April 21, 201411 yr Here's a famous article by journalist Tim Rogers. Its really worth your time. If you haven't read this,guess what? you will enjoy this. Anyways. Here's the link to the article. Enjoy http://kotaku.com/5484581/japan-its-not-funny-anymore
April 22, 201411 yr For crying out loud, he lives in Tokyo. The busiest town as well as the most annoying. I myself wouldn't want to live in Tokyo. I can contest a lot of his issues, but its mainly because he is not as open minded. The language for example, it's not just an expression, but has a definitive meaning. The term "Irasshaimase" does not necessarily mean "come into the store" it is also synonymous as "Welcome". He would understand the culture better if he was able to understand through context, as that is how Japanese language and communication works. He does have valid points, but those are rather nit picks and shouldn't be something you get bothered with. What I do find wrong in this article is that he relates everything to games, which is not entirely true. What he says about stereotyping is correct, and Japanese do not take kindly to the term "otaku". It's a rather derogatory term for them. That's probably the reason why he doesn't understand much as he puts everything in the perspective of a game. Probably also the reason why other people look at him that way. I do also have to say that the Japanese have stringent work ethics. They are probably the most meticulous people I have encountered in terms of work. But hey, it works.
April 29, 201411 yr I remember this article, it's years old. But it did give me a rare raw dislike of Tokyo. Most people talk about the positives, but not too much the negatives. He also seems to forget about the public health smoking booths.
May 21, 201411 yr Girl pranks Airline with terrorist comments. Here's the link to the article.http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2014/04/17/dutch-teens-prank-terrorist-tweet-blows-up-in-airlines-face/
May 22, 201411 yr The anarchist cook book ( LINK Below) Interesting read. http://bnrg.cs.berkeley.edu/~randy/Courses/CS39K.S13/anarchistcookbook2000.pdf
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