Category: Japan

Godzilla: It Came From Japan (part 1)

Godzilla (ゴジラ, Gojira) is a fictional monster featured in Japanese films and has become one of the world’s most recognized movie characters. He was first seen in the 1954 film Gojira, produced by Toho Film Company Ltd. To date, Toho has produced 28 Godzilla films.

Animal Planet, launched in 1996, is a cable and satellite television network co-owned by Discovery Communications, Inc. (parent company of Discovery Channel, TLC, and Discovery Health Channel) and BBC Worldwide. The channel is dedicated to programming that highlights the relationship between humans and animals.

Kiefer Sutherland rides the subway for Calorie Mate

Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland (born December 21, 1966 in London, England) is an Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning Canadian television and film actor, currently well known for his role of Jack Bauer on the series 24.

CalorieMate (カロリーメイト) is a brand of energy-supplement foods produced by Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., in Japan. CalorieMate products are labeled, apparently without irony, simply as “Balanced Food.” Their packaging is quite plain, almost generic.

Miho Yoshioka serves up Nissin’s Men no Tatsujin

Modern instant noodles were invented in Japan by businessman Momofuku Ando (安藤百福), the founder of Nissin, one of the biggest manufacturers of instant noodles today. His noodles were boiled with flavouring, deep-fried with palm oil to remove moisture, and dried into a noodle cake. Other preservation methods have been tried, including preservation with salt and smoke, but Ando concluded that palm oil is the most efficient.

吉岡 美穂（よしおか みほ、1980年2月3日）は日本のタレント、女優。元レースクイーン。 元トリンプ下着キャンペーンガール。

Translation: Mihi Yoshioka (born February 3, 1980) is Japanese talent and actress, and formerly a race queen as well as a former Triumph underwear campaign girl.

“Race queen” (katakana: レースクイーン – rÄ“su kuiin) is a Japanese term for a type of promotional model found as part of a pit crew in certain kinds of motor racing, such as F1 races.

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