Equity Private is currently a student at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana (not to be confused with the EP of Dealbreaker). He is double majoring in Economics and Japanese in the College of Arts and Letters.
100 Yen Shop JapanA lot of the "dollar stores" in the US have plenty of items that cost more than a dollar. Stores where every item is only a dollar do exist though. There's always a great selection of never-before-seen dvds and cds.
Gatsby TrooperI was totally expecting Fitzgerald :( I suppose a comparison could be made between Shibuya and West Egg...ok maybe not...Nice dancing though.
UFO CatcherFrom what I understand, most, if not all, of these games are set up to only give the user a chance of winning every nth time or so (12 is the number I've heard). If you want to win, you should watch people play it and try and understand the way the...
Downtown Tokyo Fishing BreakCould be fun. Do you know anything about fly fishing in Japan? I wonder if it would be difficult to get a fishing license as a foreigner...
Coolbiz JapanInteresting. I'm sure enough firms participating would make an impact considering the amount of energy it takes to cool an office building.
Japanese SocietyPBS did a great series a couple years back and one of their focuses was on Japan. One of the main pieces of the show was interviewing a Japanese couple raising a child in a large city. Both were business professionals, and yet as I recall they were...
Windows 7 JapanCounterstrike:Source.
I can't justify paying for Windows, I always get it for free. OSX I pay for though, because it's reasonable priced...
Japanese Student Credit CardsCredit card companies used to target people with bad credit (ie students) as they're usually more likely to spend irresponsibly and be unable to pay down debt. Recent legislation in the US is changing that, but as so many have said before, there is...
Windows 7 JapanNot only does Vista run slower than XP, but I also think it looks much much worse. Furthermore, it's comparability is atrocious. All my friends who run it have problems 24/7. Vista was definitely garbage at launch, but it's still bad. I can't und...
Windows 7 JapanGreat article. It's quite true that you should use whatever suits your needs best. I use both Windows and OSX, both for different reasons. And yes, 7 is a huge improvement over Vista, and even over XP. Seeing the direction Microsoft was taking, I...