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The song “Kyoto” by Phoebe Bridgers contains the following lyrics: You called me from a payphone They still got pay phones It cost a dollar a minute As a Japanese, I am surprised that Americans are surprised that there are pay phones. She talked about this lines in an interview with Rolling Stone: I totally made that up, I’ve never even Googled it. However, it is true that in 2023, there are still many pay phones in Japan. For example, from my home in the suburbs, I can see a pay phone. But I have never used it nor do I remember seeing anyone using it. Why do we still

Boxing monster Naoya Inoue had dinner with his friend and two-weight world champion Hiroto Kyoguchi in January 2023. What the Monster talked about at that time is available on Kyoguchi’s Youtube channel. I would like to introduce some of the interesting things he said in that video. According to him, Naoya Inoue said, “I unified four organization champions in bantamweight, but I still don’t have confidence in myself. If I can unify the four organization champions in the super bantamweight division, I think I can probably have confidence in myself,” he said. Regarding the fight between Inoue and Stephen Fulton, Monster was concerned about the size difference versus him and

An exhibition match between retired legendary boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Japanese MMA fighter Mikuru Asakura will take place in the fall of 2022. Mikuru Asakura is well known in Japan, but is not well known worldwide. As a Japanese person, I will explain who Mikuru Asakura is and whether he has a chance to beat Mayweather. Why is Mikuru Asakura so popular in Japan? Mikuru Asakura is hugely popular among young Japanese men. This is the result of his many interesting videos on YouTube, which have attracted a large following. Particularly popular are the following videos (in Japanse). I sparred with a fight braggart I tried to punish a