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07-26-2007
Eye Candy in Japan
Filed Under (Japanese Culture, Living in Japan) by Mike

japanese_old_woman.jpgOne of the greatest pleasures I have in Japan every day is to see beautiful people…ok..women. Don’t get get me wrong, my wife is beautiful, too. But every now and again I peek from behind her to see the flowers. I’m just wondering if now my eyes are changing. Could it be that my eyes are just getting older or is that I really do like older woman? I don’t know, maybe you can help me.

Do you think she’s pretty?

Women’s lifespan longest for 22nd straight year in 2006
TOKYO, July 26 KYODO
The average lifespan of Japanese women in 2006 was the longest in the world at 85.81 years, maintaining the top spot for the 22nd consecutive year, according to data released Thursday by the health ministry.
The life expectancy of Japanese men came to 79.00 years on average in 2006, rising back to the second position in the world from the fourth spot in 2005, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said.
In 2005, both men and women had posted a decline from the previous year reflecting an upsurge in flu-related deaths but their respective lifespan records were renewed in 2006, the ministry said.
The ministry also attributed the 2006 numbers to improvement in treatment results in Japan for cancer, heart disease and stroke.
”The average lifespan is expected to remain on an upward trend for years to come,” a ministry official said.
==Kyodo

     


Comments:
13 Comments posted on "Eye Candy in Japan"
Aaron on July 26th, 2007 at 10:40 pm

Just because one is on a diet, doesn’t mean one cannot look at the menu.


Sakuraba on July 27th, 2007 at 1:30 am

I hear there are lots of menus on the internet…


sluggo on July 27th, 2007 at 11:37 am

I agree. I feel compelled to look. It’s like I have a second brain that pushes forth to… um… wait a minute…


Zen on July 27th, 2007 at 11:24 pm

Like a big brain and a lil brain… 8)

:lol:


Zen on July 27th, 2007 at 11:27 pm

Just because your broke, doesn’t mean you can’t window shop :P

“let do the time warp again”… jump to the left…


Freakshow on August 5th, 2007 at 8:44 am

The women in the photo is a little out of my range, but over all there are some finely aged dames here in Japan. I fall in love daily on the trains with a 40-something year old. Crap! Maybe I’m become a chikan.


Mike on August 6th, 2007 at 10:13 am

Maybe I’m become a chikan.

Is that English? How long have you been here man?

And BTW, you ARE a chikan. You just haven’t acted on it yet. ;-)

And there are menus here with pictures so you don’t have to read into the situation.


sluggo on August 6th, 2007 at 11:42 am

Aren’t all men really chikan in varying degrees?

Here’s a related question: I know there is a term for female “chikan.” What is it? (the Japanese term, I mean)


sluggo on August 6th, 2007 at 11:44 am

By the way, you guys don’t know how I envy your living there and seeing the “sights” every day. What little time I spent in Japan was like a constant state of double-take everywhere I went…


Mike on August 6th, 2007 at 11:50 am

HAHAHAHAHA. Female chikan! You crack me up. I think she’d be called … A LOT!!


sluggo on August 6th, 2007 at 9:12 pm

No no no sensei…. I’ve heard the term somewhere… Shit. I can’t remember what is was…


sluggo on August 6th, 2007 at 9:13 pm

It may have been used in hentai manga, not necessarily real life. But what is “real” about life, anyway?


Mike on August 7th, 2007 at 7:54 am

When a Japanese girl becomes a chikan…that’s real life.


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