- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: May 30, 2012 06:35 JST
- Tags: Events, Marketing, Mass Media, Old People, Olympics, Politics, Sports, Statistics, Tokyo

Tokyo’s dear leader Shintaro Ishihara has accused his subjects of “having become a different race to the rest of the Japanese” after they angered him by refusing to display sufficient enthusiasm for his 2020 Olympic bid.
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Record numbers of young Japanese are choosing to kill themselves rather than face the prospect of becoming dirty NEETs, according to police suicide statistics, with their numbers more than doubling in the last 4 years.
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Fox News reports that the Japanese will soon go extinct if they do not start making more babies soon, warning that this might be of consequence even to Americans and blaming the usual suspects of herbivorous men, otaku virgins and weird Japanese who prefer making friends “with robots.”
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According to a global survey conducted by the BBC, Japan is now regarded as the nation with the most positive influence on the world, and China is now regarded as a more positive (and less negative) influence even than the US.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: International, News
- Date: Apr 24, 2012 03:29 JST
- Tags: Brazil, Comparison, Fashion, Greece, Korea, Plastic Surgery, Rankings, Statistics, USA

Statistics showing just which nations engage in the most cosmetic surgery demonstrate the rather impressive lead the likes of South Korea, Brazil and the US have over everyone else – something admittedly evident from looking at the less than natural wonders each of these nations is so blessed with.
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Most Japanese women would sooner marry a fat old creepy otaku than touch a pauper, if the results of a recent survey of their matrimonial priorities are anything to go by.
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Japanese quizzed about why it is they loathe Hollywood’s unending stream of atrocious anime and game adaptations (the likes of Dragonball and Street Fighter naturally being top of the list) provide reasons even the crazy foreigners responsible may be able to comprehend.
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Fans of anime distressed by the pathetically poor disc sales of some much loved titles share their choice of the most disappointing sales performances, some of which are surprising – whether due to their apparent popularity or the expectation that they would ever sell at all…
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Apr 10, 2012 02:16 JST
- Tags: Brassieres, Comparison, Gifu, Kyoto, Oppai, Pettanko, Saitama, Statistics, Tourism

A map showing the average bra cup size in each of the Japanese prefectures has lately been giving succour to breast lovers, whatever their their preference.
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Anime fans are noisily gloating over the fact that official attendance figures for the pro-censorship Tokyo International Anime Fair show a huge 40% drop in public attendance from 50,000 to a mere 30,000, and a massive 60% drop in press attendance.
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Not only are almost 90% of One Piece readers adult, most of the adult readership is at or past middle-age and quickly getting older, a far cry from the kiddy image stereotypically associated with many shonen manga titles.
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Japanese opposition to letting droves of filthy barbarians into their great nation appears to be as high as ever – a recent survey suggests as many as 85% are not convinced as to the necessity of letting them live in Japan, and nearly half are dead against the idea.
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