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mangabb posted an update in the group
Cool stuff 4 days, 7 hours agoThe Nortons Japanese antivirus commercial is very slick indeed.
The extended version is online, here.
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mangabb posted an update in the group
Tokyo current events 1 week, 3 days ago“JAPAN has switched off its last working nuclear reactor, just over a year after the Fukushima disaster.
As technicians closed down the No. 3 unit at Tomari in Hokkaido at 11:03 pm local time, the debate over whether Japan needs nuclear power has been reignited, amid increasingly shrill warnings of potential power blackouts during the northern…[Read more]
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mangabb posted a new activity comment 1 week, 3 days ago
In reply to: allan posted an update in the group Cool stuff Smart Vending machine! It recognizes your age and gender and recomends appropriate drinks. ViewI kind of want to make my own drink selection instead of some suggestive marketing. Yes I really do feel like drinking the extra high caffiene yellow drink to keep me going at work…
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mangabb posted a new activity comment 1 month ago
In reply to: lentildude posted an update in the group TokyoVeg Fructose: (Corn Syrup) Sweet, But Dangerous You need to minimise Fructose ASAP! Especially kids. Most of the carbohydrates we eat are made up of chains of glucose. […] Viewbudo concentrafed fructose explains why sweets & candy & gum all have that awful grape flavor!
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mangabb posted a new activity comment 1 month, 1 week ago
In reply to: lentildude posted an update in the group TokyoVeg Fructose: (Corn Syrup) Sweet, But Dangerous You need to minimise Fructose ASAP! Especially kids. Most of the carbohydrates we eat are made up of chains of glucose. […] ViewWhat is the kanji for Fructose?
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mangabb started the forum topic recommend a legit agent for extra work in Tokyo? in the group
Film making, Acting & Extras 1 month, 1 week agoCan anyone recommend an agent for extra, background acting work in Tokyo? I have done one job on an NHK English program and got paid 5000yen for about 90mins work . That job came from an email passed around in my […]
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mangabb posted an update in the group
Film making, Acting & Extras 1 month, 3 weeks agohttp://www.indiegogo.com/100Yen
Theres an interesting self funded group trying to raise funds to create a film/doco on “gamesen” in Nihon. You can donate to reach their funding goal to get your name in the credits or even in IMDB as an associate producer!
100 Yen: The Japanese Arcade Experience is an upcoming documentary about the arcade…[Read more]-
I bet they don’t show some of the ”only in Japan” bizarre kinky type games. I played this game in Shinjuku where you play rock scissors & paper against some virtual girls who do a strip tease every time you win. At the end of the game a capsule drops out with a pair of panties as a prize!
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That would make interesting viewing in the documentary!! Got to find that machine!
They should also film the kiddie video machines in shopping centres that are basically outright gambling! Its only 10 yen to spin a dial and win some sweets but its teaching young children to gamble! Only in Japan!
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mangabb posted an update in the group
Tokyo current events 2 months agoFriends from back home just emailed me about a news report and tsunami warning from a 7.4 quake around 8pm. I didn’t feel a thing?
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Just in time for the 1 year anniversary! No didn’t feel it in Tokyo, its more than 500km away!
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It’s more than 700km away thankfully! Here is the activity the last 24 hours, notice latitude /longitude is same location.
M 4.6, off the east coast of Honshu, Japan, Depth 27.80 km, Time Thu 08:01:55 (JST), Lat: 40.9697, Long: 144.8793
M 5.2, near the east coast of Honshu, Japan, Depth 34.60 km, Time Thu 06:38:56 (JST), Lat: 35.5494,…[Read more]
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mangabb started the forum topic Dekopon Nani? in the group
Gardens, Bonsai & Gardening in Japan 2 months, 2 weeks agoWhat exactly is a Dekopon??? I mean I know its an orange type citrus (that resembles a womens breast!) but is it a tangerine(orange/manderine cross)? It is much sweeter than a tangerine I think. What two citrus […]
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mangabb started the forum topic Sophia University in the group
Raising Children in Japan 3 months agoI hope this is right place to pose this question, but wondering if anyone has any experience entering Sophia university?? Is it all an English taught campus?? My Japanese is terrible. I am doing one year of […]
This summer will be real test. If we survive without nuclear power and still manage to drive the many aircons and pachinko palour lighting without outages, this will make the nuclear industry nervous.