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Steve Bildermann wrote:Judo has been a big disappointment!!!

Thanks for that. Given what you know about the judoka here, should they be doing better then those results or is this how it is going to be from now? Does Japan need to get used to the idea that their men can't always win the top medals?

I've just realized I'm building up a high tolerance now to stories on Fischer. Give me another week and I think I'll start to consider it the most normal thing in the world that a former world chess champion is in prison in Japan. Since this story involves: (1) US/Japan relations (2) Visa problems (...

this is a very bad year cause the pricks are actually doing quite well Japan is going well. Even allowing for Steve Bildermann's Law of Japanese Olympic Diminishing Returns this sounds like a good year. How good is it? Have some competitors played above themselves or is it more usual for Japan to u...

Looks like this film is out already - earlier than I thought. IZO - Violence and swordplay in wild, wild Edo(Japan Times review) Strangely enough, when I read Mark Schilling's review (published yesterday) I had a sense of deja vu. Then I realized that he was the source of the post by someone called ...

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Futon are an international combo Thai/Japanese/UK and probably more. They covered "I Wanna be Your Dog" which was a regular in Thai clubs but made little impact anywhere else. That's the only thing I've heard them do.

Completely off topic, but I always manage to confuse Niigata, Nagoya and Nagano in my tiny little brain...but... During the World Cup football a couple of years back, I was in Niigata for the England vs Denmark game. I got there early and planned to watch the Germany game on TV in a local bar. The n...

A friend of mine was a flatmate of one of these dudes.. Same here You obviously know some of the same people that I know. Is that why I keep running into you at seedy bars? I could be stalking you. Have you noticed how you are always in the bar first? You must have had a pretty good episode with Mr...

There were six guys involved in this and, by their own admission, they did act like idiots. The original charges against this one guy involved criminal damage as well as robbery and assault - taken together the sentence could have amounted to seven years in the clink. Apparently, if you are guilty o...

Mate of mine made a documentary about Nobuyoshi Araki which featured Byork. At an izakaya, her favourite dish was the shoyu which she drank freely.

Bongo wrote:If she loses, she should sue the guy for mental anxiety.

He's an idiot but your suggested recourse isn't much better. Sue? It's too trivial for the courts.

Yall may think a new thread is the way to go everytime someone loses their family jewels but I prefer to keep it here in the BIG BOOGER classic. Long threads forever!!!! http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mymod/hdln/usnodafp/sty/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1516&e=1&u=/afp/20040...

Concern Over World Economic Growth Concern over the softening of global economic expansion heightened yesterday with new figures showing growth slipping in Europe and slowing sharply in Japan while the US trade deficit hit record levels. Japanese second-quarter growth rose only 0.4 per cent in real...

FT Reporter on the planned merger In a sea of acronyms, confusion reigns as merger mania hits Japanese banks The clearest element in the whole saga is that international investors and investment bankers are incredibly excited about it. To them, the tussle is an historic improvement on previous Japan...

I'll pop by the Pink Cow and catch up on Sunday

This article was published in the Sunday Times in the UK a few years back but I just came across it again today. The author is a novelist, restaurant reviewer, journalist who delights in confrontation. It drew a complaint from the Japanese Ambassador. Henry Scott-Stokes described it as "a cease...

gomichild wrote:I used to write for them - was a major pain in the bum.

That's an important and informed qualifier. Maybe we'd best to stick to passive viewing. of their site.

I agree that even 10,000 is a bit mad. Most of the customers are expense account junkies. But, then again, eating out in London these days is every bit as pricey. I can't remember what the entrance is like but Omatsuya (Ginza 6-5-8. Open 5-9:30pm (LO; 8:30 Sat.). Closed Sundays. Tel: 3571-7053 - Sum...

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I saw this article and thought to myself -- this is not a typical US biz practice I'm not sure that it is possible to identify "typical US business practice" because the scope of the economy is so large. But I don't see the moves at HP as exceptional. If you want an overly aggressive CEO,...

I've had many more bad times shelling out to see headline bands than I've had seeing EES play second fiddle. Don't know how your dough is but I would regard the headline band as a free gig after paying for EES. Or check them out tonight in Stratford Bulldog Bash, Stratford UK on Saturday, 14 August ...

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What's up gang? I have just arrived in Tokyo. I want to throw back a few malted bevs with ya'll. Where's the happenings? Let's hook it up. I am in Kichijoji at the Pongi Palace of Pleasure. Never met you but heard you were coming...waiting for a steer to a venue. Where are you drinking after the Su...

Why hope? Do you really give a shit one way or the other if Japan allows an Empress or not? Yes I do. The politics of Asia are important for the West. As I commented in answer to Taros's post, I think that an Empress could be a way for Japan to redefine their relationship with Asia. With the curren...

the only groups i`ve found so far that are any good are: go!go!7188, cornelious, ken ishi and flow If you are in or around Tokyo, Go! Go! 7188 are playing Nippon Budokan on 21st December. Tickets on sale from October 16th Ken Ishii plays at a strange looking night at Liquid Room ebisu, September 19...