I’ve always heard stories about cell phones being bad for you, but it may actually be true.

According to the Mainichi Daily News there are a growing number of Japanese that are suffering from electromagnetic wave hypersensitivity.

Now, I don’t know how much exposure you need to get this illness, but if you’re going to get it anywhere, Japan would be the place to do it.

I’m not familiar with other parts of the country, but Tokyo is covered in technology and electricity. And I suppose that being in that environment long enough - and being exposed to all the electromagnetic waves - might cause one to develop an illness.

The article says that electromagnetic wave hypersensitivity is not recognized as a disease, but with all the technology today I wonder how long it will take until more and more people develop illnesses.

And as a technology lover myself, I do hope I don’t suffer from anything like this in the future.

…and pedophiles.

Since I made the post about the Japanese Lolitas a while back, I seem to be getting some traffic from lolita lovers. Not a whole lot, but enough for me to notice.

I’m not going to post all the search results, but they included terms like “lolita girls,” “kiddy porn,” and “young japanese u 15.”

Yes, it seems like the pedophiles have found my site due to that post. Though, since there is no porn here, I’m sure they didn’t stick around for long.

Thankfully.

Now honestly, I’m actually surprised that people openly search for these terms. The law is all over the place these days, and these people are still brave enough to continue on with their search.

And I do hope they get caught, if they really are a pedophile.

Now, I was hesitant to post this, because I might get more hits for those terms, but then I figured that since my blog doesn’t actually contain any of that for real, then I have nothing to worry about.

At least I know I’m in the search engines.

(And sorry, no porn here)

Honking your horn has been banned in Shanghai, but that’s not enough to shut up these drivers.

Instead, some are spending money to have a personalized horn for their car that includes voice recordings and music.

Report: Banned from honking, Shanghai drivers switch to music, voice recordings

It said at least one taxi driver has converted his to a recording of a woman’s voice saying, “Please mind the car, we are making a turn.” Other horns play music, similar to a personalized cell phone ring tone.

Unfortunately this clever action doesn’t get them around the law, since all forms of honking are banned.

Personally, I think your horn playing music must be much nicer on the ears than a normal screeching horn.

But it does just go to show - no matter how many laws you make, someone will always try to find a way around them.

So, I finally looked into that German band called ‘Tokio Hotel’ - and they look interesting.

Honestly, when I heard started seeing pictures I thought they were a Jrock band. Probably due to the fact that I kept seeing them along side jrockers on livejournal communities.

I finally went and checked out some of the music, just a quick listen. Haven’t listened to a lot, but I really like ‘Through the Monsoon’ both the English and German versions.

I’m curious as to why they spelled it “Tokio” instead of “Tokyo”. There is already a Japanese band called “Tokio” so I hope people don’t get them mixed up.

Though, personally, I like the spelling “Tokio” - I’ve actually gone by that name many times online (though not due to the bands, but because I like the city).

I’m going to have to check out more of their music. Anyone listen to them? Know any good songs I just have to listen to?

Everyone knows the Japanese are polite - but sometimes it goes too far.

According to Japan Today - A man in Osaka was arrested on suspicion of beating his girlfriend’s 1 year old son.

The reason for the beating? The boy didn’t say “itadakimasu” before starting his meal.

Now, I understand that stressing proper manners is important, but not to the point of harming the child. This guy clearly has some issues.

He sounds like another one of those over disciplinary  and hypocritical fathers. I say hypocritical because beating a child isn’t exactly proper etiquette either.

I hope he gets charged and put away in prison for a few years.

And I know I’m being a postwhore today, sorry, I just can’t help myself.

Anyone who doesn’t know about John Chow - should.

He runs a popular blog on how to make money online, which can be some extremely helpful information for anyone with a blog.

But he doesn’t let all that money get to his head - despite his success he still helps the less popular blogs get a piece of the action.

If you review his blog, he’ll provide a link back to your website in one of his batch updates.

Pretty easy way to help improve your pagerank and traffic.