原田・ローズ日豪戦で両国の縁を結ぶ
ファイティング原田対リオネル・ローズの1968年２月東京での世界バンタム級タイトル戦が続く、、、
The February 1968 world bantamweight title fight between Lionel Rose and Masahiko “Fighting” Harada continues in Tokyo…
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- Biz | Strine | Tucker | Unknown Nichigo | 和製カンガルー
Kangaroo Cooking…Roo Meat: It’s Tasty if Ya Cook It!
Japanese have been legally eating kangaroo for longer than most Australians. Kangaroo meat was imported to Japan and being served in Tokyo restaurants from 1988, five years before meat from the national symbol was legalized for consumption by Australians in all states other than South Australia, where kangaroo could be eaten legally from 1980. (Indigenous…
Miranda Kerr ‘Teas Off’ as Japan’s Midsummer Santa
Aussie model Miranda Kerr is gaining an increasingly high profile in the lucrative Japanese market with her new ad for Lipton tea released on Tuesday. オーストラリア出身モデルミランダ・カー氏が日本での新作CMが21日付から上映されています。 Kerr, a Victoria’s Secret angel, brand ambassador for Japanese fashion label Samantha Thavasa and wife of Hollywood heartthrob Orlando Bloom, appears as a midsummer Santa in the commercial for…
- Biz | Strine | Unknown Nichigo
日豪味深い映画「ウルヴァリン: SAMURAI」の和風ポスター盗難問題
ヒュー・ジャックマンが主人公、日本が舞台など日豪味深い映画「ウルヴァリン: SAMURAI」の墨絵風PRポスターが米国では盗まれっぱなしだ、とメルボルンエイジ紙が２３日報道した。 The Wolverine, a movie with strong Australia-Japan connections with Hugh Jackman as its star and much of the action taking place in Japan, is being plagued by people stealing its Japanese-influence sumi-e posters, according to the Melbourne Age on April 23. 約２０年前日本でもSMAPの木村拓哉の公な場にあったポスターが盗まれた現象と同じように同映画主人公であるヒュー・ジャックマンがイケメンの上に和風人気が恐らく原因であるポスター盗難が人気ぶりの証しとして配給会社20世紀フォックスにとって矛盾でありながら嬉しい悩みだ。 In a phenomenon similar to that seen in Japan about 20…
Kanagawa Lifeguards Finish Gold Coast Stint
A group of eight lifeguards from Kanagawa Prefecture recently completed a successful stint working with counterparts on the Gold Coast as part of an exchange program. Gold Coast City Council Acting Community and Cultural Development Chair, Cr Margaret Grummitt, said the exchange was a great opportunity to share safety information and skills. “This exchange has…
- Biz | Strine | The Yartz | Unknown Nichigo
Canny Kate Raises Tokyo Comedy Bar
Acerbic Aussie comedian Kate Hanley Corley‘s razor sharp wit got a cosmopolitan crowd (including superfans who traveled to Japan just to see her) at the Tokyo Comedy Club guffawing loudly. The comedian on a whirlwind tour of Japan put on a rapid-fire display of comedy focused on love, marriage, life and motherhood, using flawless delivery…
How Did Former Enemies Become Partners in Remembrance?
敵国だった日豪は、どのように共に追悼する関係になったのか？ In Why Does Australia Have So Many Japanese War Memorials?, we explored why Australia has so many Japanese war memorials. In Where Can You Find Australia’s Japanese War Memorials?, we visited some of the places where those memorials can be found. Now, in the final instalment, we look at the remarkable journey that transformed…
