Bad Communication

We’ll be using our buttocks to communicate with each other throughout the duration of this show. Sit back and enjoy the multitude of marvelously magnificent stories we’re prepared for your viewing pleasure!

• 76 million yen donated to Tokyo metro gov’t for Senkaku Islands purchase [Mainichi]
• http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20120502p2a00m0na007000c.html
• 3 million middle-aged ‘parasite singles’ in Japan: gov’t statistics [Mainichi]
• http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20120502p2a00m0na014000c.html
• ANIME NEWS: Bandai opens ‘Gundam’-inspired fashion stores [Asahi]
• http://ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/anime_news/AJ201205030056
• Creating the Perfect Robotic Ass [ITmedia]
• http://nlab.itmedia.co.jp/nl/articles/1205/14/news033.html
• Bra with built-in ice packs aims to keep women cool [Japan Times]
• http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/bra-with-built-in-ice-packs-aims-to-keep-women-cool
• ‘Kompu gacha’ online games may be illegal [Yomiuri]
• http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T120505002978.htm
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We’ve got a great show for you this week with some great stories out of Japan and a big ol’ pile of viewer mail. We talk about the Pirates of Tokyo Bay, the passing of the world’s oldest dog, some videos of a chainsaw wielding robot going wild, the top 10 things men do that would cause women not to want to go on a second date with them, some messages from you guys and some great questions for our new segment where we answer your (not-too-serious) questions about Japan. All this and more on this week’s episode of Bad Communication. Be sure to tune in next week for the live show on Monday at 8:30pm (Japan time) with Kurt and Mully!

We’ve got a great show for you this week with some great stories out of Japan and a big ol’ pile of viewer mail. We talk about the Pirates of Tokyo Bay, the passing of the world’s oldest dog, some videos of a chainsaw wielding robot going wild, the top 10 things men do that would cause women not to want to go on a second date with them, some messages from you guys and some great questions for our new segment where we answer your (not-too-serious) questions about Japan. All this and more on this week’s episode of Bad Communication. Be sure to tune in next week for the live show on Monday at 8:30pm (Japan time) with Kurt and Mully!

• Top of the Show
• Pirates of Tokyo Bay
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6NIbtdg7h8
• World’s Oldest Dog Dies at Age 26 [News on Japan]
• http://newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/93532.php
• Robot with Chainsaw Goes Wild in Crowd [TokyoTek]
• http://tokyotek.com/robot-with-chainsaw-goes-wild-in-crowd/
• Top Ten: Guys Japanese Women Would Never Date Again [goo]
• http://ranking.goo.ne.jp/ranking/017/do_not_want_to_date_again_female/
• Olympus Scandal [FT]
• http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/60ba6782-0abd-11e1-b9f6-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1fYa0vhSA
• Pic Pick – Japan’s #1 Mascot [Japan Probe]
• http://www.japanprobe.com/2011/11/28/japans-1-mascots-kumamon-bary-san-and-nishiko-kun/
• Track Pick: “Sakura Mai Chiru Gotoku” by Mami
• http://wacca.fm/m/22208
• Messages from #YouGuys
• Message from Sarah via BC blog
• http://wanwan.fm/badcommunication/2011/11/29/ep-70-alex-wins-local-elections/
• Message from FaustainMan via YouTube profile page
• I found Andrew…he’s from the future…so he looks a bit older. His name is ramzpaul
• http://www.ramzpaul.com/
• Skullduggerous via YouTube [Bad Communication Ep. 24] (w/ Loco)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6_0bbXmmAU
• http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ALdqWuaH_os/S0HTgclBlWI/AAAAAAAAAsM/oomvaCMWC4c/CIMG2299.JPG
• Experts on Japan
• http://www.pasmo.co.jp/en/pdf/pasmo_traveler_E.pdf

Where did the time go? Only a week late, but chock full of newsy goodness out of Japan! We’ve got a story about designer prosthetic limbs, a robotic pillow that gently mauls your face when you snore, a disastrous delay of the very popular video game Love Plus, the world’s fastest supercomputer, a pervy female groper and some post-apocalyptic images of Japan. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!