...it might not come as a huge surprise that someone out there avidly collects Japan jokes. That someone is Takashi Hayasaka, a 32-year-old journalist...While on assignment, Hayasaka visited local bars and asked impromptu friends he met there: "Do you know any jokes about Japan?"...To his surprise, Hayasaka said, many people around the world see Japan in a positive light...But as Hayasaka recounts in his book "Sekai no nihonjin joku shu (A Collection of Jokes Worldwide on Japanese)" that was published in January, there are now a wide range of jokes on Japan...
Question: What should I do to get Japanese to laugh on a Monday?
Answer: Tell a joke on Friday.
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by Mulboyne » Mon Jun 19, 2006 11:34 pm
Japan Times: JOKES AND JAPAN - Have you heard the one about ...
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by Jack » Mon Jun 19, 2006 11:47 pm
I'm always puzzled when I see Japanese students in Canada go see a comedy film. Of course they can hardly understand normal street English let alone the jokes in a movie. Come to think of it, everytime I asked a J-chick here who has gone to the movies if she understood anything they almost always reply "no".
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by Greji » Tue Jun 20, 2006 7:13 am
jingai wrote:what's your favorite Japan joke?
Koizumi!
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by American Oyaji » Tue Jun 20, 2006 10:17 am
The "How to make a Japanese" angry was interesting.
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by Mulboyne » Tue Jun 20, 2006 10:36 am
It's not about Japanese characteristics but I thought kamome might have thrown in the joke that just about every lawyer has told me at one time or another:
Q. Did you hear about the new sushi bar that caters exclusively to lawyers?
A. It's called Sosumi.
Q. Did you hear about the new sushi bar that caters exclusively to lawyers?
A. It's called Sosumi.
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by kamome » Tue Jun 20, 2006 11:24 pm
Mulboyne wrote:It's not about Japanese characteristics but I thought kamome might have thrown in the joke that just about every lawyer has told me at one time or another:
Q. Did you hear about the new sushi bar that caters exclusively to lawyers?
A. It's called Sosumi.
I haven't heard that one before. "Dajare" that make plays off Japanese words in English aren't to my taste anyway.
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FG is my WaiWai--baka tono 6/26/08
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