I'd assumed from square one the whole Biblos bankrupcy...

[lebateleur]

...announcement was not a hoax, as the Japanese are unaware of April Fool's Day.

Then I began to wonder if that was the case after all. Doing some online digging I discover that April Fool's Day is in fact known in Japan. There's even a 'Japan April Fool's Internet Association,' which is so typically Japanese it hurts me.

Some tidbitage to keep you occupied until Sex Pistols finds another home: the holiday was apparently imported to the country during the early 1900s--the urban legend claims it gained popularity as a justification for people lie about the money they'd lost gambling (by claiming they'd been pickpocketed).



これで以上です。

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[caithion.livejournal.com]

I dunno, I have a hard time believing the b-boy site would still say "closed due to bankrupcy" four days later.... I'd be happy if it were, though.

There's even a 'Japan April Fool's Internet Association,' which is so typically Japanese it hurts me.

Hah!

[lebateleur.livejournal.com]

I agree. But the people I'd seen predicting an April Fool's prank didn't appear to have any familiarity with Japanese, and thus it probably didn't occur to them to check the Japanese site.

Hah!

My thoughts exactly! It's almost an instinctive Japanese reaction, isn't it? "Woah, cool foreign idea we could import! Let's form a 協会！"