Mitsubishi Motors commercial

I was watching Japanese commercials on TV and I thought that they were very different from American commercials so I decide to find some interesting Japanese commercials on YouTube and post them a little by little.

The first one is a commercial for the Mitsubishi Motors. This one is very emotional because the woman is going to get married tomorrow and she is driving with her dad. This commercial shows the sensitive atmosphere that the father and his daughter have when she is getting married. This commercial should attract both older men and younger women because they can think back what happened to them when they got married and feel the same atmosphere as the commercial shows.


Here is the translate for it.

I will get married tomorrow.

My father seated in the passenger seat is more talkative today.

He was telling me about my mom when she was very young and the day I was born.

Is your car exciting you?

It's been a while...

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Subway Station in Japan

It's crazy!!

Fuuny prank call

We are using Mr. Rogers' voice on a soundboard to prank call. She totally thought she was talking to a real person! It was pretty funny!

Traits of Collectivism

Japan has the collectivist culture. This description is from Wikipedia.

Traits of Collectivism

• "We" not "me" orientation.
• Each person is encouraged to conform to society, to do what is best for the group and to not openly express opinions or beliefs that go against it.
• Group, family or rights for the common good are seen as more important than the rights of individuals.
• Rules promote stability, order, obedience.
• Strong family values
• Fitting in or conforming to group or society is required.
• Distinctions made between in-group and out-group.
• More ingroups to choose from, less attachment to one specific ingroup
• Working with others and cooperating is the norm. Refusal to cooperate and wanting to be independent or stand out is seen as shameful. Everyone must rely on others for support.

Day off for dating...

Japan's notoriously hard-working salarymen are being given a chance by the government to cut their hours in a bid to improve their health - and their fecundity. Workers who put in more than 40 hours of overtime a month will earn the right to an extra day off this month, according to a policy paper prepared by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in June. Employers will also have to pay them an extra-high rate for overtime above 30 hours, in an attempt to make companies think twice about asking their workers to burn the midnight oil. The problem of overwork is particularly severe among men in their 30s, the ministry says. About a quarter work more than 60 hours a week, according to official figures, though the real number may be higher.

Hot spring for feet!

This is in the middle of Tokyo!

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Cute Girls Dancing

Puffy AmiYumi Tour

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Japanese Robot

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Sex workers on the ball with World Cup fever

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Latest 'Cool Biz' campaign kicks off for summer

The government-led "Cool Biz" campaign of dressing lightly to save electric power and reduce greenhouse gas emissions kicked off on Thursday.

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Japan's birth rate declines to record low

Japan's birth rate declined to a new record low of 1.25 last year, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said Thursday.

The average number of children in Japan that women gave birth to in their lifetime came to 1.25 last year, well below the previous record of 1.29 in 2004.

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32,552 people kill themselves

I think this is a big problem that Japan has to think about...

The number of people who committed suicide in Japan surpassed the 30,000 mark last year for the eighth consecutive year, the National Police Agency said Thursday.

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American cherries arrive in Japan

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Microorganism believed to show missing link in evolution

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Bridgestone develops thinnest electronic screen

It's pretty amazing!

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Private sector starts handling parking violations

Private-sector patrollers check parking violations in Tokyo's Shibuya District on June 1 as 102 municipalities across Japan and 12 wards in Tokyo tighten a crackdown on such violations with the new system introduced under the revised Road Traffic Law. (Kyodo)

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