step’ of transferring sumo rikishi to another flightJapan’s flagship carrier has been forced to lay on an extra flight at short notice after concluding that …
もっと読む »Evil Does Not Exist, directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, is about community’s fight against ‘glamping’ developmentA Japanese eco-drama about a lakeside community’s resistance to a corporate “glamping” development in their beautiful unspoilt village has won …
もっと読む »Invented by the Scottish chemist Charles Macintosh, the rainproof overcoat first went on sale in Glasgow in 1823On 12 October 1823 a shop in Glasgow sold the very first rainproof overcoat made of a new material. Previously waterproof clothing had been …
もっと読む »Kyoto to sell its obsolete manhole covers in a bid to cash in on the public’s fascination with the decorated piecesThey are heavy disks of wrought iron that separate us from our subterranean sewage, but in Japan, they are also highly coveted works of a…
もっと読む »Official calls for use of hunting guns in towns to be made legal amid rise in number of marauding bearsThree bears that snuck into a tatami mat factory in northern Japan and were holed up inside for nearly a day have been captured and killed, according…
もっと読む »Spectacular ancient trees stir deep feelings, as the felling of Sycamore Gap showed. Here are more noble specimens, including one whose survival is a deep-rooted puzzleThe act of vandalism in which Northumberland’s famous Sycamore Gap tree was felled l…
もっと読む »The Japanese city of Nagoya has banned travellers from walking up and down escalators. Perhaps it is time everyone followed suitName: Escalators.Age: 127. Continue reading…
もっと読む »Rate tops level last seen after Liz Truss mini-budget as fears of global inflation and US political instability spook marketsBusiness live – latest updatesWhat are bond yields and why are they at a 25-year high?Britain’s long-term cost of borrowing has…
もっと読む »Japanese talent agency to create new firm to manage artists as it tries to distance itself from disgraced founderThe Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates, whose late founder has been accused of sexually abusing hundreds of boys and young men,…
もっと読む »会見後のキムタクのインスタ見たけど、やっぱこの人ってバカなのかなって思った。 pic.twitter.com/PFseXJKN7h— ゆうり イフオア (@yuuriyuuritete) September 8, 2023 ※ジャニーズ事務所、100％株主の藤島ジュリー景子さんが中卒の東山紀之さんを雇われ社長として矢面に…
もっと読む »A new book celebrates half a century of work by the landmark English photographer, who has captured everything from factories to shrines in stunning black-and-white images“I’m getting old,” cackles Michael Kenna, when I ask how it feels to look back on…
もっと読む »Trilateral discussions to resume in response to Beijing’s fears over growing US influence in regionThe leaders of China, Japan and South Korea will hold three-way talks “as soon as possible” after a meeting intended to ease Chinese concerns over Washin…
もっと読む »Japan hopes the fair in 2025 will reconnect it with the global community after Covid but calls are growing to delay or scrap the eventIn the distance, beyond the clouds of sand kicked up by a coastal wind and passing lorries, the centrepiece of Osaka’s…
もっと読む »青鷺の中身、イケメンかと思ったら汚いおっさんでびっくり。— 🔥🦖SHOMA🦕🧊 (@SwitchSwitch888) August 18, 2023 この小汚い青鷺のおっさんに菅田将暉を当てるの、本当に正気ではない(しかも滅茶苦茶上手い)— 突木🍅🌕 (@tokyFF999) August 17, 2023 「君たちはどう生きる…
もっと読む »人類史上最も愚かな事件。鬼畜の所業 pic.twitter.com/OWDxDHcw2H— 会話 (@bad_texter) September 10, 2023
ジャニーさんもニッコリやん— おもち (@omotiex) September 10, 2023 ジャニーズのグループ名も意味ありげだよね…光GENJI少年隊しぶがき隊KinKi KidsSMAPSexy Z…
叩けば埃がでるとは言うけどビッグモーターと損保ジャパンはちょっと出過ぎじゃない？ガマの穂かと思うぐらいモコモコ無限に出てくるじゃん— show【今年からも成人】 (@show_ima) August 17, 2023 白河社長の就任は2022年なのに今回辞任でグループCEOの櫻田氏は10年以上経営…
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