May 11 2012

Lady Gaga a Monster Hit in Japan

Category: Japan Entertainment,Uncategorized — Ichiban @ 9:47 am

American pop singer Lady Gaga arrived in Japan on Tuesday night and had her first Japan concert last night. (Thursday  11th May 2012) at the Saitama Super Arena.
Lady Gaga, who flew in from Hong Kong, is in Japan for two further concerts on the 12th and 13th as part of her

“The Born This Way Ball”.

The crowd was warmed up by DJ ZEDD who got the crowd pumped up and ready to roll.

The Saitama concerts was her first in Japan since 2010, though Lady Gaga has been to Japan twice since the March 11 disaster to show her support for the country and her “little monsters,” as she calls her fans.

Breaking down in tears at one stage obviously in thought over the earthquake/tsunami and nuclear reactor meltdown Gaga showed her humble character and brought many of the audience to tears as well.

The arena was a sell-out 35,000 of mostly young under 30s. Close to 60% of the audience were female.

Amazing concert with at least 4 pieces played as encore after what must have been a very exhausting performance.

As per her twitter post: Lady Gaga ‏ @ladygaga

Yes Tokyo! Tonight was the first BTWBall that I didn’t puke during show. (yes its that hard) xoxoxxxo Love, gaga+terry

Lady Gaga ‏ @ladygaga

Tonight was happiness, joy, gratitude. I’m the lucky one Japan. You are so special.

Lady Gaga was panting and panting between singing and running around the stage close to exhaustion. Earning her money she kept on singing well after most groups would be in the bus home or in the showers.

The Japanese crowd left feeling they got more than their money’s worth.

 

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Mar 05 2012

Forum

Category: Uncategorized — Ichiban @ 12:31 pm

The Forum here is almost continually closed due to constant Russian spambot attacks.

We may remove the old forum and replace it with a safer one in the near future. (But only if we can preserve all the old posts).

 

Will test a few new forum formats over the next few weeks.

 

Will keep you posted.

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Mar 05 2012

Pastors in Japan

Category: Uncategorized — Ichiban @ 12:30 pm

Check out this new site set up to help out the Pastors (Fake or not) in Japan who are performing weddings.

Pastors in Japan

They’ve even let us put some adverts up, so if you support them, we will as well!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Dec 08 2011

Japan Ichiban New Facebook Page

Category: Japanese Dating — Ichiban @ 7:54 am

Setting up a new page that will show blog updates with links.
Click Here then Click Like so you get the infrequent updates on your Facebook page.

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Nov 23 2011

Ryo Ishikawa rumored to become a father.

Category: Japan Related,Japanese Dating — Ichiban @ 10:59 am

On the night of the final day of the President’s Cup Ishikwa’s home in Japan’s driveway was packed with cars. No doubt his girlfriend was in there celebrating Ryo’s great run against Bubba Watson with friends and family.

Were they also making wedding plans?

From NineMSM article:
Young Japanese golf superstar Ryo Ishikawa’s mystery girlfriend will remain anonymous for a little longer.

Ishikawa, 20, was planning to reveal his sweetheart to the world at this week’s Presidents Cup in Melbourne, but she is not coming after all, amid strong rumours that she is pregnant.

“He feels it would be too overwhelming for her to travel given the reaction to the news,” said a source who asked not to be identified.

“Apparently he has been swamped (by the media) since they found out.”

Rumours have been rampant on the Japan Tour recently that Ishikawa’s girlfriend is pregnant.

Ishikawa no doubt will be asked to confirm or deny them when he speaks to the media in Melbourne this week.

He is used to an astonishing level of scrutiny – more even than Tiger Woods – but the revelation last month that he has a steady girlfriend, believed to be a high school sweetheart, has caused a media frenzy.

It’s been no secret in golf circles for a couple of years, but Ishikawa has never introduced her publicly, and has declined to talk about the matter when questioned.

But his mother spilled the beans last month, issuing a statement that said: “There exists a woman whom Ryo Ishikawa is going out with.”

Ishikawa made history when he won a Japan Tour event at the age of 15 – the youngest winner ever on any internationally recognised tour.

And last year he created more history when he shot an astonishing final round 58 – the lowest score on a major tour – to win another Japanese event.

He has won nine tournaments at home, although none internationally.

His best showing in a big overseas tournament has been a tie for fourth at the World Golf Championships Bridgestone Invitational in Ohio in August.

With his youthful good looks, aggressive game and super polite behaviour, Ishikawa is a marketer’s dream.

He reportedly has commercial deals worth more than $40 million.

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Sep 23 2011

Japanichiban Friend Finder

Category: Japanese Dating — Ichiban @ 11:25 pm

If this is your first visit to Japanichiban, please sign up for the friendfinder before you go!
Get yourself a new boyfriend or girlfriend from one of the most popular friend finder sites.

