Word: japanization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Apparently, there is a huge market for worn underwear; in Japan they even appear in vending machines. And last Sunday, a pair of men's Hanes jockeys sold for $50, proving that there is definitely a market out there for used goods...
...past week, Lawrence said he has met with Japan's prime minister and Japanese sub-cabinet officials to discuss some of these issues...
...arbitrary decision to use the Kendo Club in her article, including the phrases "FREE HOT PHONE SEX" and "kendo" in the same sentence belies a deep misunderstanding of classical Japanese martial culture. Kendo--literally, "sword path"--is not any of these things. Born from the civil wars that engulfed Japan for almost seven centuries, modern kendo embodies the ethical code to which the Japanese warrior so stringently adhered. These values--resolve, courage, compassion, courtesy, sincerity, honor and devotion--play an especially important role in the lives of Kendo Club members and are inherently incompatible with anything as base as teleprostitution...
...arbitrary decision to use the Kendo Club in her article, including the phrases "FREE HOT PHONE SEX" and "kendo" in the same sentence belies a deep misunderstanding of classical Japanese martial culture. Kendo--literally, "sword path"--is not any of these things. Born from the civil wars that engulfed Japan for almost seven centuries, modern kendo embodies the ethical code to which the Japanese warrior so stringently adhered. These values--resolve, courage, compassion, courtesy, sincerity, honor and devotion--play an especially important role in the lives of Kendo Club members and are inherently incompatible with anything as base as teleprostitution...
...Murakami's South of the Border, West of the Sun is hard to get into--the book commences with what seems to be an attitude of complaint about the unfair hardships of adolescence. The main character, Hajime, is a young man growing up in a "small, quiet town" in Japan. He lives a normal life in a neighborhood where all the houses match and everyone has a cat or a dog. But he's different--he's an only child in a world of big families, and that means, of course, that he, like all children, must deal with some...