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Maid Cafes in the Philippines

A recently opened maid cafe in the Philippines was featured by TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting System) today.   Maid cafes, an expanding industry in Japan, are a subcategory of cosplay restaurants where waitresses dressed in maid costumes act as servants and treat customers as masters in a private home.

Standing ovation for Charice in Mezamashi Live

Charice performed in the opening act of “Mezamashi Live” last July 19, 2010.  It is her first open-air live performance in Japan. 

Charice in Japanese morning show Sukkiri

Charice appeared last July 21, 2010 in the popular Japanese morning show Sukkiri.  Here are video clips of her appearance on the show courtesy of Youtube.

Charice scheduled to perform in Odaiba

Charice will perform in the opening act of Mezamashi Live on July 19, 2010.  Charice will sing before the main performer half-Japanese and half-American female artist Beni.  This event will be a good chance for people in Japan to see and hear Charice perform live.

Celine Dion in 1994, Charice in 2010!

It is now confirmed that Charice will perform at the "David Foster and Friends Japan Tour 2010", a concert tour which last came to Japan 16 years ago.  Charice will perform with stars like Peter Cetera and Natalie Cole.

Charice and the Japanese Choris

The famous 22-year old Japanese fashion model and entertainer Yukina Kinoshita, known for popularizing the expression choris (Japanese yankee way of saying “hello”), has recently finished the Japanese language translation of Charice's hit song Pyramid.

Top 10 actions of women considered cute by Japanese men

Here is the result of the survey made by goo Research online monitor group on April 2010 about what Japanese men consider as the cutest actions of their partners.

The ahiru-guchi (duck-mouth) look

Ahiru-guchi, translated literally as duck mouth, is the distinct pouty mouth pose that is popular in Japan. Its picture-perfect form has lips that protrude a little bit from the face and squeeze slightly to produce a cute pouty look.

Sex and the City 2 stars visit Japan

Today, Sex and the City 2 wil start showing in Japan cinemas.  Here is a video clip of the interview with the stars of the film.

Antioxidants in Sushi?

In our morning meeting, my officemate talked about the possible health hazard of eating cheap sushi. He said that such low price is perhaps due to importing cheap seafood from other countries that use sankaboshizai or antioxidant solutions to maintain the fresh look of fish and other sea foods.

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