"Osaka Elegy" is from the 30s so it ought to be a great chance to see a decent print. I think the other are late 40s/50s films that are in better shape. "Osaka Elegy" ("Naniwa Elegy")also has one of the very first appearances by Takashi Shimura who, along with Mifune, w...

http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forum/album_mod/upload/8c416446fe1021f91ec6d0f6bca50cfd.jpg Very Funny review of Steven Seagal's new film Seagal surely qualifies for FG status. And the review mentions Aikido, Samurai movies and Lone Wolf & Cub so we have our Japan references too. (SPOILER ALERT!) S...

Michael Eisner speaking Eisner Wants To Reopen Talks with Pixar Disney CEO Michael Eisner intimated Wednesday that he would like to reopen negotiations with Pixar Animation Studios to bring the company back in its fold. "I will not believe it is over until it is over," he told a Sanford B...

Do you think this guy is a NOVA teacher? Escape from Narita The man disappeared just before he was to be handed over to police, apparently climbing over a 2.5-meter glass wall and going from an off-limits area to the general area in the inspection area while immigration officials were not looking, p...

I though the Japanese Radiohead would be ACMA who released a CD called "Ho-K Computer"

They liked the joke so much, their label are using it for a compilation

Someone decided that the Japanese rugby team should have a nickname because New Zealand = All Blacks/Kiwis Australia = Wallabies South Africa = Springboks Argentina = Pumas Although, England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Wales have no particular nicknames unless you think "Les Bleus" counts....

http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forum/album_mod/upload/68b4b94893964b154a7976c14325f9d7.jpg Yura Yura Teikoku Anyone know about the J-Bands at Fuji Rock this year? I've seen Yura Yura Teikoku, UA and Mo'some Tonebender before but I don't know if any of these other acts are good live: Akainu (mentioned ...

http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forum/album_mod/upload/eab39f9ee124523f323899088ecd1e76.gif Acid Mothers Temple Review Makoto Kawabata and company assault listeners with frighteningly dense walls of white noise, psychedelic swirl effects and, yes, even guitar solos--Truly, AMT's endurance and threshold...

I thought I'd seen a similar story here before. Actually, I've been listening to "end of manga" and "end of anime" stories for years now. I keep suggesting that the real story is "end of way we do things now" like just about every other industry in the world but change ...

Many of the 70 or so subcontractors clustered in Tokyo's Suginami Ward are in a bind. Even as the cost of rent and paying animators rises , there has been no corresponding rise in production budgets." If life is that bad, how are salaries rising? Also, why are rents rising? Most companies I kn...

http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forum/album_mod/upload/9118c54dbb52053705e181ca72c851c5.jpg Maltese themed Art Coffee in Tokyo Not related to http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forum/album_mod/upload/8034ad411990025aaaf858966bf053d2.gif In the midst of a shopping centre near busy Tokyo Station in Japan there ...

Bloke now considering heading out to Tokyo for the first time had this warning for his company:

"I'm no good at drawing so I don't think I'll ever be able to write
Japanese"

I seem to remember the tunnel at the Narita end for the Narita Express line used to feature some elementary animation.

Given the state of London's underground, the only way this will work is if staff run along the platform holding pictures while the train faces yet another delay.

http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forum/album_mod/upload/a6e775d8f3d1cb4f82ad89df0b47adbc.jpg Howling at the Moon Walter Yetnikoff was the link man between Sony and CBS. He advised them on their Columbia deal. His book has just hit bargain bins in the UK so I got a quick read of his bits on Sony. Slight ...

Yes, thank you, I can use chopsticks. But sometimes a fork is better

uh-oh

53 mins: GOAL England 1-1 Japan
Shinji Ono levels the scores for Japan and it is a fabulous team goal, ending with the Feyenoord midfielder slotting the ball between David James' legs.

Golden Gai is a 10/15 minute walk from Shinjuku JR Station. It's the area between Hanazono Jinja and the road with the ward office (Kuyakusho dori) If you are standing on the corner of Yasukuni Dori and Kuyakusho dori, you are virtually there and you can ask. It consists of about 5 parallel lanes of...

Yomiuri article on "Smoking Harassment" Anyone heard this word before? While many people refrain from smoking around their superiors, many freely smoke in front of their subordinates. This is indicative of a new concept-- smoking harassment, known as "sumohara" in Japanese --in ...

I was trying to find something about Jerry Hegarty, who died in Tokyo a couple of years ago and is well remembered down in Yokohama. I found a short tribute from the Tokyo Weekender by Corky Alexander who also passed away recently. A note of sadness from longtime Weekender reader Lorne Erenberg, now...

Keane Home Page

Lead singer is good mates with Coldplay's Chris Martin and almost joined the band.

I think this gaijin qualifies, if only for dying as so many have tried to do. Obituary of Tabasco Cat Wow ,what a way to go, Tabasco Cat, who won the 1994 Preakness (gr. I) and Belmont (gr. I) Stakes as a homebred for William T. Young and David Reynolds, died at the age of 13 at the Japan Bloodstock...

Japan beats Canada in Super Powers Rugby What an odd sport it is when Japan, Canada, USA and Russia are only competing in a minor tournament. This is actually a very good result for Japan. Six months too late for the World Cup, though. IRB: Cherry Blossoms take Super Powers Cup Sunday May 30 2004 3...

http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forum/album_mod/upload/38b0e4b33b8ffe4a1e0863152778f61b.jpg Jude Brand's Japan Times Bar Ole Review BEST BAR NONE In loving memory of Miguel By JUDE BRAND When Esteban Mauricio Paredes arrived in Tokyo from Ecuador 12 years ago, he felt lucky to score an apartment throug...

Seeing the "K-1 headline" just below "dead gaijins" and my mind flashed to Andy Hug dying in Japan. http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forum/album_mod/upload/f1be2dd675484b85a7613d59ad064039.jpg Andy Hug Tribute Page On Thursday, 24th August, 2000 at 18:21 - Andy Hug died at the age of ...

A win for Japan. Japan battles back to beat Iceland in friendly The upturn in Japan's form and fortune under Zico's stewardship continued on Sunday with a 3-2 win over Iceland in the opening game of the F.A. Summer Tournament. Two goals from Tatsuhiko Kubo and a second half penalty from Alex illumin...

http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forum/album_mod/upload/b616deac3c33dee08666820bd73d94ad.jpg This game will be played in Manchester on Tuesday as part of a three team tournament including Iceland. Three great fishing nations. I've seen next to nothing in the press in the way of any build-up but the game...

This is a reaction to the news that the released hostages got a hostile reception on their return. Article on Nichibei Times' Columnist Editorial "My jaw dropped in astonishment after reading this," writes Omori. "Leave it to the Japanese to react in this vindictive, cruel, hostile fa...

I remember being ripped a new a-hole for trying to dig deeper kessan-tanshin long, long ago when I was working freelance at nights for Jardine-Fleming (aka Jardine's aka "Nobel House" of the Opium War ). The Japanese director of Jardine-Fleming told me my services were no longer needed fo...