Choei Taxi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, who wrapped their cars in anime characters have gone bankrupt. The company was founded in 2003 with 200 employees and 80 cars. They lost customers due to increased competition.
Here's a story about a 35 year old hikikomori named Haruo who lives with his mom.
Haruo quit his job and became a hikikomori because he was bullied at his first job when he was 25. Mom is worried that when she dies her son will not be able to live as he has no income.
Haruo's older brother comes over saying that he built a new house, and wants her to live with him. Mom does not agree because she would have to leave Haruo.
One day Haruo is on his computer when a young girl enters his room carrying his meal. She says that she's his mom who grew younger after losing consciousness. Haruo doesn't believer her and thinks it's a prank.
Haruo then begins wondering if he's relying too much on his mom, and if he should change.
His mom then enters saying she doesn't blame him for not believing her. Finally, she offers him sex and become his wife so they can live together.
Almost every Japanese woman over 50 is a huge fan (like my mom). She also has many non-Japanese fans, such as heavy metal guitarist Marty Friedman. She could sing almost any genre, including enka, jazz, and pop. All of Japan went into mourning when she died in 1989.
Yosui Inoue is a famous Japanese singer-songwriter. This is his most famous song, a single released in 1990. Shounen Jidai means "Boyhood." This site and this site has lyrics interpretation in English.
There are people who are fortunate from a young age. There are people who rise up quickly then fall quickly. There are people who peak in their later years. And there are people who are unfortunate all through life.
When you look at this, you can see that there are no set rules for winning or losing in the game of life.
But there's one thing that can be said.
People who are fortunate all the time, are all working hard for it.
Kanji can be made up from other smaller characters. I found some fun stories of them.
儲 (mou) is the kanji which if used this this form 儲ける (moukeru) means "to make a profit." This is made up of 信 (shin: to believe) and 者 (ja: person) which together (信者: shinja) means "believer" or "follower" of a group (such as religion). Thus it means that such groups are making a profit off their followers.
Another one is 悟り (satori: enlightenment). This is made up of 小五 (shougo: fifth grade at elementary school) and ロリ (loli). Thus it means that lolicons have reached enlightenment.
Here is a cat made from daikon oroshi (grated radish). Grated daikon is often served with grilled fish in Japanese cuisine. The brown stuff is soy sauce.
Man arrested in connection with gruesome killing of Kobe girl
KOBE – Police arrested a 47-year-old man Wednesday in connection with the death of a 6-year-old Kobe girl who went missing nearly two weeks earlier. The man, Yasuhiro Kimino, was living near the wooded area where police found the head and other severed body parts of Mirei Ikuta.
I read somewhere that the girl's hip part was not found. What did he use it for I wonder?