Are The Winners Really Winners?

Japan, Land of the Rising Sun, is the world’s second largest economy and a science & technology super-power. It’s also home to a plethora of semi-violent, non-sensical game shows where the contestants are humiliated and blown-up for the amusement of guilty viewers the world over. Below is a video clip from one such game show.

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Sarcasm in Japan

Another category opens! Quick, someone blow a trumpet or something! Japanorama. It’s a bit of a wierd category isn’t it. Bit then, Japan to the uninitiated is a bit wierd. One day, I’ll go there myself to see first hand just how wierd it is (and when I say wierd, I mean it in a [...]