Archive for March, 2008

Japan: Waiwai ArchivesWaiWai: Get wet and go wild – housewife rakes in extra loot at the neighborhood body wash

If a man has money in his wallet and a gnawing need to get naked and have sex, where would be the most logical place for him to mount his search? The last place one would think of looking would be in a suburban residential area. But thanks to magazines like Jitsuwa Taiho (April), we have learned to expect the unexpected.

Japan: LifeHIV Awareness in Japan: Things are still not changing

Thus far, we have two articles about HIV and AIDS in Japan on stippy.com (the first and the second). Another year has passed since we last touched on this issue, but a recent episode in my own life drove home that things still are really not changing fast enough with regard to the blurry awareness of HIV/AIDS in Japan, and the studied nonchalance of the Japanese people whenever the topic arises.