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Many BT’er know that I love comedy and have a pretty thick skin but I just received an email/rant asking me why I took umbrage to the Tunnels and DJ Ozuma’s Yajima Beauty Salon CM campaign and follow-up PR stunt. You can read my previous posts on the subject but the bottom [...]
Tunnels and DJ Ozuma are back for more shadiness but I guess one way to revive a career is to do something out of the box or attempt to push the buttons of others. Click here for the original story on Yajima Beauty Salon. It may help to familiarize yourself with this CM before reading the post [...]
The talented and sometimes funny owarai duo, Tunnels, have recently hooked-up with DJ Ozma (former Kishidan band leader) to form and produce a temporary female trio called Yajima Biyoshitsu (Yajima Beauty Salon). The female trio is actually the three men in drag. Here is the official website.
The Yajima Biyoshitsu new song ties into a new Lotte chewing gum commercial (the CM [...]
Commercial: Play Now | Play in Popup | Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Press Conference: Play Now | Play in Popup | Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadHere is an interesting video on eating sushi in Japan. The video is in Japanese with English subtitles. Note that the subtitles are not an exact translation of the spoken Japanese and thus can serve as a great resource to help you practice your translation skills.
Gambatte!
I came across an article titled, “Africa begins to walk on its own” by Yukio Okamoto, international affairs advisor of the SANKEI Newspaper (Page 1) (Slightly abridged), April 30, 2008. An interesting take on the continued interest from Asian and Western nations. The article of course leans towards Japan’s move into doing more economically [...]
A friend of mine was stuck on stupid when he commented on the “submissive” Japanese woman. My favorite Japanese comedian, Shimura Ken, shows wears the pants in the house.
