Bad Communication

• Show Notes
  • http://11reviews.com/badcommunication
  • Email: bc@11reviews.com
• Meet Up
  • http://11reviews.com/badcommunication/december-meet-up/
  • Sunday, December 12th
  • 花ほのか in Kobe, near 三宮駅
  • Celebrity Attendees
    • Ed Chmura from the Japan Talk Podcast
    • Doug DeLong from the Planet Japan Podcast
    • Jennifer Eda from the Planet Japan Podcast
    • Kevin in Kobe from the Amazing Tales from Asia YouTube channel
• Hiroshima Governor to be “Mr. Mom”
  • http://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2010/10/19/japan%E2%80%99s-next-big-thing-stay-at-home-dads/?mod=google_news_blog
  • Governor Yuzaki of Hiroshima Prefecture plans to take paternity leave for the birth of his third child.
• Sun Rises on Hooters; Hooters Enters 30th Country with Newest Location in Japan
  • http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sun-rises-on-hooters-hooters-enters-30th-country-with-newest-location-in-japan-105336898.html
  • ROAD TRIP!
  • Hiroki’s reaction: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3ALwKeSEYs
• Idol Robot Learns to Sing and Dance
  • http://newzjapan.com/japanese-girls/dancing-japanese-girl-idol-robot-video
  • William Gibson fans, pay attention.
• Lawyers Plan to Indict Ozawa Stiftly
  • http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/lawyers-plan-to-indict-ozawa-swiftly
• Apple iMovie ‘11 Features Major Studio Lookalike Titles, Blocks Studio Names
  • http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/22/imovie-blocks-studio-name-use-in-new-trailers/
• Man who ‘fished’ underwear from balcony arrested in Kobe
  • http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/man-who-fished-underwear-from-veranda-arrested-in-kobe
  • So that’s what Andrew was up to last night…

• The Usual Stuff
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    • @ahawkins82
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    • @WanWanBadComm
  • Sunday, December 12th Meet Up in Kobe
    • one week after the JLPT
    • Andrew is working on a location
    • Ed Chmura from the Japan Talk Podast will be there
    • Doug DeLong will be in attendance given his schedule permits
• Andrew Does Stuff in Japan
  • Miki Autumn Festival
• Car in a Vending Machine
  • http://www.japanstyle.info/?p=9619
  • donations via vending machines
    • http://www.japanstyle.info/?p=9455
• Samurai School
  • http://osakarennbukan.com/index.html
  • I think it’s just kind of a normal iaido dojo, but the website looked interesting.
• Japanese People Have No Friends
  • http://discoverdigitallife.com/global-digital-life-research-project-reveals-major-changes-in-online-behaviour/
  • When it comes to who has more friends, online consumers in Malaysia top the list with an average of 233 friends in their social network, closely followed by Brazilians with 231. The least social are the Japanese with just 29 friends and Tanzanians have, on average, 38 in their circle of friends. Surprisingly, Chinese consumers only have an average of 68 friends in their networks despite being heavy users of social networking sites, indicating a culture that embraces fewer but closer friendships.
• Pic Pick of the Week
  • Miki City Hall
    • Image 1
    • Image 2
  • I’ve often wondered why such a small city as Miki needed such a resplendent hilltop city government complex. So that all will know the glory of Miki City, I guess.
• Group angered by politician’s remarks that women like being at home
  • http://www.japantoday.com/category/lifestyle/view/group-angered-by-politicians-remarks-that-women-like-being-at-home
  • Remarks by a senior Japanese politician that Japanese women ‘‘find pleasure’’ in staying at home, made during an international conference earlier this month to foster female entrepreneurship, have sparked controversy and led to the creation of a protest group.

We wrap up the last half of last week’s show with a discussion about sexing chickens, a potential ban on tattoos at a public beach in Kobe and a story about naked romps through the streets of Yokohama and how they’re not looked kindly upon by the police.  We finish up the show with a cop whose idea of “protecting and serving” is to steal bicycles and we pay tribute to Chris Farley and all those living in vans down by the river!

Once again, we apologize for the lack of an internet connection and any other hiccups that occured during the course of the show.  We’re getting better with each go around though and we’re always happy to hear from you how we can improve the show.  Yes!  You too can be a part of Bad Communication!

