Takashi Wakasugi’s offbeat sense of humour helps him pay the payments.
After transferring from Japan to Australia, Mr Wakasugi determined he’d mix his ardour for comedy with the necessity to enhance his English.
“So I tried [stand-up comedy] and I loved it,” he says.
Mr Wakasugi now performs stand-up across the nation — utilizing this Western fashion of efficiency to unpack his Japanese identification and poke enjoyable at it.
In one set, for instance, he laments how his Japanese obsession with cleanliness means he cannot watch the Lord of the Rings movies with out questioning when the characters final brushed their enamel.
“F***ing shampoo, Gandalf!” he pines, earlier than including, “I’m so Japanese”.
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PGA Tour Threatens to Ban Japan Golf Tour Players Who Compete in LIV Golf Events
si.com – Sep 02
The PGA Tour has instructed the organizers of the Japan Golf Tour that any of its members who participated in LIV Golf Series occasions this 12 months or LIV Golf Tour occasions throughout the 2022-23 season shall be barred from competing in PGA Tour-run tournaments, together with the Zozo Championship and the Korn Ferry Tour Qualifying Tournament.
Pretax income at Japan corporations hit file excessive in April-June
Nikkei – Sep 01
Pretax income amongst nonfinancial Japanese corporations jumped 17.6% from a 12 months earlier to a file 28.32 trillion yen ($203 billion) within the April-June quarter, authorities information confirmed on Thursday, boosted by a weak yen and the waning influence of the COVID-19 pandemic regardless of surging commodity costs.
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