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Scary stuff. Thanks for highlighting the issue many people are probably not aware of!

Ah well, looks like my facetiousness went over your head there, my point was the highlight online bullying from people like you could turn into something serious. I guess it’s kind of a given that the people talked about in the article would come to defend themselves. Not only do your comments come across as [...]

You know what now you mention it, I think that’s why I don’t have any friends, am still single at 30 and generally feel depressed and lonely here. I came to Japan looking for adventure, possibly a girlfriend, but the local girls don’t even look at me! I’ve always felt ugly and a loner, my [...]

You should at least say “hey” if: *You live in a small town where you may be the only few non-Jpse people in miles. *You noticed each other several times over the course of a few weeks, you obviously live/work nearby. Not a big deal if you don’t want to chat, maybe just a raised [...]

I’m a smile and nod to ANY foreigner kind of guy, I want to make foreign friends – who else am I gong to talk about more serious things with? I can only talk about food and EXILE for so long. (3 mins to be exact) I like to “punish” people who ignore me on [...]

Thanks for the feedback. The discussion was an interesting one and certainly useful for folks who work in moving media.

I would click through to JAT’s website. The folks over there are much more experienced translating and subbing than I am.

Jesse_

Jeffrey, I disagree from the very culturally critical core of my being. The whole of Tokyo’s English speaking community was on pins and needles regarding what this guy thought about cultural critic Slavoj Zizek. Who doesn’t spend most of their free time pouring over the writings of Slavoj Zizek, one of the most respected and [...]

@johnnyrabbit You misunderstood me, (shame too because it is now printed in the magazine!) what I meant was, put the effort into making a “western” lunchbox beautiful and filling, she didn’t have to just copy the other people. I just meant it doesn’t have to be a Japanese lunchbox to be beautiful, and western ones can [...]

What are they talking about “nobody responded”? I saw them doing their thing in Yoyogi a year ago and the audience loved them. They had a phenomenal knack for picking the right members of the crowd for their interactive segments. Maybe the next time they do a show, they should watch it instead of performing [...]