Friend of the 3Yen, Mondo Mascots, reports that…
Deflating mascot mistaken for giant breast in New Chitose Airport, Hokkaido, Japan.
@mondomascots August 15, 2018
The actual Hokkaido mascot is the character “Kakure momojiri” (Momojiri means “peach butt”) from the Kobito-Zukan children’s book series (kobitos.com/en/).
Criticism of the Fukushima City art installation of “Sun Child” statue wearing radiation protective suit
sankei.com | 2018.8.12 (funky Google Translate)
“Fighting rumor damage of Fukushima nuclear accident”: Amid criticism of the statue installed near JR Fukushima Station, a public apology was issued on the 12th.
Created by the artist, Kenji Yanobe, the “Sun Child” statue is about 6.2 meters high and depicts a child with its protective helmet removed and a chest-mounted radiation dosimeter indicating “000.”
At the statue’s unveiling ceremony held on May 3, Mayor Hiroshi Kibata said, “Contemporary art is abstractly expressed unlike science” and asked for understanding…blah, blah, blah…
More (in Japanese)…
In a way the criticism of the statue by people of Fukushima City is understandable since the level of background radiation in Fukushima City and most Fukushima prefecture is the same as anywhere else in Japan.
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Our previous reports of the FukushimaFuckup include:
Remember Japan’s Fukushima nuke disaster of 3/11?
Well, its back with a mascot makeover (nearly as good as Fukuppy™ →).
In late July for the first time since 2011, Tepco resumed its Fukushima nuke charm offensive with television and billboard advertising featuring a radioactive rabbit mascot with electrical bolt whiskers called Tepcon/テプコン.
Extreme makeover: Tepco attempts image overhaul at Fukushima nuclear plant
The Japan Times | Aug. 8, 2018
Call it an extreme makeover: In Fukushima, officials are attempting what might seem impossible, an image overhaul of the site of the worst nuclear meltdown in decades…
…The charm offensive extends…with Tepco in July resuming television and billboard adverts for the first time since 2011, featuring a rabbit mascot with electrical bolt whiskers called Tepcon…
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Tokyonama, importer/distributer of original products from Japan–Geneva/Tokyo
Tokyo Taxi Association’s
“TAKKUN” mascot ⬇
Yes, today is TAXI DAY.
Way, way back on August 5, 1919, Japan’s first taxis started operation in Tokyo. The taxi company, Jidosha Kabushikigaisha began with six cars operating from where Yurakucho Mullion is located in present-day Ginza in downtown Tokyo.
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Previously we have covered the Japanese taxi scene including:
Tokyonama, importer/distributer of original products from Japan–Geneva/Tokyo
Wacky spelled Waki—well actually Wakinoshita—means ‘armpit’ in Japanese. The WAKINO Ad Company (AXILLARY Ad Company) is trolling for our attention with these armpit ads according to Adweek.com:
This Japanese Company Believes That Renting Space on Armpits Is the Next Great Ad Frontier
And, as I always say, ″ You-Can-Never-Have-Enough-Hello-Kitty©″…
That’s cold: Japan tech blasts snoozing workers with AC
phys.org / AFP | July 26, 2018
Japanese office workers hoping to nod off on the job may need to sleep with one eye open thanks to a new system that can detect snoozers and blast them with cold air.
Air conditioning manufacturer Daikin and electronics giant NEC said Thursday they have begun trialling the system, which monitors the movement of the employee’s eyelids with a camera attached to a computer.
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All I can say is, "fcuking good luck with that."
When I worked at Hitachi, a good 20 percent of the workforce was sound asleep at their desks after lunch 1:45pm.
And, I would gladly pretend to sleep to set the office’s air conditioner thermostat lower 28°C (82°F), which the tech guideline the government has set for torturing employees.
Tokyonama, importer/distributer of original products from Japan–Geneva/Tokyo
The Real Japan™ story on the six o’clock news right now is:
A man died because someone pumped compressed air up his anus.
via @nomikamura (2018 July 16)
UPDATE:
Man arrested for killing friend by blasting compressed air up rectum
—Workmate dies from dastardly indignity. Could cheeky Japanese childhood practice be behind spate of anal prank deaths?—
atimes.com | The Asian Times | July 16, 2018
Our previous reports of Japanese kancho play-with-prejudice include:
via — ONiLX (@TheONiLX) July 6, 2018
A few of our many previous stories of Japanese cone life — traffic cone craziness include:
It is with guilty pleasure I learned that the only Japanese who has ever tried to kill me*, Shoko Asahara, has been hanged.
(If only he could really fly.)
"Fake news"!
The Master could not be hanged…The great lightened Sonshi could FLY!!
*Back in the late 1980s, Shoko Asahara‘s doomsday cult crazies used to dance/sing/recruit at my train station…and then they killed 13 people with a Sarin poison gas attack on the same Tokyo subway I used to take to work.
I’m not a big fan of the death penalty, but good riddance.
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Our previous reports of Shoko Asahara and his Aum cult include:
