Nakai Masahiro has failed to answer lingering questions over a massive settlement over what appears to be a sexual assault allegation. Fuji faces allegations its employees helped Nakai pressure female employees into attending sex parties.
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Asahi Shimbun article referenced in post. Japanese headline: 米ファンド、フジに2通目の書簡 「週内にTVカメラ入れて会見を」
Dalton Investments, a US firm with a stake in Fuji Media Holdings, is demanding the company hold a public, televised press conference on ex-SMAP member Nakai Masahiro's scandal by end of week. This comes as Fuji TV has lost 75 out of its 150 advertisers.
It's rage inducing 🤬
Yup, they do that shit a lot, especially if it's Day 1
Witnessed this motherfuckery a decade ago: soranews24.com/2014/12/15/n...
Tokyo police arrested four men at a painting company - including the CEO - for ordering a colleague to walk onto a train track and forbidding him from leaving, saying the action was a murder that the four staged to look like a suicide.
We had some sympathy for this guy until he came after our conveyor belt sushi and Tenga fleshlights. Them's fightin' words
Japan declining
Tweet from Luigi Mangione on Japan's birth rate
Today came news that police arrested Luigi Mangione for the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. We also discovered that, like many right-wing cranks, Mangione had some truly fantastical ideas regarding Japan's declining birth rate.
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Most of the Japanese public is behind the idea of having a female emperor and revising the law. In a recent Mainichi Shinbun national opinion poll, 81% supported a woman on the throne. So what’s preventing it from happening?
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The bears in Japan are getting more numerous - and bolder: a 1M long bear made its way into an Itoku supermarket in Akita, where it injured an employee in his 40s. Fortunately, he only sustained light injuries. The city trapped and removed the bear shortly after.
Police in Ikebukuro have busted an unlicensed Chinese-operated brothel that’s only one of many in operation across Japan. The business, staffed by Japanese language students from China, advertised itself on Chinese sites, required a WeChat ID, & refused service to Japanese customers.
Roast beef ramen from Yoshi, Ooimachi
Wagyu gyoza, perfectly fried
Roast beef ramen joint Yoshi, in Shinagawa's Ooimachi, serves up affordable bowls for around 1100 yen (USD $7). You can get it served up with a side of wagyu gyoza, which we recommend to anyone with an appetite.
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In response to news that a Tokyo go-kart tour operator had been arrested, some Japanese commenters said that such services should be banned outright. “It’s odd in the first place to drive something that looks like it belongs in an amusement park on public roads,” one wrote.
A meme listing the benefits of Xeno Series Wiki. It says: "sick of being forced to use/edit wiki for Xeno content? why not help Xeno Series Wiki we got: clean logo Heropon maths DARKNESS freedom from the tyranny of capitalism excellent nomenclature exhilerating community events"
Do you like wikis about a series of games that involves magic swords, bigger guns, biggerer mechs, and pear-shaped mafia dons? We're one. Do you like wikis with complete info on *all* the games in their series? Eh we're not one yet. But that's why we could use your help.
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