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Disability-related insult 'asupe' rampant in Japan

Japanese netizens in their 20s to 30s are using the term “asupe” to refer to a retarded person or those who behave differently from the majority. But recently, the public realized a shocking fact: the term refers to the developmental disorder “Asperger’s syndrome.” A person with the syndrome has difficulty with social interaction and non-verbal communication, and has repetiti...

Asia Pacific | 2017-04-23 16:17

Fancy a job with the Forces of Darkness? Survey reveals all

Workers have their own standards before choosing a workplace, such as corporate value, salary, working hours, free health insurance, or delicious cafeteria menus. A company’s reputation largely depends on the workers’ and applicants’ evaluations. If the fictional dark forces from animations opened their job vacancies to public in realty, which would pose as the most popular w...

Asia Pacific | 2017-04-14 16:42

Japanese site offers $90,000 for defeating pro boxer

Abema TV, a Japanese online live-stream broadcasting website, is searching for people who can defeat professional boxer Kameda Koki and win 10 million yen ($90,000). To celebrate its first anniversary, the site announced: “10 million yen if you beat Koki” on its website. Koki was World Boxing Association (WBA) bantamweight champion in 2010 and World Boxing Council (WBC) flywe...

Asia Pacific | 2017-04-09 16:45

Osaka approved homosexual couple as foster parents: report

n a Japanese first, Osaka City approved a homosexual couple to foster a child from an orphanage in December, according to The Mainichi Newspaper Wednesday. The city did not disclose details of the men, except that they were in their 30s and 40s. Even Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said it had “never heard of this news.” The ministry distributed guidelines on ad...

Asia Pacific | 2017-04-06 17:34

Thousands of foreigners in Japan face discrimination for not being Japanese: survey

Nearly 30 percent of foreigners living in Japan complained of discrimination “for not being Japanese,” according to a survey released on Friday.

Asia Pacific | 2017-04-02 12:49

Male actors 'endangered species' of Japanese adult movie industry

Adult movie actors are in short supply in Japan. “The number of adult film actors is less than the known population of Bengal tigers,” said Shimiken, 35, touted as the king of adult films. “We are at the edge of extinction.”

Asia Pacific | 2017-03-29 14:58

Website leaks text messages of scandal involving Japanese PM's wife

A mysterious Japanese website has disclosed text messages allegedly exchanged between the Japanese Prime Minister’s wife Akie Abe and the Moritomo Kindergarten president’s wife Aki Kagoike, key players in a political scandal sweeping Japan. The website, “Akie-leaks,” posted 73 photos of a pink mobile device showing text messages. It alleged that Kagoike owns the device. The p...

Asia Pacific | 2017-03-26 17:41

[Ohayo Japan] Self-checkout upsets Japanese consumers

Japanese people find self-checkout machines irritating compared to conventional payment methods using credit cards or cash, a survey found on Tuesday. Career Connection, a Japanese business survey agency, said, “Customers’ complaints against the machines are increasing. “There were hundreds of comments criticizing the inconvenience of self-checkout machines in supermarkets on...

Asia Pacific | 2017-03-21 16:04

[Ohayo Japan] Japanese freelancers walk tough road with no contracts

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of Japan has released statistics showing that 20 percent of more than 10 million freelancers in the nation have no contract with their companies. Among about 10.6 million freelancers, counted by Japanese crowd-sourcing company Lancers, 19 percent had only verbal contracts, the ministry’s February statement said. Without contr...

Asia Pacific | 2017-03-17 17:10

[Ohayo Japan] 'Ghost in the Shell' dubbed in original Japanese voices

The original cast of Japanese animation series “Ghost in the Shell” will dub its Hollywood film remake, starring Scarlett Johansson Three key original cast members will provide voices to the remake, including Atsuko Tanaka, the voice of the main character Major Motoko Kusanagi. A movie executive said, “The casting director decided to use the original cast to maintain the anim...

Asia Pacific | 2017-03-16 17:30

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