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Oh Japanese TV

Those crazy Japanese are at it again.  The latest – a new show called “Panic Face King”.

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Japanese Cell Phone Laments Go Global

Barring the guy from Gartner Japan in this NY Times article, everyone wants a cool Japanese cell phone.  Even the folks at NPR’s On the Media did a story earlier this year.

And why not?  On some of my trips to Japan I saw color screens, text messaging, and camera phones years before they ever appeared in the US.  Despite Apple’s attempts to be the uber-cool phone of the moment, Japan’s phones are still the best representation of a digital pocket-knife.

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More From the Japan Files

How would you like Tama to be your boss?

Note the interesting cultural reference as well – Tama is “the highest-ranking female at the Wakayama Electric Railway Co.”.