Monday, July 12, 2010
Wednesday, June 02, 2010
Hatoyama Resigns!
Three months shy of his first anniversary as Japan's Prime Minister, Hatoyama resigned over the handling of the US base relocation in Okinawa.
Read More Here.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Kitano Takeshi at Fondation Cartier, Paris
Work of Japanese artist, comedian, and filmmaker Kitano Takeshi is currently featured at the Fondation Cartier in Paris, running through September 12, 2010.
Full NY Times Article.
La Fondation Cartier.
Kitano Takeshi Website.
Kitano Takeshi Wikipedia
Kitano Takeshi IMDB
Photo credit (for bottom-most picture): Jacky Naegelen/Reuters.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Only in Japan
I was standing in front of the Shinagawa Station, waiting for a bus not too far from the traffic light. The light has just turned red when a white Toyota Prius sped to run past it. Immediately I could hear the high pitch of a whistle, and at the same time, I saw a policeman running fast to catch the offender. The Toyota Prius stopped, opened its window, and was directed to the side to be cited.
"Only in Japan," I had titled this entry, because the driver was honest enough to stop after violating that traffic law. Elsewhere in the world, with a police equipped only with two legs, the car would have sped off like a space shuttle breaking out into space.
Only in Japan, too, that perhaps the police was quite fit. Sure, Krispy Kreme Donuts might have invaded Tokyo a few years ago and managed to stay in business with eternally long queue, but I had yet to see an obese police officer in the years that I lived here. It sure is comforting to see your law enforcement officer so fit as not to have a heart attack when he has to run fast and hard like that.
"Only in Japan," I had titled this entry, because the driver was honest enough to stop after violating that traffic law. Elsewhere in the world, with a police equipped only with two legs, the car would have sped off like a space shuttle breaking out into space.
Only in Japan, too, that perhaps the police was quite fit. Sure, Krispy Kreme Donuts might have invaded Tokyo a few years ago and managed to stay in business with eternally long queue, but I had yet to see an obese police officer in the years that I lived here. It sure is comforting to see your law enforcement officer so fit as not to have a heart attack when he has to run fast and hard like that.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Wow!
The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) has won the elections in a major landslide, taking 302 of the 480 seats, leaving the main opposition party (and the de-facto party since 1955) Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) with just 112 seats (the rest of the seats going to smaller parties). DP leader Hatoyama Yukio (pictured) is slated to become the next Prime Minister as Aso Taro had stepped down in defeat.
[Bloompy has been away, true, and has yet to come up with a replacement blog now that he lives away from Japan; perhaps this one should continue to cover things Tokyo and Japan.]
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