Category Archives: Japan

Too Soon For Tsunami Jokes?

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Luke Ford

Gilbert Gotfried got fired for these jokes. From Gilbert Gotftried’s twitter page: Japan is really advanced. They don’t go to the beach. The beach comes to them. 6:29 AM Mar 13th via web What do the japanese have in common … Continue reading →

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Why Is There No Looting In Japan?

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Luke Ford

Report: The landscape of parts of Japan looks like the aftermath of World War Two; no industrialised country since then has suffered such a death toll. The one tiny, tiny consolation is the extent to which it shows how humanity … Continue reading →

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The Large Breasted High School Student And What She Has To Teach Us About Japanese Journalism

Posted on April 29, 2008 by Luke Ford

Here’s the video. Joe emails: I was reviewing some news stories on youtube from Japan and stumbled on this one. It is entitled "High School Co-ed with the largest breasts." The interview is silly, but where they take this student … Continue reading →

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How The Japanese Media Is Like The Parochial Jewish Media

Posted on August 9, 2007 by Luke Ford

Ian Hargreaves writes in his 2003 book Journalism: Truth or Dare: …But the workings of Japanese news media are barely recognizable to journalists from the United States or Britain… Japanese journalists, for example, are bound together in a network of … Continue reading →

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