November 2008

Avex axes Globe releases following Komuro scandal

By CJ • November 7, 2008

Producer allegedly defrauded a company president in Hyogo Prefecture out of 500 million yen

Shibuya set for one final explosion

By CJ • November 6, 2008

Once lost work of Taro Okamoto comes to Shibuya

Slots of fun in Vanuatu

By CJ • November 4, 2008

PORT VILA – There is a knock at the door. Allan Palmer raises his head and greets a middle-aged housewife as she steps inside …

Girl power

By CJ • November 3, 2008

TOKYO – From couples entering the restaurant Gonpachi to tipsy groups piling into club Muse, typical evenings at the Nishi Azabu crossing are never …

Koichi Wajima: the boxer

By CJ • November 3, 2008

Sitting in his office, Wajima, whose bulging forearms look like they could go a few rounds even today, acknowledges the importance of physical strength and conditioning in boxing, but rates inner toughness as even more crucial. As if to reinforce this belief, he repeats it over and over with the same relentlessness that he thrust upon his opponents on his way to becoming a three-time world light-middleweight champion.

People who live in glass houses…

By CJ • November 1, 2008

The sad story of WaiWai’s demise, which made the news last summer, is by almost anyone’s judgment already a bit stale. But the December issue of Jitsuwa Taiho has just hit the stands, and there on page 186 is an unattributed article titled “Japanese are infuriated at sex in Japan as seen by foreigners!”