japan
- The rise of Japan’s 'girlie man' generation
- Forget the salarymen, Japan's new 'herbivore' generation of males believe that life is far more important than work
- 2009-11-12 to bestof, future, gender, herbivore, human, japan, japanese, male, society, style, trend by bagoly
- Alexandra Harney: The Herbivore's Dillemma
- Japan panics about the rise of "grass-eating men," who shun sex, don't spend money, and like taking walks.
- 2009-09-19 to bestof, feminine, japan, society by soobrosa
- Lisa Katayama: Love in 2-D
- If he ever does find true three-dimensional love, Nisan said, he hopes that his wife will accept Nemutan for who she is: “She is my life’s work. I would be devastated if that was taken away from me.”
- 2009-08-25 to bestof, japan, relationship, society, virtual by soobrosa
- W. David Marx: The Fear of the Internet
- From most quarters of Japan there emanates a vaguely-defined, yet distinct fear and loathing of the internet.
- 2009-07-25 to bestof, internet, japan, media, society by soobrosa
- Feeling the heat
- The cops are squeezing the robbers in Tokyo
- 2009-03-24 to bestof, crime, japan, tradition by soobrosa
- Sayonara, Prada
- Japanese shoppers, at home and abroad, account for about half of the global luxury-goods market. But according to a study released last fall by Bain & Company, the luxury market here was expected to shrink by 7 percent in 2008, after falling by 2 percent
- 2009-02-20 to bestof, business, fashion, japan, luxury by bagoly
- THE SOUL IN THE MACHINE
- The Snuggling Ifbot will sing to you. Actroid DER will greet you with a smile. DOMINIC ZIEGLER gets up close and personal with the tangle of actuators and wire that the Japanese count as friends
- 2008-07-04 to bestof, japan, robot, society, technology by bagoly
- Michiko Toyama: Japan's Booming Sex Niche - Elder Porn
- "Elderly people don't identify with school dramas. It's easier for them to relate to older-men-and-daughters-in-law series."
- 2008-06-24 to aging, bestof, elderly, japan, porn, society by soobrosa
- Lisa Katayama: Meet Hiroyuki Nishimura, the Bad Boy of the Japanese Internet
- "You'd be in trouble if you didn't have Google, but you wouldn't dieif Nico Nico Douga didn't exist. But waste is our culture in Japan; look at how we package each candy individually."
- 2008-06-04 to bestof, culture, depression, japan, media, society, waste by soobrosa
- Spaghetti stir-fry and hambagoo: Japan looks West
- That desire survived at least until the 1970's, when a businessman named Den Fujita established McDonald's in Japan and claimed that its menu would make Japanese as tall and attractive as Americans.
- 2008-03-26 to bestof, food, japan by bagoly
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