Zettai Ryoiki or absolute territory is the area of bare skin exposed on female thighs between the skirt or shorts and socks, and this term seems to be one of anime derived Japanese words, and the perfect one has to achieve ratio with 25% tolerance!! (now that sounds pretty serious...) It seems there is a Japanese company, which has been seeking ( Read more... )

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Anonymous targets Sony over SOPA, Nintendo quietly withdraws support

Sony and  Nintendo  were previously on the House of Representatives’ list of SOPA supporters. Now Nintendo has disappeared from the list, and only Sony’s music divisions remain. The companies, hoping to avoid drawing attention, have yet to acknowledge the change or make any public ( Read more... )

Website: conservatives say posters of Marxist figures in film promote "left-wing fantasy"


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Hamasaki Ayumi (32), who cancelled her appearance on TV Asahi’s “Music Station”‘s 25th Anniversary Special Programme on the 16th, returned to Japan from Los Angeles from the night of the 17th. Though Hamasaki offered “a deep apology”, her company avex has taken a stance that punishment is inevitable, stating that she will be “dealt with harshly”.

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NHK reports that the Japanese embassy in France has officially complained to the Canal+ channel after a television show made some insensitive jokes about Japan after the recent earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear accident:

The offending jokes were on Les Guignols de l’info, a famous satirical latex puppet show. According to the embassy, the ( Read more... )