http://www.tokyoreporter.com Blowing the whistle on poor journalism since 2008 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:17:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en NEW YORK - As a line trickles out of this tiny shop onto Broadway's sidewalk, a customer's order is called out from the register: "Ni ko hairimasu!" Two cream puffs, "pipin' hot," as the Beard Papa motto reads, are then plucked out of a nearby box by a female Japanese ... http://www.tokyoreporter.com/2008/11/22/beard-papa-on-broadway/ TOKYO - It wasn't a prank, and neither is his comeback. Flashbulbs popped and cameras rolled for Muneo Suzuki's speech entitled "Ethics In The Japanese Political World" on April 1st at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan. "I actually thought that I was being set up for a joke," said the Diet ... http://www.tokyoreporter.com/2008/11/22/muneo-suzuki-hits-the-comeback-trail/ TOKYO - The train car doors open, dispensing hundreds of passengers in the direction of the Shibuya Station ticket gates. Meanwhile, a half-dozen young men standing and chatting in nearby Hachiko Square extinguish their half-finished smokes in anticipation of the exiting horde. Often attired in well-worn black suits and sporting wavy ... http://www.tokyoreporter.com/2008/11/21/shibuya-scouts-roll-with-regulation/ TOKYO - Toshio Maeda is doing some touch-up work on a drawing of a female athlete possessing muscular arms and perky breasts that bulge from around her tight-fitting blue bikini. He begins on her face and scrolls down his 2-in-1 computer screen and digital drawing tablet, making small additions to ... http://www.tokyoreporter.com/2008/11/19/hentai-manga-to-take-the-world/ TOKYO - At the time, Aaron Frisell was just starting out as a wedding pastor in Japan. He stood at the head of the church, waiting to begin a ceremony when saw a problem: the pews before him were filled with gentlemen sporting punch-perms, flashy suits, hats, and sunglasses. Coming from ... http://www.tokyoreporter.com/2008/11/18/assembly-line-nuptials/ "We've been married a long time, and it's been quite a while since my husband and I engaged in any 'night life,'" writes a woman who goes by the handle "Sha-mail." ("Sha" is the character meaning to shoot — and also to ejaculate.) Shukan Bunshun's weekly column, "Shukujo no Zasshi ... http://www.tokyoreporter.com/2008/11/18/raunchy-wife-flaky-husband-revel-in-kinky-togetherness/ "Five years ago, a Canadian student I ran into in a bar district came on to me," says Asako, a 45-year-old woman who works at a corporate management job. "Communicating in my broken English and his broken Japanese, he told me, 'You're the nicest gal I've ever met.' His house ... http://www.tokyoreporter.com/2008/11/16/womans-foreign-sefure-really-hit-the-g-spot/ TOKYO - Jong Rock rides a motorcycle and plays guitar. He's a tough guy with long sideburns and a skull-painted leather jacket. The ladies can't resist him and he plays...mahjong. Rock is the main character in a manga featured in Kindai Mahjong, a bi-monthly magazine whose content includes various serials and ... http://www.tokyoreporter.com/2008/11/14/world-championship-in-comes-to-tokyo/ TOKYO - Outside the tiny Yamato sushi shop within Tokyo's bustling Tsukiji Fish Market, a long line of customers forms down a narrow alley. The reputation of this shop for delivering some of the city's best - and freshest - sushi is legendary. Inside, one of the chefs behind the counter ... http://www.tokyoreporter.com/2008/11/13/tsukiji/ TOKYO - It was an experience like no other. Fully naked early one morning, she swam freely - and unseen - in the pool of her Los Angeles apartment complex. This young woman from Sapporo had never felt such freedom in her life, let alone in her new career as ... http://www.tokyoreporter.com/2008/11/13/a-j-pop-diary/