Aimono

This is yet another funny, in many ways stupid, but also a very charming commercials for SoftBank that features a Japanese dog who inspires to go to space after being inspired by a Japanese astronaut.  And he does get on a rocket and arrives in space, and finally meets Santa Claus delivering Christmas presents.  Indeed, [...]

One of the funniest part of Japanese culture is Japanese advertising on television. I could literally spend the rest of my life writing about them. They can be cute, funny, annoying, and plain disgusting. Now, as I have written before public display of affection in Japan is taboo and kissing in public is very unusual, [...]

A lot of girls write to me asking how can they become a pop idol in Japan, and my response always is that you need to work hard at it because the competition is intense.  Not only are many Japanese girls desperate to launch their music careers, nowadays so many foreigners want to enter the [...]