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CASIO Girls' Generation

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Casio Computer Co., Ltd. announced today that it has signed Girls' Generation, the girl pop group that has taken Asia by storm, as the face of a Baby-G advertising campaign that begins in July 2012. Girls' Generation embodies the “tough, cute, cool” concept of Baby-G, Casio's shock resistant watches for women.

Launched in 1994, Baby-G is Casio's watch brand for women which inherits the toughness of its shock-resistant G-SHOCK watches. Since then, the basic shock resistance and superior wa...

Men Protest “Women Only” Cars

Sunday, April 29, 2012

A Japanese pro-men activist speaks out near Shibuya train station in Tokyo against the policy of Japan railway companies designating certain train cars as “Women Only” during the rush hour. He said having women only cars is clearly an accusation that all men are molesters which is discrimination.

The policy was originated a decade ago to protect women from “chikan’ (gropers) after a study showed that more than 60% of women who travelled by train, claimed they had experienced some f...

Tokyo Luxurious Life Gone to the Dogs

Monday, January 2, 2012

Tokyo- (PanOrient News) Amid chronic economic problems and following the worst natural disaster in Japanese history, one small but significant sector has been flourishing in Japan: The pet business.

More and more Japanese have been seen increasingly with their dogs, well, mostly dogs, strolling along the fancy boulevards of Tokyo, holding them close to their hearts as if they were their own children, or even making them comfortable in little carts. Moreover, it has become an ordinary occurren...

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