Oh noooos!
Japanese terrorist ninja cuts down the Statue of Liberty.
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“…Yes, a bulbous bouffant….”

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This japanesey ’60s Polaroid comes via Kelliente’s splendiferous “Who laughs last” blog.

Kirsten Dunst was dorking in cosplay drag during her visit this weekend. She’s was shooting a music video with Terminator director McG in Tokyo’s ElectricHentaiTown, Akihabara.

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Dunst was dorking in this japanesey video for an exhibition to be held later this year at the Tate Modern in London.

The retro-licious vintageninja.net brings you….
Sengoku yaro (Warring Clans)

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Check out the ninja cowboy KAIKETSU KUROZUKIN press stills from vintageninja.net.

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At first look, this photo seems to be a run-of-the-mill shot of adoring fans of singer Miliyah Kato at the MTV Student Voice Awards 2009 at Shibuya-AX on August 27, 2009.

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However on closer inspection, check out the Japanese fan going for the gold.

Yep, judging from this angle, I think the fan got his money’s worth—especially since the most (all?) of the tickets to this Japanese MTV event were handed out for free as promotion. MTV Japan has always been the problem child of their international efforts and regarded as MTV’s worst performing branch in terms viewership/revenue. Refer the free google books sample of Toby Miller’s Television: Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies.

For a taste of how the singer Miliyah Kato (Wiki) sounds, watch the following promotional video (aka “PV”)with English subtitles.

Official website of the MTV STUDENT VOICE AWARDS 2009 (machine translation) and in Japanese:
http://www.mtvjapan.com/sva2009

According today’s Japanese newspapers such as the Nikkei Net, Japan’s major confectioner, Fujiya Food Service Co., Ltd., has set up a “Ginza Peko museum” in the Fujiya Ginza building (shown at the bottom).
The company’s marketing mascot is Peko-chan, a six year old girl in pigtails with her tongue hanging out of the side of her mouth is one of Japan’s best-known marketing icons. The life-sized bobble-head manikins of Peko-chan are seen at the company’s 1,000+ stores.
You can see more examples of Peko-chan in the wild at the peko-chan flickr Group.

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Also read the 3Yen’s previous Peko-chan report:
–Japanese Doll Theft Nets Seven Years of Hard Time

This otaku armed with a rocket launcher at Tokyo’s Odaiba Park seems to have a real Gundam grudge.

To learn more about Tokyo’s new Gundam monument, refer to my previous 3Yen reports:

–GUNDAM ATTACKS THE PRESS!
–GUNDAM UPSKIRT
–Tokyo GUNDAM is now handicapped
–Gundam lying down on the job

This just another bit of summer silliness from a Japanese TV commercial for canned-coffee…
Thanks to the always informative japanprobe.com.

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I giggle everytime I have driven past this alt Nekko Bus for a Japanese Safari Park.

PRIOR ART…

Of course the true “prior art” for the above Safari Bus is the Neko Bus ( 猫バス) character who steals the show in Miyazaki’s anime masterpiece ” My Neighbor Totoro – Tonari no Totoro.”

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UPDATE!
Slap down from the Huffington Post (August 20)

Original post of August 15th—McDonalds Japan seems to have tired with putting up with their cheap clown, “Donald” McDonald (the witness protection program changed Ronald’s name to Donald McDonald when he was relocated in Japan).

So it seems that McDonalds Japan has dumped Donald and hired a new American clown as their foreign “image character.” There’s even a new website and blog for “Mr. James. See the humor at the official website….

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Over on the Debito.com blog, there is much gnashing of teeth about how Mr. James just bolsters the negative stereotypes about foreigners and that Mr. James is just another Stepin Fetchit,

However, I think the big mystery is whatever happened to McDonalds Japan’s hot tomato Ronnette Mcdonald?

UPDATE:

Friend of the 3Yen, the mysterious Mr. M, just found the “Huffington Post journos call out Debito’s” anti-Mr. James campaign.
Huffington Post: In McDonald’s New Japanese Ad Campaign, The Wacky Foreigner Joke’s on Americans