Assuming public is required, the following 33 results were found.
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Episode 1 - Smokinghttps://japanatron.com/?view=article&id=10137:episode-1-smoking&catid=52
Compared to the USA, Japan is a veritable smokers' paradise. I discuss the reasons why, and what should be done about this public health concern that annoys the crap out of me.
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Podcast
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on the road to being a great country. I know Japan can do it. I've seen first-hand the banning of noisy live concerts in public places (Osaka's Umeda district & Tokyo's Hibiya Park, for example). The more profound question is who's harder to shut...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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How To Look Awesomehttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/general/10098-how-to-look-awesome
to breathe your wreaking smoky run-off. This is NOT awesome. Smoking is a nasty habit, and those that do it should be publicly executed for the sake of the world's total awesome-osity. Quit now--or face public beheading. Walk fast. When you see someone...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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weekend camera crews filming in Ginza. Turn on the news and half the time they're using mosaics and voice-changers. Use a public restroom and pleasantly surprised to find it your own (albeit stinky) private resort. They're surprisingly respectful when...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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letters for over 6 years—no phone calls, no fines, no high-profile arrests, no midnight runs to the US Embassy, and no public beatings—only more letters designed to scare the hell out of me. My friends and family would email scans of the latest ones:...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Japan's Smoking Addictionhttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/general/10083-japans-smoking-addiction
in restaurants, hotels, hospitals (no joke), hi-tech smoking "booths" where smokers look like pathetic caged animals, public ashtrays along the street, and “non-smoking” sections comprised merely of smoking section tables without ashtrays. What Japan...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Stupid But Fun Purchaseshttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/general/10082-stupid-but-fun-purchases
syrup's not so bad. At least the fog didn't smell like dog shit or decaying rat corpses. The fog machine made its first public debut at a house party I threw (in its honor) when my parents were out of town. As my band was about to begin the evening's...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Google is Skynethttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/it/10064-google-is-skynet
in jeans and tshirts. Those in suits are promptly removed. January, 2014: Google declassifies Skynet and opens it up to the public. Go to www.google.com/skynet to sign up. It's free! February, 2014: Skynet successfully eliminates all terrorist and...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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at all times. Kayo and I took a walk around the small town wearing yukatas and wooden sandals. Then we relaxed at the free public foot spa. We had dinner served in our room, then later that night we took baths. I like hot springs, but I don't like old...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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in Tottori. I played my new song "NHK Guy" about the guy that comes to my house once in a while to collect money for public television. There was recently a huge embezzling scandal at NHK, so the timing was excellent. People really seemed to dig it...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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they did wrong when raising them. When I look at couples with kids, I think, "Damn. That doesn't look easy." Dirty diapers, public temper tantrums, teen pregnancies, and memories of how much of a pain in the ass I must have been don't exactly encourage...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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of 12 million people. Notice I said "vivid" and not "sprawling." Tokyo doesn't suffer from urban sprawl as LA does. Its public transportation system is peerless. Yes, it's crowded and oozes people; however, it also oozes convenience. I do not own a car,...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Religious Freakhttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/general/1004-religious-freak
I'm 18 yr old and graduated from high school this year. I'm taking a year off. I went to a public school. I am a sedevacantist, one who believes that the popes over the past 50 yrs inlcluding the present one have been actually antipopes. Something that...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General