A colleague of mine was once invited to give a speech at a convention in Japan. Aware he had a good reputation as a public speaker, he was most surprised when his audience did not react at all to any of his perfectly timed jokes and witticisms. In fact, the […]
Jokes tagged as: Japanese Jokes
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Here for your entertainment, The Laughline presents a collection of Japanese jokes which I hope you enjoy.
Japan is an amazing country, but the Japanese people often become a source of jokes and funny stories for us Westerners, with their often quirky and eccentric mannerisms.
Whether it’s the Japanese way of live, their sometimes naive knowledge of Western life, or our naive Western knowledge of theirs, Japanese jokes are often brilliantly funny and something that many of us can identify with.
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The story goes that a young blonde man volunteered for military service during World War II. Despite being blonde, he had such a high aptitude for aviation that he was sent right to Pensacola air force base, skipping boot camp. The very first day at Pensacola, he pilots a plane […]
On a beautiful deserted island, in the middle of nowhere, the following people are stranded: 2 Italian men and 1 Italian woman. 2 French men and 1 French woman 2 German men and 1 German woman 2 Greek men and 1 Greek woman 2 English men and 1 English woman […]
With world trade suffering it’s ups and downs over the last year, Asia has suffered financially and there has been a dip in the Japanese economy. With this uncertainty that has hit Japan, the national banks have been struggling like never before. In the last seven days alone: Origami bank […]
A young Japanese girl been taught all of her life, that when she married she was to please her husband and to never upset him. So, on the first morning of her honeymoon, the young Japanese bride crawled out of bed after making love all night with her new husband. […]
A Japanese man walked into the currency exchange in Manhattan in New York with 2,000 yen and walked out with $72. The following week, he went to the currency exchange again, handed over 2,000 yen and was handed $66. Puzzled as to why he only received $66 when the previous […]
A Japanese man takes a sightseeing trip to America so that he can see for himself the famous sights that he had only before seen on television. On the last day of his trip, he hailed a cab and told the driver to take him to the airport. During the […]
An American businessman goes on a business trip to Japan, but coming from the Midwest he isn’t too keen to try the local Japanese food, especially as he has heard a lot about the weird things that they eat, like raw fish, insects and rats etc. So having checked into […]
Two Japanese girl tourists ask a stranger to take their photo with a Polaroid Camera, but what happens next is not what the stranger expects.
Stevie Wonder is playing his first concert in Japan, and the auditorium at the concert hall in Tokyo is absolutely packed to the rafters. After playing a few of his greatest hits, and in a bid to break the ice with his new audience, he asks them if anyone would […]
