14 January, 2010

Daily Hitlist: Filipino non-female wife arrested

The cops stop an immigration scam where Japanese men marry Filipino transsexual brides

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You spent all this money on a beautiful seaside wedding, but we have to break some bad news: Your mail-order bride is a transsexual who is using you for passport reasons.

Must know: Police made its first arrest yesterday in a case involving international matchmaking between Japanese men and Filipino transsexual brides. Thus ends the marriage of Jun Takezawa, 35, a Gunma Prefecture firefighter, and 'wife' Gemma Pequet Romero, 30.

more via Mainichi

Must see: Asahi Shimbun provides a chart illustrating the sales breakdown for Japan's four major brewers, based on product type. Sad to see that the dreaded third-category beer is keeping everyone afloat.

more via Asahi [Japanese]

Must do: Bunkamura Gallery in Shibuya starts its New Year's Bazaar today with over 300 works of art on sale. Ends January 31. Tel. 03 3477 9174

more via Bunkamura

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Adamu

14 January, 2010

I was pleasantly surprised to see Asahi still gets 2/3 of revenue from real beer. They will be best positioned to weather the transition when the DPJ taxes crap fake beer out of existence.

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Adamu

14 January, 2010

I was pleasantly surprised to see Asahi still gets 2/3 of revenue from real beer. They will be best positioned to weather the transition when the DPJ taxes crap fake beer out of existence.

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