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Sep 23 2011

AK98 Chinese Version of AKB48

Category: Chinese Pops,J-pop — Ichiban @ 11:21 pm

China has copied the AKB48 theme with a new group AK98. The manager of the group saying he has never heard of AKB48 and that they are an original group. The AK standing for Angel Kiss.

An original group that used AKB48s song for its auditions. (as shown in the youtube clip again).

Japan used to be good at copying and improving. China seems to be just good at copying.

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Sep 12 2011

Kago Ai Suicide Attempt

Category: J-pop,Japan News,Japan Related,Japanese Dating — Ichiban @ 2:53 am

On September 11th, former Morning Musume member Kago Ai (23) was found on the floor in her apartment by her agency officials.


According to the Azabu Police, Kago had slit her wrist and was quickly transported to a hospital. Her life is not in danger.

Kago’s agency officials immediately rushed over to her apartment when she hinted suicide during a phone call. When they got there, they found her on the ground in a haze, and reported the incident to the police. She’s suspected of consuming large amounts of medication, and the police are investigating this as a planned suicide.

On September 6th, Kago’s boyfriend Ando Haruhiko (44) was arrested due to mafia affiliations. Kago Ai herself was taken in for questioning.

Kago’s actions were no doubt triggered by last Tuesday’s arrest of her 44-year-old boyfriend Ando Haruhiko on charges of attempted extortion. Kago was present at the time and also subjected to police questioning. Ando describes himself as the director of a restaurant business but is allegedly running something closer to a prostitution ring for elite Tokyo businessmen and celebrities. He has been charged with using his connections with the Yamaguchigumi, Japan’s most notorious yakuza organization, to get out of debts totaling some ¥20 million. Police are in the middle of a coordinated campaign to sever ties between organized crime and showbiz. Exposed relations with the Yamaguchigumi is what recently forced top star Shimada Shinsuke (55) to retire.

Police officials state she had slit her wrists and taken a lot of medication but that her life is not in danger and she’s expected to make a full physical recovery.

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Jul 21 2011

Ichihashi Gets Life

Category: English Teaching Japan,Japan Related — Ichiban @ 10:21 am

By Anna Kitanaka and Eijiro Ueno


July 21 (Bloomberg) — Tatsuya Ichihashi, 32, was convicted
of the 2007 rape and murder of Briton Lindsay Ann Hawker and
sentenced to life in prison by a Japanese court today.
“We condemn the defendant to life in prison,” said Judge
Masaya Hotta, according to an official at the Chiba District
Court, who declined to be named.
Japanese police found the body of the 22-year-old Hawker,
an English teacher, buried in sand in a bathtub on Ichihashi’s
apartment balcony on March 26, 2007. Ichihashi escaped police
when they arrived at his apartment in Ichikawa City, east of
Tokyo. He was caught and arrested two years and seven months
later following a nationwide manhunt, according to national
broadcaster NHK. He had undergone plastic surgery on his face
to change his appearance, NHK said.
Ichihashi admitted responsibility for the death of Hawker
during the trial, while saying he had no intention of murdering
her, the Mainichi newspaper reported on July 4. Ichihashi beat
and raped Hawker, choked her to death and abandoned her body on
March 25, 2007, the Mainichi newspaper reported, citing the
prosecution.
Hawker studied at the University of Leeds in the U.K.
before moving to Japan in 2006 to work for the Nova English
language schools, according to a website set up by the family.
The case gained international attention for its resemblance
to the death of Lucie Blackman, a British bar hostess whose
dismembered corpse was found south of Tokyo in 2001.

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May 18 2011

Toyo Keizai Shimbun Problem-Solvers in Foreign Companies

Category: Earthquake,Japan News — Ichiban @ 12:05 pm

Toyo Keizai Shimbun
Problem-Solvers in Foreign Companies
Corporate Law in the Global Era Series

May 11, 2011
Toyo Keisai Shimbun Online
By Kazunori Shirozu

Link to the original article in Japanese
Translation:

In the aftermath of the earthquake that struck eastern Japan on 3/11/11, it is widely reported that foreign governments rushed to offer their troops for disaster relief, to provide medical professionals and specialized rescue teams. Unfortunately, because the doctors & medical professionals were not licensed in Japan, these offers were rejected. As the enormity of the situation became apparent, this rule was only somewhat relaxed later.
Link to the English translation continued here:

Langley Esquire has more than 28 years of experience helping clients solve legal issues in Japan. Langley Esquire applies finely tuned logistic & tactical effort on problems looming or already in full bloom. Need a bi-lingual will?

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