A stricter law against illegal downloading of media went into affect this week in Japan, meaning harsh punishments for those caught uploading OR downloading music, movies, TV shows, whatever. It will be interesting to see what the first big punishment to come out of this will be – a lot of people I know are…
That’s the face I made when I realized I have all of August as a vacation (though not from blogging, don’t worry!). Kobukuro “Yell E ~ Ru” Looks like more and more older Japanese bands are wising up to the economic benefits of either putting together comeback tours or at least placing an emphasis on…
See that tasty-lookin’ burger above? That’s McDonald’s Japan’s new KBQ Burger, a Korean-inspired offering available in stores starting today. But hey! Any day now that whole “Korean wave” is just gonna recede away yeah? Any day now…… Kazuyoshi Saito “やさしくなりたい” [youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0oXGhUHvC8″] Kazuyoshi Saito has a new album out soon, yet “やさしくなりたい” isn’t on it. He’s…
Vancouver Canucks fans appear to be the AKB48 geeks of the hockey world, caring about something that isn’t really all that important to an insane degree. I’d love to see the otaku turn Akihabara into a smoldering apocalypse. Anyway, before we dive into this week’s feature, spend some time with Ian Martin‘s and James Hadfield‘s…
Justin Bieber visited Japan this week and the consensus seems to be he’s a pretty cool guy for not backing out of his concerts in the country over a lil’ radiation threat. I’m going to…agree with the majority! Dude deserves credit for doing something a lot of other folks didn’t do – actually help Japan…