Shoe poison ‘murder attempt’ in Japan
AFP / March 28, 2013
… allegedly tried to kill a woman he was stalking by putting poison in her shoes has been arrested police…Tatsujiro Fukasawa, 40, allegedly put hydrofluoric acid, a highly caustic chemical, in her shoes … the chemical, which is used in oil refining or to dissolve rock, at his workplace…more…
Previous 3Yen reports of “Cruel Shoes” include:
• Foot ‘Inspirations’ (3Yen / 2012-06-06)
• Kinky Leather (3Yen / 2012-02-14)
• Cruel clogs..from Japan of course ↓ (3Yen / 2012-05-27)
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Thanks to wonders of goofy Google Translate, we can learn of Japan’s new fashion fatties in the debut/
of the niche magazine, “la farfa.”
Why can some chubby woman be popular, while others are not?
What makes the difference?
Weekly SPA! | 2012/Mar/18
{WARNING: This link contains NSFW advertising.}
(Giga-goofy Google Translate)…
In Japan, both men and women have thought that a person cannot be both popular and fat…That may be changed with the recent launch of ‘la farfa‘ fashion magazine for larger women. In that new magazine interviewed Ms. Habayashi*, a 103kg, self-proclaimed ‘Love Counselor,’ who said that, ‘…a decade ago, men who professed plump love were treated as fetishists. However, in recently …men can easily say that they like a woman plump…more…
Linked to the Weekly SPA story were screenshots of a Japanese TV program showing the results of a survey of 100 people revealing that “chubby” popularity has overwhelmingly increased—88 to 12.
SPA magazine went on to say that women being, “plump, proud and popular” has become, “rampant in society” and that this could be, “evidence of reverse brainwashing by the media in recent years…”
A friend* just posted an amusing Match.com report entitled…
5 body-language signs of attraction—match.com
Sign #2: Pigeon toes
Pigeon toes may not sound like the sexiest of gestures, but an inward rotation of the feet suggests definite interest of a romantic nature...more...
Yikes! I had no idea that this remarkable pigeon-toed† girl who plopped in the seat facing me on the train to Tokyo’s Shinjuku district today was actually madly in love with me.
Fukutoshin Line — Monday, March 18, 2013, 11:45am
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Other related 3Yen reports about the mysteries Japanese legs include:
• Japanese “O“ Legs
(3Yen / 2006-02-06)
• The Fast And Bowlegged—Tokyo Drift
(3Yen / 2006-08-23)
• Pigeon-toed pose with biker boots
(3Yen / 2009-10-14) →
• Tokyo’s pigeon-toed goth fashion show
(3Yen / 2008-08-31)
The Batty brand of Japan (3Yen / 2012-09-06), UNIQLO’s upscale fashion line g·u.™[sic] has gone ‘GU GU” as you see on the right and just below.
At their press conference of Tuesday, March 5, at Ebisu Garden Hall in Tokyo, UNIQLO changed the GU logo that they just created last September.
Why?
Perhaps nobody knew how to type the name g·u..
The logo relaunch also gave UNIQLO a chance to drag out their company clowns(aka spokespersons), the more-than-a-bit-batty Kyary Pamyu Pamyu* and the comedy team “Piece.”
Does this “MAKE SENCE!“?
Sure.
Most of the promotional photos like the one below show Kyary Pamyu Pamyu is shooting her ray gun at you.
According to the J-music news site Natalie.mu (goofy Google Translate), Kyary Pamyu Pamyu makes “alien invaders” fashionable in the new TV Commercial: Kyary Pamyu Pamyu and the comedy duo “Piece” to serve as image characters for “gu” brand…as alien invaders in TV commercials to be aired starting April 15th throughout Japan.
In the commercial, the alien invaders yell their catchy slogan, “By the power of music and fashionability, we’re aiming to conquer the world” and then they continued muttering “Queue Kyukkyu~tsu” meaning to, ‘queue in line quickly to buy.’
