
Comedy fat man and leftist documentary maker Michael Moore has paid a visit to Akihabara, with the town leaving a distinctly unfavourable impression on him it seems.
Above he dispenses the first of his sage observations: “A lot of unnecessary things are being sold here.”
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President Obama’s decision to bow and scrape before Emperor Akihito during a recent state visit has angered many in the US even as it has pleased many in Japan, with critics saying the American president should not be going with crooked knee before the world’s kings.
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Bikini idol Aya Hirano and mangaka cosplay idol Shoko-tan have both been selected for a “Beautiful Lady Catalogue” which aims to “list completely belles representative of Japanese beauty.”
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Miyuki Hatoyama, the wife of Japan’s newly elected DPJ Prime Minister, claims she was abducted by aliens and taken to Venus, and was a friend of Tom Cruise in a previous life.
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Martial arts superstar Jackie Chan has outraged lovers of freedom the world over, but especially in Taiwan and Hong Kong, with his galling statement that Taiwan and Hong Kong are “too free” and would benefit from some communist oppression, courtesy of Beijing.
In remarks to the press he asserted that “Taiwan and Hong Kong are too free, they are chaotic. Chinese have to be controlled.”
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In the Land of the Rising Sun, cupping a man’s sexual organs is just another way of saying hello, or so it would appear from the usual sex chaos of Japanese TV.
You can the see the popular actor surrender such dignity as he possessed on Japanese TV below:
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- Author: jinstevens
- Categories: International, News
- Date: Mar 14, 2009 19:32 JST
- Tags: Actress, Celebrities, Crime, Hana Yori Dango, Idol, Korea, Raep, Suicide, TV

The recent suicide of popular Korean actress Jang Ja-yeon, known for her latest role in a Hana Yori Dango drama, is revealed to have been prompted by her shocking treatment at the hands of her agency; it emerges she was treated as little more than an indentured prostitute, being forced to have sex with the rich and powerful and being beaten if she displeased her masters.
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Rising actress Jang Ja-yeon, who was currently starring in the Korean drama adaptation of Hana Yori Dango (Boys over Flowers), was recently found to have committed suicide at her home in Bundang, Gyeonggi Province.
Jang’s death marks the third celebrity suicide to hit the Korean entertainment industry in the past 6 months.
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Outrage from TV viewers has resulted in angry letters being sent to Japan’s Broadcasting Ethics and Program Improvement Organization, with regard to a show where celebrities leisurely indulged in food far too expensive for any normal person.
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