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Pendre shorts - fundoshi loincloth for women - the next trend in Japan?

Pendre shorts - fundoshi loincloth for women - the next trend in Japan?

A friend of mine just forwarded this post on JapanProbe about women’s fundoshi. My quickest description of a fundoshi would be traditional Japanese g-string loincloth underwear for men. According to Wikipedia:
Before World War II the fundoshi was the main form of underwear for Japanese adult males; however it went out of use quickly after the [...]

How Japanese search engines work (actual commercial for Goo search engine)

Sometimes you’ve got to love Japanese commercials.