Learn more about the “alien invaders” gu™ing with more fun photos in Comments section…
The Japanese clothing chain, United Arrows installed Kinect sensor-equipped robot interactive mannequins mimics the movements of passers-by. These “MarionetteBots” were set up in the show window of United Arrow’s flagship store in Tokyo’s Shibuya Mark City mall last year (JapanTimes.com | 2012Nov12), but inexplicably the Internet exploded with this so-called “news” just this week.
The best quip about the MarionetteBots came from Adweek (2013Feb13)…
in America the passers-by would have been touching themselves inappropriately and humping the windows within 10 minutes.
Check out the official MarionetteBot website of the Japanese clothing chain, United Arrows at: http://koisuru.jp/m
Leave it to Japan’s Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), the world’s largest telecommunications company*, to get into the kinky, electrode-studded, lingerie business as part of their mission, to conduct research relating to the telecommunications technologies that will form the foundation for telecommunications of the Japanese Nation. (NTT.co.jp)
New Electrode Material Suited to Be Woven Into Underwares
Nikkei Electronics | Feb. 13, 2013
…NTT developed an electrode material that can be woven into clothes such as underwares [sic].
The material is made by coating the surfaces of silk, synthetic fiber fabric, etc with the “PEDOT-PSS” conductive polymer. It has high flexibility, hydrophilicity and strength. It does not cause skin problems or discomfort feelings [sic] even when closely attached [sic] to human skin…more...
Last year the 3Yen reported on the Japanese airline ANAL’s travel promotion, Is Japan Cool? (3Yen / 2012-03-07) offering a free pair of round-trip airline tickets to Japan.
The target market that ANAL’s campaign is focused on is sort of hard to imagine—Unemployed/unemployable Wapanese living in their mom’s basement don’t jet off for a madcap, 3-day, shopping holiday in Harajuku. (⌒▽⌒）
Here’s the real promo video for wannabe Weeaboo* YouTubers…
To beat all the Big-Brotheresque security cameras watching us 24/7, Japan’s National Institute of Informatics has devised this bit of anti-surveillance chic, a “privacy visor” consisting of the large plastic structures, complete with glowing LED lights and a sizable power pack that makes the wearer somewhat conspicuous to the human eye but invisible to video cameras.
Privacy visor blocks facial recognition software
BBC News – 22 January 2013
…a “privacy visor” has been developed to thwart hidden cameras using facial-recognition software. The prototype spectacles have been designed by scientists at Tokyo’s National Institute of Informatics. The glasses are equipped with a near-infrared light source, which confuses the software without affecting vision…more...
The 3Yen’s previous fun reports on Japanese digital masking trends include:
• Facial recognition for masked Japanese (3Yen / 2006-01-14)
• Digital makeup, Japanese ↓ (3Yen / 2011-04-18)
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Q: What is more useless than dog clothing? (3Yen / 2005-09-25)
A: Robot dog clothing.
Last Saturday, the Yokohama Science Center (announcement) held the Robot Athlete Cup 2013 to challenge local robot builders at all levels—corporate, student and the public at large. The contest’s goal was to boost the operational capabilities of robots and Japanese interest in robotics.
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GhETToYImagesAFP | January 27, 2013
YOKOHAMA Japan—"Aibo" robot dogs dance in a contest at the Robot Athlete Cup 2013 competition. Robots compete in 6 events including dancing, autonomous beach flag, autonomous 20-meter walking and freestyle performances.
If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail. —Fran Lebowitz
Japanese Coming-of-Age Day* girls wearing retro leg-warmers visit Meiji Shrine for the new year in Tokyo’s painfully stylish Harajuku fashion district.
GhettoyImages: 20 Jan 2013
Why call this “Fuzzy logic”? The temperature was 3C/37F with a stiff Siberian wind blowing down from the north the day this photo was taken.
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