Why is this called WaiWai Lane?

[leonmarino]

So what does WaiWai Lane mean?

 

[doinkies]

Because a lot of the stories that are posted here come from WaiWai, which is the special section for sleazy, sensationalist tabloid stories and other such things on Mainichi Shinbun's English page (and only on the English page...).

 

[leonmarino]

Ah ok!! That explains a lot, thanks.

 

[Sukotto]

So they're just covering the news US style, huh?

 

[-Rudel-]

lol...Isn't the whole world like that?

 

[Kirie_Maiden]

What is the link to the English version? I have only found this one...

http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/waiwai/

 

[tampopo]

yeah that would be it.

 

[Kirie_Maiden]

Thanks. I was wondering if there was another, but even the wikipedia article on WaiWai linked to that one.

 

[pipokun]

http://www.mainichi-msn.co.jp/entertainment/geinou/news/20070423spn00m200009000c.html
ﾆ暖ﾆ椎?ﾆ停?愴致ﾂ：窶佚･窶兩ﾂ！ﾆ停?堡断ﾆ停?ｹ窶售窶啣ﾂ人窶ｰﾂｺ窶吮?ｦ窶堙?渋窶價ﾂ行ﾂ進
ﾂ 窶佚･ﾅｽﾃｨ窶ｰﾂｺ窶吮?ｦﾆ陳?ーﾆ谷ﾂーﾂ「ﾆ暖ﾆ椎?ﾆ停?愴致ﾂ」窶堙姑辰ﾆ遅ﾆ停?愴暖窶堋ｪ窶啣窶啣窶愿ｺﾂ、窶愬停?ｹﾅｾﾂ・ﾂ渋窶價窶堙?行窶堙ｭ窶堙ｪﾂ、ﾂ人窶ｹCﾆ置ﾆ停?ｰﾆ停?愴檀ﾂ「窶壺?懌?塲停?堋鞘?壺?｡窶壺?｡窶壺?ｰﾂ（ﾆ湛ﾆ陳哉樽ﾂーﾂ）ﾂ」窶堙姑竹ﾆ鍛ﾆ致窶堙遺?ｰﾂｺ窶吮?ｦ窶堙ｰﾂ身窶堙俄?吮?ｦ窶堋ｯ窶堋ｽﾆ停?堡断ﾆ停?ｹ窶售窶啣ﾂ人窶堋ｪﾅ?X窶堙ｰ窶氾ｻ窶堙ｨ窶｢ﾃ?窶堋｢窶堋ｽﾂ。

42 models with cute showing-off bra strolled about Shibuya.

The point is that the photo was taken in the front of a free red light district info shop. I think there are other good places for shooting models in Shibuya.

 

[maushan3]

I have seen that not all stories are sleazy like I once thought, the ones that are not, talk about things like the current economy and stuff.

And, yeah, like Pipokun said, those models were nearly topless in Shibuya, but they didn't state in which area of Shibuya, which happened to be in the red-light district. So it is pretty sensationalistic.

Mauricio

 

[ec_nana]

Thanks for the clarification.

 

[rihoko]

used to visit waiwai very often back in early 2k- throughout my university yrs, posting links to it on irc,etc laughing my butt off.. too bad some ppl couldn't accept it with humor.