Japino children

Japan high court rules in favor of 'Japino' children
06/04/2008 | 04:20 PM

TOKYO - Japan's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday against a law that denied citizenship to children born out of wedlock to Japanese fathers and foreign mothers, a news report said.

Kyodo News agency reported the court ruled in favor of 10 Japanese-Filipino children suing for citizenship in Japan. The children were split into two separate cases, one filed in 2003 and one filed in 2005.

The suits were filed by Filipino mothers who had proved the fathers of their children were Japanese, the report said.

A court official refused to comment immediately on the case.

The Wednesday decisions backed up earlier rulings by the Tokyo District Court that the marital status of the parents had no bearing on nationality, and that denying the children citizenship violated constitutional guarantees of equality for all.

Nationality in Japan is determined by bloodline rather than place of birth, though foreigners may apply to become citizens. Many ethnic Koreans, for instance, have been born in Japan but retain the Korean nationality of their parents.

Under current law, a child born in wedlock to a foreign mother and Japanese father is automatically granted Japanese nationality.

But a child born outside marriage can only obtain nationality if the father acknowledges paternity while the mother is still pregnant.

If the father recognizes the child as his only after the child's birth, the child is unable to receive citizenship unless the parents get married, the report said.

Children born to Japanese mothers are automatically granted Japanese nationality, no matter what the nationality of the father is or whether the parents are married. - AP


Well, this is a great news to all the illegitimate half blooded Japanese Filipino children in the Philippines . Cheers!!!

Live fish sashimi in Japanese restaurants

It is a well known fact that Japanese eat raw fish.This is a very healthy food.
But this fish wasn't just raw, it was still alive!!!
While the flesh was neatly cut in slices of Sashimi, the head and body was still moving!!

I like my food to not be attempting to move off the plate, thanks. Raw sushi and sashimi is fine...but moving...no. I like my food to be dead and not crawling or moving.

Why Japanese people loves to eat live fish and sometimes small fish that still swims and crawls in the mouth? I think fish has pain too. :(

Niigate desu!!! I know it is very expensive.

Hey, did u know that on tv, Japanese culture eating live fish is considered inhumane.Eating live fish is a disgraceful practice and brings your nationality into disrepute.

What if you come back as a fish in Japan?

Black Japanese watermelon sold at record price*

Black Japanese watermelon sold at record price*


TOKYO - A jumbo black watermelon auctioned in Japan on Friday fetched a record $6,100, making it one of the most expensive watermelons ever sold in the country.

In a society where melons are a luxury item commonly given as gifts, the watermelon's hefty price tag followed another jaw-dropping auction last month, when a pair of "Yubari" cantaloupe melons sold for a record $23,500.

The 17-pound, black-skinned "Densuke" watermelon, a variety grown only on the northern island of Hokkaido, was purchased Friday by a marine products dealer who said he wanted to support local agriculture, according to Kyodo News agency.

The price was the highest on record for a Densuke watermelon, said Kazuyoshi Ohira, a spokesman for the Tohma Agricultural Cooperative in Hokkaido. Most retail at department stores and supermarkets for a more modest $188 to $283, Ohira said.

And what makes a watermelon worth $200, much less $6,000?

Ohira says it's the unusual black skin and unparalleled taste. "It's a watermelon, but it's not the same," he said.





* from gmanews.tv

Japanese bowed legs - O legs

This is not new but I havent written about it, Japanese' bowed legs. I was surprised to see them upon arrival in Narita airport.

Why Japanese women ( also men ) walk this way is a great mystery. In the past, it has been thought that low protein and low calcium diet was to blame for stubby legs as well as bad genes. Constant kneeing what feet folded and tucked under their butts must not help.




Supposedly, they came up with the wild explanation that Western women have big butts so they walk with feet pointing out to draw said backside in. Japanese girls have no butts and walk with toes pointing in to push their backsides out. Hmm, this maybe right.

I would say that being bowed leg has something to do with the tatami or mat life and diet and it is passed on genetically from generation to generation. Now Japanese think it’s cute to walk deformed.



Everything goes so fast in Japan, fashion change every three months but Japanese people's physical attitudes have remained the same for centuries. Slenderness is also something which has not changed in the traditional Japanese concept of beauty. Both are a problem in Japan. Low calcium in the Japanese diet in the past and severe teenage dieting in the present causes bow-legs. Being pigeon-toed is a learned posture of Japanese girls trying to be “cute.” Often thin, super-dieting girls have both problems supported by the fact Japanese have shorty legs.

But now a days you can see many slim and tall Japanese with straight legs. Guess they have Mcdonalds to thank. hehehe!!!

Thanks to my genes that I have long legged limbs.:) fufu

crocs sassari

I first saw these crocs footwear in a a fashion magazine. It was labeled as the ugliest shoes. Now , it has been very popular all through out the world. Some have imitated the design and the style. Crocs brand is some how expensive compared to other footwear. If you are going to wear a crocs slipper, of course it would be a fashion statement, since the design is unique. It brings comfort to the feet since it has footbed.The circulation nubs also stimulate blood flow. It is really soft, super comfortable, molds to your feet.You can feel it is barely there, weighing only 6 ounces.It is vented so air passes through, keeping feet cool.These are the reasons why the ugly footwear became very popular .


In Tokyo, the crocs sassari is already sold out. It has become very popular and trendy now. People from all ages wear this footwear comfortably.

Do you know Shunga?

I was completely entrailed by this Japanese art from Edo period.I saw it on my relative's house when I visited their place. It is so artistic and the drawings are skillfully done. Until I was able to get a close-up view of these Japanese art called shunga. The drawings are Japanese characters wearing the traditional kimono for the ladies and the men too. But what is really exciting is the sex art you will see when you keep a closer look. I was laughing at it because I find it the erotic pictures. It interests me.






The shunga leaves me excellent impression with colors and fine condition. It is of a magnificent state! In almost all shunga , the characters are fully clothed. This is primarily because nudity was not inherently erotic in Japan in Edo period.






The people were used to seeing the opposite sex naked in communal baths. It also served an artistic purpose; it helped the reader identify courtesans and foreigners, the prints often contained symbolic meaning, and it drew attention to the parts of the body that were revealed, the genitals.


Shunga couples are often shown in unrealistic positions with exaggerated genitals. That is why I was entrailed by the huge genitals I saw in the drawings. I simply thought impossible but artistically done with great talent.

Imported rice from Japan to the Philippines

Recently, Japanese government is considering the idea of selling rice to the Philippines. I thought it was Japanese rice grain since I love Japanese rice, which is remarkable with its small grains, soft and sweet taste. But then, when I heared the whole news, Japan is selling imported rice from Vietnam and Thailand to the Philippines.

Now that there is a rice crisis and inflation, poor Filipino families shares cheap government subsidized rice with his relatives for lunch in a poor community . Japan will "favorably" consider a request from the Philippines for the release of imported rice amid severe rice shortages on the global market.








Japan has a surplus of imported rice from US, Vietnam and Thailand , this is in connnection with WTO agreement.The rice is kept in warehouses under a government program to maintain high domestic prices to protect Japanese rice growers.

Tokyo stocks the imported rice until it deteriorates, then sells it as livestock feed on the Japanese market.Really Japan is a rich country, with this custom, imported rice for the animals.

Really the Japanese way of life is highly different compared with us. :)