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AKB48 Songs : 8-bit Edition
Posted on May 19, 2012 | No CommentsHere are some AKB48 songs that have been given the chiptune treatment. This basically means that the songs sound as if they were played on a NES or a Gameboy.... -
Mayor Sings AKB48 Songs at Coming of Age Day in Japan
Posted on April 4, 2012 | No CommentsIn Japan, Coming of Age Day is celebrated each year on the second Monday of January. Japanese people are legally considered adults at the age of 20. So to celebrate... -
Google Maps: 8-bit Edition
Posted on April 1, 2012 | No CommentsEvery year for April Fool's Day, Google always comes up with an ingenious joke of some kind. This year, they've introduced "Google Maps: 8-bit edition" which takes Google Maps and morphs it into a NES era world map like in the Dragon Quest series. -
Atsuko Maeda Announces Her Graduation from AKB48
Posted on March 26, 2012 | No CommentsOn March 25, 2012, the third and last day of AKB48′s Saitama Super Arena concert, Acchan surprised everyone by saying that she’s decided to graduate from the group. Here’s a... -
Japan’s Tohoku Earthquake, One Year Later
Posted on March 11, 2012 | No CommentsIt’s already been one year since the horrific 9.0 earthquake struck Eastern Japan’s coast on March 11, 2011. The earthquake was followed by a tsunami which generated waves that were... -
Minami Minegishi, the Panty Thief?
Posted on March 6, 2012 | No CommentsShow: Music Lovers (April 4, 2011) During the talk segment of the show, the hosts discuss “forbidden topics” with AKB48 members such as “When it comes to school uniforms, I’m... -
Sashihara Fangirling Over Morning Musume
Posted on February 29, 2012 | No CommentsShow: Waratte Iitomo! (February 15, 2012) Sasshi has mentioned on various TV shows that she’s an idol wota. On AKBINGO, she did otagei dance a couple of times and on... -
Mariko Teasing Harunyan on ANN Radio Show
Posted on February 19, 2012 | No CommentsOn the December 10, 2011 episode of the ANN (All Night Nippon) radio show, Miichan, Mariko-sama and Harunyan were the hosts. During one of the segments, Mariko thoroughly enjoyed... -
Yuko Oshima’s (Bitter) Valentine’s Day Memory
Posted on February 18, 2012 | No CommentsOn the music show “Countdown TV” that aired on February 11, 2012, Yuko Oshima and Tomomi Itano had a small talk segment where Yuko talked about her Valentine Day’s memories.... -
Use of Kanjis and Polite Speech
Posted on July 16, 2011 | No CommentsI recently read a diary written by pea-san on Lang-8 that was quite interesting. After correcting many entries written in Japanese, she noticed some mistakes that Japanese learners often make.
