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  • Order for Aussie-Made Skim Milk Results in Kangaroo Delivery

    A Chinese woman irked by the poor reputation of powdered skim milk produced in her homeland, got jumpy when her order of Australian-made milk contained more kick than she’d probably bargained for, not quite a boxing kangaroo, but a boxed kangaroo, according to Japanese news site Rocket News. Citing Chinese-language news sources Sina news and ET Today, Rocket says the woman from Qingdao, in China’s Shangdong Province, ordered a box of six cans of Australian-made skim milk through an online shopping site, but only two were delivered with the extra space in the box occupied by a live kangaroo. The kangaroo, which is in good health, was taken into the…

  • いよいよ日豪対決！Bragging Rights at Stake as Samurai Blue Tackle Socceroos in World Cup Qualifier

    Fierce but friendly rivals Japan and Australia meet in an Asian Football Confederation Round Four World Cup qualifying match at Saitama Stadium 2002 near Tokyo on June 4. アジアサッカー連盟（AFC)ライバル国日本とオーストラリアがサッカー2014年ワールドカップ最終予選を今夜、6月4日、埼玉スタジアム2002で行なう。 Japan, currently top of Group B, need only to take a point from this match to qualify for Brazil 2014. 現在Bグループ首位である日本代表が引き分けでも来年ブラジルで行なうワールドカップ出場が決定となる。 Australia, in third place a point behind Jordan but with a game in hand, will be looking to take home at least one point, but will have its hands full against a team that has realistic hopes of reaching the latter rounds in South America next year. 一方、2位ヨルダンの1点差でありながら試合数が一つ少ないオーストラリア代表は、恐らく引き分けを狙うが日本代表に対してなかなか強さを見せることができないだろう。 Also at stake in this match will be bragging rights between two…

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    (Aussie) Black Swans Give (Japanese) Koi Fish a Decent Feed

    Black swans are endemic to Australia and symbolic to the country, particularly Western Australia, where the avian beauty is almost synonymous for anything Sandgroper. 　黒鳥は、オーストラリア国有鳥であり、州の象徴である西オーストラリア州では特に称えられている。 Koi fish, meanwhile, play a similar role for Japan, immediately evoking an image of the Land of the Rising Sun. 　鯉は、言うまでもなく、超日本的であり、日本のシンボル一つと言っても過言ではないはずだ。 This clip could be called a cute view of Australia-Japan friendship. 　なので、本動画が日豪友情の表れとも言える。

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    How a Koo Wee Rup-Ture Created the Legendary Aisha the Geisha

    Becoming a geisha, a practitioner of Japan’s arts in a rigidly controlled, hierarchical society with customs dating back centuries, takes a rare kind of inner strength, and doubly so as a foreigner in a world insular even for the generally inward-looking Japanese. 激しい縦社会の中、数百年の歴史を誇り日本独特な伝統文化を身につけるために厳しい訓練を受ける芸者になるには、相当内面的な強さが求められている。ある意味で「閉鎖的」と言われている花柳界は、一般に内向きと言われている日本人が溶け込むのが難しいが、そもそも島国根性が見せられている外人にとってなおさらそうだ。 A Koo Wee Rup cutie displayed such power after being mercilessly dumped by her Nar Nar Goon goon as she wrenched herself away from the attractions of asparagus farming, booted the Blundstones, rammed the shears and shoved aside all the old cows’ bullshit to create the legend of Aisha the Geisha. しかし、アスパラとじゃがいも栽培で有名なクーウィーラップからやってきたオージー農家おてんばが農家で泥・沼（そして、泥沼）・羊・牛などとの生活の魅力を破棄して、内面的な力を示し、振られたナーナーグーン住まいアスパラ農家である彼を勝ち取り戻せるために「エイシャ・ザ・芸者」の伝説を作った。 Aisha dedicated herself to embodying Japan’s tradition-seeped, delicate, refined arts where every move is executed…

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    ‘Die Jockey,’ ‘Pyscho,’ ‘Odds Calais Summer Days’ & Hugh Jackman’s Other Japanese Lessons

    　 「サイコ」、「騎士死ね！」と「オッズ、＜フランスの＞カレー夏の日々」が豪出身俳優ヒュー・ジャックマン氏が「ウルヴァリン」シリーズ映画撮影のためこの頃来日した際使えた日本語のヒントだった。「最高」、「大ジョッキー」と「お疲れ様です」を示すがジャックマン氏が使用した英語版ヒント・シートには日本語の発音を近づくために使った英語の言葉が上記の意味となる！ “Psycho,” “Die Jockey!” and “Odds Calais Summer Days” were some of the phrases given on a Japanese language cheat sheet Hollywood heartthrob Hugh Jackman used recently in Japan while here to film the latest installment of the Wolverine movies. Far from being anything sinister, though, Psycho was the description given for saiko, awesome, great, outstanding, the best, Die jockey! the rendition of dai jokki, a large beer glass, and Odds Calais Summer Days, which sounds something akin to a vacation on the French coast, but actually refers to otsukaresamadesu, a largely meaningless phrase used to encourage or praise a colleague upon completing a task and that literally translates…

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    Aussie Deli…cious!!! Not Authentic Aussie but Still Yummy オージー・デリ、、、シャス!!!

