Jul
29

Funny: Conan O’Brien voices for Ghost in the Shell

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Conan and Andy Richter go to Bang Zoom Entertainment to do some voice overs for Japanese animation!

Conan and Andy Richter doing voice overs for Japanese animation!

They totally ruin it, lol

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Jul
11

Japan’s Silent Library goes to USA (Thanks MTV)

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Japan’s Silent Library is now in USA too thanks to MTV:

Silent LibraryMTV Shows

This is Japan’s version:

gaki no tsukai silent library ernesto hoost

[via PixelatedGeek]

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Jun
08

How to get up, eat breakfast and get ready for work in 5 mins!

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Let the Japanese teach you how to get up, dressed, brush teeth, prepare & eat breakfast, bind your tie in just 5 minutes!

How to get up, eat breakfast and get ready for work in 5 mins!

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Feb
26

How to increase breasts size with a ringtone

Science & Technology

Upon listening to a special ringtone by Japanese (but of course) researcher who specializes in cognitive sciences, the lady increased her breasts size by not 1, not 2 but 3 centimeters. Rei is now a proud owner of a 82.5 cm chest all thanks to the unusual ringtone.

ディスカバリーチャンネル 苫米地英人

Discovery channel reports the breast enhancement techniques. Now the researcher intends to create special sounds that would encourage hair growth and stimulate love at first sight.

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Jan
29

Blowfish testicles poison 7 in Japan

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Scary stuff. I mean… You can eat blowfish testicles?

Blowfish testicles prepared by unlicensed chef send 7 to Japanese hospital with poisoning

TOKYO (AP) — Blowfish testicles prepared by an unauthorized chef sickened seven diners in northern Japan and three remained hospitalized Tuesday after eating the poisonous delicacy.

The owner of the restaurant in Tsuruoka city, who is also the chef, had no license to serve blowfish and was being questioned on suspicion of professional negligence, police official Yoshihito Iwase said.

Shortly after, they developed limb paralysis and breathing trouble and started to lose consciousness — typical signs of blowfish poisoning — and were rushed to a hospital for treatment, Iwase said.

A 68-year-old diner remained hospitalized in critical condition with respiratory failure and two others, aged 55 and 69, were in serious condition, he said.

“It’s scary. If you go to a decent-looking restaurant that serves fugu, you would assume a cook has a proper fugu license,” Iwase said, using the Japanese term for blowfish.

Blowfish poison, called tetrodotoxin, is nearly 100 times more poisonous than potassium cyanide, according to the Ishikawa Health Service Association. It can cause death within an hour and a half after consumption. (Source: Redeye)

I wonder what made people risk their lives just for blowfish. Is it that nice?

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May
31

Japanese woman caught living in man’s closet

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He became suspicious when the food started disappearing. But she lived there FOR A YEAR.

Japanese woman caught living in man’s closet

TOKYO – A homeless woman who sneaked into a man’s house and lived undetected in his closet for a year was arrested in Japan after he became suspicious when food mysteriously began disappearing.

Police found the 58-year-old woman Thursday hiding in the top compartment of the man’s closet and arrested her for trespassing, police spokesman Hiroki Itakura from southern Kasuya town said Friday.

The resident of the home installed security cameras that transmitted images to his mobile phone after becoming puzzled by food disappearing from his kitchen over the past several months.

The woman told police she had no place to live and first sneaked into the man’s house about a year ago when he left it unlocked.

She had moved a mattress into the small closet space and even took showers, Itakura said, calling the woman “neat and clean.”

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This is kinda freaky actually. Makes good plot in horror stories.

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May
27

Japan man stalks toll-free line to hear woman’s voice

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Well, today on odd world, there’s a Japanese man calling toll-free line to hear woman’s voice and yes it’s automated. Kinda sad in a way but it somehow suggests how easily contented this man can be. Just listening to a voice only?

Japan man stalks toll-free line to hear woman’s voice

TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese man was arrested for calling a food company’s toll-free number 500 times in 16 months because he wanted to hear the woman’s voice on the automated tape, police said on Monday.

The 38-year-old plumber, who was arrested on Sunday, made 3,100 hours worth of free calls to the company, costing it almost 4 million yen (19,500 pounds) in phone bills, a police spokesman in Takasaki, northwest of Tokyo, said.

“He gets excited by the woman’s voice on the guidance tape,” the spokesman said, adding that the voice sounded normal to the detective who was involved in the investigation.

The food company asked for its name to be withheld. The spokesman said police are investigating if the man placed an excessive number of calls to any other firms.

(Source: Reuters)

I hope he’s okay. He’s disruptive in a way, but he sure has patience. I keep pressing ‘0′ when I hear automated tapes on phones.

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