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Backstage Chat

• Problems with our main computer
• Japan Talk website problems fixed
• JapanSoc goes to Facebook
• The joys of running a website
• Miscellaneous ramblings

Links of Interest

• Kobe Meet Up, December 12
• JAPUNDIT YouTube Channel
• Japan Talk in the iTunes Store

Contact: japantalker@gmail.com

Here is a video I shot at the Joyful Honda mall in Tochigi on October 25, almost one week before Halloween, showing a massive display of Christmas decorations already on sale.

This video is also featured on the JAPUNDIT YouTube Channel.

Check out the facade of this soba noodle shop I spotted while driving in Ishibashi, Tochigi.

See a short video report about it on the JAPUNDIT Video Channel.

Sorry to everyone who tried visiting here last night, only to get some sort of error message.

It seems that our code had a slight problem resulting in a loop that caused our server to go bonkers. Trouble started when our server provider (one I’d never used before) pulled the plug on the site and then did the slow-walk shuffle to get things back up and running again.

Needless to say, they are no longer our server provider, and I have put Japan Talk into the capable hands of Blogs-About Hosting, who are the same folks that have been doing such a great job hosting JAPUNDIT right from the very beginning.

Gee, it’s great to be back home!

Everyone seems to be jumping onto the Facebook bandwagon these days, including plenty of people in Japan, but common sense and basic prudence dictate that the savvy web user had better think carefully before taking a leap that may prove to be disastrous.

In an article titled What you need to know about Facebook’s insecure security on the Datamation website, tech guru and founder of The Raw Feed Mike Elgan says that “Facebook security” may be an oxymoron.
Continue reading ‘Facebook…. Is it safe?’ »

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Opening Monologue (on YouTube)

• New Japan Talk website online
• New look for show notes
• JAPUNDIT YouTube update coming soon
• Japan Talk makes Vlogger’s 5 Cool Podcast list
• Thanks to Busan Kevin
• Meet us in Kobe on December 12!
• Help a listener find work in Japan.

Japan supply of rare earth minerals running low

Japan-Vietnam joint venture to develop rare earth sources

J-companies wooing foreign students

Foreigners under attack in Fukui

Cop on trial for killing Chinese man

Plastic-to-oil converter
Blest Website (Japanese)

Midpoint Music
You Will Never Change - Shelley & Cal

Tokyo’s hottest Halloween parties
Metropolis Glitterball: Double Trouble
Haunted Tokyo Tours

Chiba Marine Stadium naming rights on the block

Ishihara decides to force Tsukiji relocation

Bear attacks in Japan on the rise

Chef’s Farm indoor vegetable garden

Night running popular among Japanese women

Japan looking for paid tourists

Ending Song
Rock n Roll Can Rescue The World – Electric Eel Shock

Links of Interest

• Kobe Meet Up, December 12
• JAPUNDIT YouTube Channel
• Japan Talk in the iTunes Store

Contact: japantalker@gmail.com

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* Gimmeabreakman talks about Japan Talk
* No new Japan Talk design yet
* Local annual fireworks display
* New video: How to kill stink bugs (kamemushi) without the stink
* Featured artist of the week: Remember September
* Kobe Meet Up, December 12
Continue reading ‘Japan Talk #160’ »

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* A day late, but here we are
* Few news stories today
* Voting system at JAPUNDIT fixed
* Please help out at JAPUNDIT and vote
* Eating Natto videos added to JAPUNDIT YouTube Channel
* Japan Talk intro on the JAPUNDIT YouTube Channel
* English Teachers online comedy series
* Japan Talk hits 500,000 downloads
Continue reading ‘Japan Talk #159’ »

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* New Japan Talk site online shortly
* May skip a show next week for changeover
* New videos added to the JAPUNDIT Video Channel
* Thanks to everyone who wrote in with comments
Continue reading ‘Japan Talk #158’ »