- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Kodansha International Ltd (Oct 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 477002892X
- ISBN-13: 978-4770028921
- Product Dimensions: 18.8 x 13.2 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 917,093 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A collection of stories from the Japanese tabloid press covering a wide range of topics, from sports to sex, crime to politics, social issues to scandal. They illustrate the energetic and inquisitive nature of Japan's weeklies, which often cover stories that the mainstream press do not. The best stories from the last four years are published here: a quirky, lurid, irreverent and unique book that will be fascinating for people who are looking for real news of the country. As a picture of contemporary Japanese society, the book is sometimes shocking, always entertaining, and absolutely true. Each chapter is devoted to a single theme (business life, sexual deviance, violence etc.) and the book as a whole offers a vivid picture of an aspect of Japan that is never presented to the world outside...
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Looking UP the skirts of young women has long been an obsession among Japanese men, as anyone knows, thanks to the plethora of books, magazines and websites devoted to panty viewing. Read the first page
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Looking UP the skirts of young women has long been an obsession among Japanese men, as anyone knows, thanks to the plethora of books, magazines and websites devoted to panty viewing. Read the first page
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Tabloid Tokyo: 101 Tales of Sex, Crime and the Bizarre from Japan's Wild Weeklies (Paperback)
For most of us, even those who live in Japan, the writing system is impenetrable, and deprives us of the real stories of crime, scandal and exposure that the Japanese tabloid-style weekly magazines turn out endlessly. Mark Schreiber and his colleagues have done us all a big favour in translating dozens of these funny, sexy, tragic and sometimes downright bizarre articles and give us wonderful snapshots of an unfamiliar world. The Japanese PR machine, which tries so hard to preserve the mystical images of Mt Fuji, cherry blossoms and geisha will be furious at this book. It's not a bad idea to keep a pinch or two of tabloid salt handy but the book shines by its originality and helps us know what's going on in the real Japan.
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3.6 out of 5 stars (9 customer reviews) 64 of 68 people found the following review helpful:
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Sensational but not real,
By kijyo - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Tabloid Tokyo: 101 Tales of Sex, Crime and the Bizarre from Japan's Wild Weeklies (Paperback)
This book misdirects us towards negatibe impression about Japanese. It is really sensational and base canard gossip. If you have a low taste, you may enjoy this kinds of stupid gossip. This book and MAINICHI newspaper group who has mislead foreingers with these lies for over 6-years are now condemned by many Japanese. MAINICHI expresses apology on their paper officially. >> [...]
24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
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By M. Akizuki "1234" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Tabloid Tokyo: 101 Tales of Sex, Crime and the Bizarre from Japan's Wild Weeklies (Paperback)
The traitorous newspaper "MAINICHI-SHINBUN" prints unture and obscene articles that are recorded in this book so's to make foreigner look down to Japanese.
In Japan, MAINICHI-SINBUN is severely blamed by many citizens and sponsors and there is actions to accuse this company of the defamation of Japanese character. 19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
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Do not buy/believe this book!,
By Boon - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Tabloid Tokyo: 101 Tales of Sex, Crime and the Bizarre from Japan's Wild Weeklies (Paperback)
This hentai author himself and all related persons who published this book/articles on Mainichi Daily News are accused as being fake, and Mainichi admitted these are corrupted so wildly. Some people started boycotting Mainichi News Paper. This is a big fuss and if you read this and ask about it to Japanese, I am sure most of people get angry.
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