• The Usual Stuff
  • website: http://11reivews.com/badcommunication
  • email: bc@11reviews.com
  • Twitter:
    • hmatsuuchi (Hiroki)
    • ahawkins82 (Andrew)
    • WanWanBadComm (Official BC Twitter)
  • voice message (please attach it as a .wav or .mp3 file)
  • video clips (upload to a video upload site like YouTube or Blip.TV and send us the link)

• Planet Japan
  • BC plug on their show this week!
  • Tokyo Apocalypse
    • http://injapan.gaijinpot.com/2010/08/23/tokyo-apocalypse/
  • I’m not a fan of tatoos, but she’s hot!
    • http://images.quickblogcast.com/41294-83256/japanesetattooImage01.jpg?a=83
• Japanese Chicken Sexing ‘In Decline’
  • http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/odd/news/a270286/japanese-chicken-sexing-in-decline.html?sms_ss=twitter
  • Shouldn’t it be called “chicken gendering?”
  • I’ll sex those chickens good.
• Naked Romp Lands Man, Woman Before Prosecutors
  • http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20100902a7.html
  • Oh!  The things we do for love!
• Kobe Considering Tattoo Ban at Suma Beach
  • http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20100903a4.html
  • “Some people have told the municipal office they ‘hesitate to go near the beach’ amid an increase in young people with tattoos, according to officials.”
• Most Young Japanese Workers Need Help From Their Parents to Pay Their Bills
  • http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-03/most-young-japanese-workers-need-help-from-their-parents-to-pay-the-bills.html
  • More than half of young Japanese workers need to rely on support from their parents or other sources to survive, according to a government report.
  • It all depends on the type of support these Japanese workers recieve from their parents.  If it means they’re given a free rice cooker from mom and pops for their new apartment, no big deal.
  • The unemployment rate for youths aged 15 to 24 soared to 11.1 percent in June, the highest in at least 40 years and double the national average.
  • Live in a van down by the river?
• Police to Send Papers on ‘Thieving Cop’
  • http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T100902004610.htm
  • Police said they will send papers to prosecutors over a senior police officer who allegedly stole a bicycle because he was worried about being late for work.

• The Usual Stuff
  • website: http://11reivews.com/badcommunication
  • email: bc@11reviews.com
  • Twitter:
    • hmatsuuchi (Hiroki)
    • ahawkins82 (Andrew)
  • voice message (please attach it as a .wav or .mp3 file)
  • video clips (upload to a video upload site like YouTube or Blip.TV and send us the link)
• Everything You Know About Kobe Beef is Wrong
  • http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fs20100826a3.html
• Japan Man ‘Kept Dead Mother in a Backpack’
  • http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11039196
  • I always forget to take my bicycle lock keys out of my backpack.  Is that the same?
• A Long Time to Hold It In – Jet Returns Due to Lavatory Failure
  • http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20100824a2.html
• Sokushinbutsu of Dainichi Temple
  • http://atlasobscura.com/place/sokushinbutsu-dainichi-temple
  • For three years, the priests would eat a special diet consisting only of nuts and seeds, while taking part in a regimen of rigorous physical activity that stripped them of their body fat. They then ate only bark and roots for another three years and began drinking a poisonous tea made from the sap of the urushi tree, normally used to lacquer bowls. This caused vomiting and a rapid loss of bodily fluids, and—most importantly—it killed off any maggots that might cause the body to decay after death. Finally, a self-mummifying monk would lock himself in a stone tomb barely larger than his body, wherein he would not move from the lotus position. His only connection to the outside world was an air tube and a bell. Each day, he rang a bell to let those outside know that he was still alive. When the bell stopped ringing, the tube was removed and the tomb sealed.
• Follow Up on Touch Screen Vending Machine
  • http://www.japanprobe.com/2010/08/26/touch-panel-vending-machine/
• Companies Struggle to Deal with Workers’ Twitter Addiction
  • http://www.japantoday.com/category/kuchikomi-shukan-post/view/companies-struggle-to-deal-with-workers-twitter-addiction
  • 10 million twitter users and rising in Japan
  • When a curious colleague took a peek at A’s monitor, A boasted to him, “Look—I’ve already got more than 3,000 people following me. Whenever I tweet, I get a reply right away. It’s really neat. Are you into it yet?”
• Foreigners Can Vote for DPJ Leader
  • http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20100827a3.html
  • All it takes is a ￥2000 annual “supporter” contribution.
• Planet Japan Podcast
  • http://www.planetjapan.org
  • Check out this great podcast out of Okayama with hosts Doug and Jen!