Traveling Music

I didn’t think I was going to like this song, mostly because I looked at the title before listening to it. “How typical,” I thought, “of me to like a song with ‘Japan’ in the title.” Nevertheless, surprise, surprise, I actually do. I think my favorite time to listen to it is on the train in the morning going to work. Somehow the rhythm just fits with that of the train. Augh, now I guess I’m just being sentimental. I’ll shut up now.

Japan – The Strange Country (video)

Japan - The Strange Country (Japanese ver.) from Kenichi on Vimeo.

Found this today. Great design & provocative message. Personally, I think the reason so many people are killing themselves is because they work too much and aren’t having enough sex. That’s just my opinion, though. I’m no sociologist.

Here is a link to the English version.

baby, I was born on a train

The Magnetic Fields – Born on a Train

whose culture is this, and does anybody know?

song: "What Ever Happened" - The Strokes

スキヤキ Song

A group of a-capella singers sang this for our graduation ceremony at Kansai Gaidai. We all joined in. This is probably the most famous Japanese song ever. There are so many covers of it, and even an English version. SUKIYAKEY.com has a great translation of the lyrics.
I love this song :)

pshhh... you don't need to read kanji...

koizumi
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Koizumi says, "you don't need to be able to read kanji to be the prime minister of Japan!" which is a joke aimed at current PM Aso, who has made some mistakes while reading kanji...

Japan's Recession - from Al Jazeera

The Office (Japan Style)

Omg my friend sent me this a while ago, I want to share. It makes me laugh until I cry.
The Office - Japan Style (on Hulu)