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Keitai novels are meant to be read in short chapters, with new installments downloaded every day. As Wikipedia says: “The first cell phone novel was “published” in Japan in 2003 by a young online writer, Yoshi. His first cell phone novel was called Deep Love, the story of a teenage prostitute in Tokyo.

Based on the 1999 eroge from Leaf, ‘White Album’ gets a complete re-working for a new television audience. The story in this romantic drama follows Touya who is trying to work his way through college as best he can. Distracting him however is his girlfriend Yuki who has started a new career as a singing idol leaving little time for their relationship.

Based on an eroge originally released in 1998, this series will follow the hero Toya and his girlfriend. Yes, that’s right… the hero of a romance based on an eroge starts the series with a girlfriend already. Not only that but she’s a rising pop star.

After technological breakthroughs in the development of long-lasting lithium-ion batteries, soon it may not just be Hollywood stars who are zipping around in zero emission automobiles.

Imagine this: Your job is a Military Photographer in East Asia..just think of what you would have seen and photographed!!.

Those of you who follow me on twitter have also followed my experience with the series ‘Akane-iro ni Somaru Saka’. Now that I have gotten to that conclusion, it’s time for another edition of my additional thoughts.

Is it any wonder?..is anybody surprised?..(no) these 300 are just boneheads..brainless Chicom Idiots..Pirates in control of a Ship of State just about to Founder on the Reef of Greed,Corruption and a Naked Lust for Power..remora

At Choin-in Temple in Kyoto, Japan, it takes 17 monks to ring in the new year. It's an amazing event to witness, which thousands do every New Year's Eve. This post includes a photo gallery and a video of the event.

"Guam's transformation will cost at least $15 billion - with Japan footing more than $6 billion of the bill - and put some of the U.S. military's highest-profile assets within the fences of a vastly improved network of bases."

"The "ringleaders of the world's largest software-counterfeiting syndicate", as Microsoft described them in a statement last week, were sentenced on New Year's Eve. According to Microsoft, theirs were the longest sentences given for this type of crime in China's history...(1.5 to 6.5 years?)..you see what a nation of Bullshit Artists!!..remora

Forbes recently conducted research to find the big cities with the best commutes. Despite being notorious for their lack of rules in traffic, more than half of the Top10 best commutes are located in Asia.

1. Hong Kong, China
2. Tokyo, Japan
3. Chennai, India
4. Dakar, Senegal
5. Osaka, Japan
6. London, UK
7. Beijing, China
8. Mumbai, India
9. Krakow, Poland

The Japanese passion for sushi is apparently immune to the global economic crisis. A plump tuna on Monday fetched 9.6 million yen

just in case you are passing thru Gunma County - "Only once a year, the newest of Gunma’s famed modern kokeshi dolls are gathered in a single place. Production kokeshi, new-style kokeshi, wood carving tools, and more will be on display at this exhibition." - (tah remora)

Friends and family always ask if the japanese are as bad as you make them out to be why are you still there. It's a difficult question...let me count the ways

Exclusive enhanced photo casts doubt on "Masako" appearance!