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Apart from fantastic trains, low taxation, low home loan interest rates, cheap restaurants and safety, there is another reason why I love living in JapanCheap Internet.I decided, just for a chuckle, to see what plans were available at my old ISP Netspace.... ...full story at Mottekaero

from Mottekaero on Mon, Sep 01 2008

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31 Oct 08 visit Tokyo Mew Mew - The internet if for porn  »  YouTube videoIchigo (mew mew power version zoey) says the internet is something moderns, something fantastic.. but Kisshu (in englis version drew or dran or something,, i only watch the japanese) says the internet is make for porn XD
10 Jun 08 visit Loan shark must pay more damages  »  Japan Times The Supreme Court ordered a loan shark Tuesday to compensate his customers for both the principal and the illegally exorbitant interest rates he charged, overruling a high court decision. Susumu Kajiyama, the operator of a gangster-linked moneylender,...
10 Sep 07 visit Sleeping in Internet-cafes  »  Tokyo Yokohama I had thought it was a handful of people who were spending their nights in 24 hour Internet Cafes, because they don't have a home to go to, but was surprised to read that the numbers are in thousands. I never really needed to go to an Internet Cafe...
08 Apr 08 visit Internet cafe usage in Japan  »  What Japan Thinks If you miss the last train home, a good tip I hear is to spend the night in an internet cafe. To see how popular that and other activities are at these places, MyVoice recently performed a survey on this very topic of internet cafes. Demographics Over the...
29 Oct 08 visit Internet can save people  »  Japan Times Regarding Jun Numayama's Oct. 19 letter, "Internet crisis of communication": Numayama says the Internet worsens young people's ability to communicate, and that this is connected with loneliness in real life and suicide. I disagree. I think the Internet is...
19 Sep 07 visit BOJ seen leaving rates alone amid growth worries  »  Japan Times Worries about slower economic growth at home and in the U.S. — Japan's biggest export market — are likely to keep the Bank of Japan from changing interest rates at a two-day Policy Board meeting that... Read more . . .

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