MickiQ
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Wtf, Japan?
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mwgdrwg
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Well, this has been going on a long time, this is from 2013...
AKB48 pop star shaves head after breaking band rules
Japanese pop star Minami Minegishi shaves her head and films an apology after breaking her band's rules by spending a night with her boyfriend.
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Bwaaaaha ha ha.
Yes.
Yes X a million. Idol shows in Japan are freaky. Scary looking nerds. There is a huge scene of smaller idol groups and they are almost exclusively attended by middle aged men.
I did a show in Tokyo once with an 80s themed parody idol group once and even there the audience looked incredibly suspect.
krtek a houby
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Survivors, Victims’ Families in Okinawa Pref. Mark 80 Years Since Sinking of Ship; U.S. Sub Attack Led to Deaths of Nearly 1,500 Evacuees in WWII
<p>NAHA — Thursday marked 80 years since an evacuation ship with hundreds of schoolchildren aboard heading to Nagasaki Prefecture from Okinawa Prefecture was sunk by a U.S. submarine during World War II.</p>
japannews.yomiuri.co.jp
It's 80 years since the sinking of the passenger ship Tsushima Maru, in which hundreds of children died.
One of the war crimes that is sadly forgotten.
emanymton
A cat politely sat on the flaming gardener.
It's not really a punishment, just a PR strategy Punishment for her would be being dropped I think.
The punishment is BS anyway, what does a goodnight photo prove?
It just looks loke a more extreme version of some western boy/girl bands where they keep relationships hidden to maintain the fiction that they are available.
Have watched Chris Broad's videos on YouTube for the last 2-3 years. Sometimes wish he'd touch on some of the darker topics but I guess he has a formula he's sticking to. I know he does the once in a blue moon 'reasons not to move to Japan' type of video but they sometimes feel like 'I'd better do something to prove my content is not all relentless jolly japes' rather than any great conviction.
krtek a houby
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His podcasts occasionally touch on the negative stuff, in an informal fashion.
Have you read Jake Adelstein's Tokyo Vice? That's dark.
No, but I'll take a look. Was actually having a break from Japan focused content for a bit as I probably overdosed on it.
krtek a houby
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No, but I'll take a look. Was actually having a break from Japan focused content for a bit as I probably overdosed on it.
I can't get away from it! Content and experience, that is.
The book isn't always an easy read but its certainly a page turner.
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Don Katsu
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This all became public knowledge a good while ago. Astonishing that they just shrugged at one another and carried on.
krtek a houby
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Japanese man who spent 46 years on death row cleared of murders
Iwao Hakamada found not guilty of 1966 murder of his boss and his family after a retrial was ordered a decade ago
The wheels of justice turn very slowly in Japan.
And 80 percent of people (polled) are still in favour of the death penalty!
Chz
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Most of them probably think the culprit should kill themselves out of shame. Here's a kaiken and an empty room without cameras. You know what to do.Japanese man who spent 46 years on death row cleared of murders
Iwao Hakamada found not guilty of 1966 murder of his boss and his family after a retrial was ordered a decade agowww.theguardian.com
The wheels of justice turn very slowly in Japan.
And 80 percent of people (polled) are still in favour of the death penalty!
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
He’s a very smooth media operator and careful with his approach to videos and it serves him well but he’s frankly boring over last few years since he plugged fully into YouTube creators only network
Artaxerxes
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This is from 2018
krtek a houby
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We popped into his bar in Shibuya, a few weeks ago. He's basically a clever entrepreneur type these days, but we still watch the main YouTube output because he does it well, if somewhat predictable...
skyscraper101
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Broad has a bar in Shibuya? As in owns one? I must've missed that.
I know he has a set dressed as a bar or ramen bar or something but I didn't know he has other business on the side.
krtek a houby
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Yeah, himself and Sharla opened it a couple of months ago. It's kind of fancy but not fancy, and in fairness, it's mostly cocktails (and expensive cans of beer) and over eager staff.
Not our typical hangout.
Artaxerxes
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He made his ramen bar studio then left for Tokyo like a year or two later. Now he's opened a cocktail place in Shibuya.
He's basically making bank by being the biggest J-Youtuber - which fair play to him is easy work if you can get it.
skyscraper101
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I imagine rents on anything in Shibuya don't come cheap so he must be raking it in.
Artaxerxes
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He gets a lot of tourism/press work and makes a tidy packet doing classes on being a Youtuber, he's not hurting for cash when you combine that with his view count on Youtube.
I haven't looked at his stuff for a while now whereas before I used to be one of those who couldn't wait to watch as soon as a new video came out. I guess you can't blame someone for going with what is successful - and good luck to him - but it does feel a bit formulaic these days. I include the podcasts with Pete Donaldson in that... here's a news story of the week that isn't always that quirky, here's a traveller's tale that isn't actually that funny or feels like it's been written with a heavy helping of creative licence by the contributor etc etc.
mwgdrwg
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Feel exactly the same, I was keen to watch every video and listen to every podcast at one point. Unsubscribed to both about a year ago.
Dom Traynor
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I've been watching a few of his and others videos about Japan while prepping to visit this Christmas and New Year. The beginners stuff is great and full of helpful tips but I can't imagine watching it if I wasn't prepping for a trip.
Dom Traynor
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Anyway how's that LDP leadership election going? Who are the top runners and riders?
krtek a houby
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Oh, another senior citizen, Ishiba had got the gig. Expect more of the same.
krtek a houby
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It's definitely worth prepping and in fairness to CB, those particular videos are helpful, as you say. But if you need any random info, just ask.
Artaxerxes
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Isn’t he supposed to be slightly more cuddly progressive oldster than most of the rest of the fossils?
krtek a houby
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Allegedly. Tbh, don't know much about the guy - not being able to vote has kinda knocked the old enthusiasm out of me...
Artaxerxes
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Honestly seems a bit pointless paying that much attention to Japanese politics given how ossified the entire structure seems to be I know.
This was a decent feature on cuddly Ishiba, whether he will be a major break I guess we’ll see.
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