40% Facebook's supposed 900 million alleged users don't exist?

Another one from the "No way. You've got to be kidding me!" file. If I hadn't already laid out a litany of reasons to stay...

Gaijin Gourmet: Okonomiyaki Taiho in Tokyo at Tamagawa Station

Okonomiyaki is delicious! I love okonomiyaki! Okonomiyaki paaaaar-tay! "Okonomi... What!?" (I can hear you say!) That's oko-no...

My Socks.... (And Leaving a Mark). Are you leaving a mark on the world that you were here?

I have the exact same pair in the drawer somewhere! What's the point of this? Nothing.... Well, nothing excepting one thing; and that...

Japan and China Start Direct Trading of Currency in One Week? US Dollar Out?

Things are starting to roll very fast towards the US Dollar losing its place as the world reserve currency. Incredibly, this just in from Ze...

Americans Do Barbecue Better Than the Japanese Can! God Bless the United States of America!

About a week ago, my wife told me that we were invited to a birthday party for one of my son's school friends. My wife said that other s...

Cool & Strange Music - Vol. Five: Smoke on the Water and Jailhouse Rock

Yee haa! Geisha Rock and Roll!!!! Matsuchiyo Hell… It's a Saturday night, I've been drinking all day, and now it's late at night...

US3 On My Radio Show in Tokyo! COOL!

Unless you've been living in a cave the last 20 years, you know US3. They are huge and have had many hits songs over the last 20 years. ...

Cool & Strange Music - Vol. Four: Akiko Kanazawa "Yellow Submarine" and Kazuo Umezu "Snake Girl"

Hot on the heels of the very successful Cool and Strange Music post about Yo Yo Hashi, here's today's version that is guaranteed to...

Cool and Strange Japanese Music: Yo Yo Hashi - "YoYo's Pad"

It don't get cooler than this.  Another version of Cool and Strange Japanese music.  Matsuchiyo Today is Yo Yo Hashi and "Yo Yo...

Japan’s public debt is almost 240% of GDP = Japan Downgraded AGAIN!

We are f*cked, doomed, scr*wed, whatever you want to call it. The crisis, folks, is upon us. Mish Shedlock writes in Japanese Debt Downgrad...

Earn a Bad Reputation; Disrespecting Artists and Their Work

"It takes years to build trust. It takes just one action to destroy that trust." - Yuka Rogers  "Associate with men of good q...