    McDonald’s Japan finally began long-awaited sales of the Aussie Deli at its outlets across the country from Aug. 31 for a couple of weeks. 　2012年8月31から約二週間全国マクドナルドにて販売するオージーデリとチーズ・オージーデリを食べてみた。 Kangaeroo.com has been skeptical about the burger, which comes in two versions — the premium sandwich with cheese and the plain burger. The main ingredient is uncooked pastrami beef in the cold burger and spicy mustard sauce acting as the main condiment. Our big beef, if you’ll pardon the pun, is that although the burgers are being promoted as Australian, the taste is nothing like food served Down Under, where local flavored McDonald’s includes beetroot, eggs and even pineapple. 　実は、販売前考えRooがオージーデリについてかなり疑い深いだった。オージーデリだと言え、中味のパストラミ・ビーフやマスタードがビーツかタマゴやパイナップルなど典型的なオージー味とかなりかけ離れているだから。 Thus we went into the…

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    いち早くCool Japanを先駆けて80・90年代の豪テレビCM

    Japan was trending in Australia long before it became flavor of the month in the way it has in recent years courtesy of Cool Japan. 近年の「クール・ジャパン」現象はオーストラリアでは、かなり昔から現れていた。 During the late 1980s through to the mid-1990s, a time when trade friction between a seemingly unstoppable Japan and the struggling United States resulted in such incidents as American autoworkers using sledgehammers to demolish a Japanese car, Australia was slowly moving out of its self-imposed isolation to embrace the Asia-Pacific region and building the firm relationship it now has with Japan. Australia was a pioneer in the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) and Working Holiday programs now welcoming thousands of people from all over…

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    オージーボールが日本でビールCMに起用されたことを知っていたか？

    オーストラリアでは圧倒的に一番人気スポーツでありながら日本でオージー・ボールがほとんど知られていない。 Australian Rules football, despite being overwhelming the most popular spectator sport in Australia, is virtually unknown in Japan. しかし、約24年前さかのぼってオージー・ボールが日本でサントリー・ドライビールのCMに起用されることになった。 But, going back 24 years or so, Aussie Rules, or Ooji Booru as it’s referred to in Japanese, was used to promote Suntory Beer in Japan. ジャコのサントリー・ドライCM/Jacko’s Suntory Ad https://youtu.be/zUyL5wZMo04 同CM主役が元オージー・ボールプロ選手だったマーク・ジャコ・ジャクソン氏だった。当時、ジャコ氏の人気が絶好機だった。選手として才能があったもの、問題児であったため多くの人にしてみればその才能が「うらさいの！」という存在だった。同氏がそれをいい風に使い、歌手となりオーストラリア１位となったシングルを発表した。続いて、ヒット曲がアメリカでバッテリのCMキャラクターとなり、米国でも大人気となった。そこからハリウッド版ドラマの俳優にもなったが、番組の視聴率が低く再びオーストリアに戻って今でも演説やコメディなどで活躍中。 Starring in the ad was Mark “Jacko” Jackson, then at the height of his brief flirtation with international fame, sparked by a successful appearance promoting Energizer batteries in the United States, which in turn had been an opportunity that arose for him following his Australian No. 1 single, “I’m an Individual” and less-than-successful football career despite possessing considerable ability….

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    George and Noriko thunder Down Under

    　日本人フュージョン・ミュージシャンコンビジョージ上川氏と多田野ノリコ氏が続けてオーストラリア全国の人々のハートを取り掴み先日人気番組「Australia’s Got Talent」決勝戦ですごく盛り上がった。 　ストリート・ミュージシャンを中心としてオーストラリアで大活躍する日本人コンビの人気上昇中。 　George Kamikawa and Noriko Tadano with their eclectic mix of blues and shamisen continued winning hearts across the Great Southern Land with another ripper performance in the second final on Australia’s Got Talent on Wednesday night (right about the time Nadeshiko Japan were giving the Matildas a footballing lesson!) You bewdy, George and Noriko! 日本人コンビーが日豪融合ミュージックで豪を盛り上げる Japan in Melbourne Exclusive Interview with George and Noriko George Kamikawa on Facebook Noriko Tadano on Facebook

  • Japanese long-term resident numbers double Down Under

    Japanese long-term residents in Australia doubled over the course of the Noughties, according to the recently released 2011 Australian Census. The number of Japanese speakers residing permanently in Australia grew from 1,002 to 2,032 from 2000 and 2010, representing a 102.8% change. The 2011 Census showed there were 21,507,730 people in Australia, of who 43,692 are Japanese speakers. The total population of Japanese speakers in Australia was made up of 59.1% females and 40.9% males. And only 204 speakers were involved in a same-sex couple. Popular suburbs for long-term Japanese residents of Down Under to live in were Chatswood (NSW), Melbourne (VIC), Southport (QLD), Adelaide (SA), South Perth (WA), Sandy…