Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
This year is Mobile Suit Gundam's 30th birthday. While a giant statue of the robot stands in Odaiba's park (in the Tokyo bay area), in a theatre of northern Tokyo, blogger/actress Rie Takahashi [ja] and her crew pay tribute to the animated television series in stage play Robot.
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
Continued from Part Two. As examples of the Japanese web that it isn't ‘disappointing' at all, many bloggers referred to the success of the video sharing website Nico Nico Douga. A-list blogger Dan Kogai pointed to the recipe site Cook Pad (which went public a few weeks ago) and Yahoo! Japan as stellar examples. So, [...]
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko hope to reach out to Americans and Canadians of Japanese ancestry during a two-week tour that began Friday, but they won't be going to Pearl Harbor.
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
Matt Holland at Feedbackward on Aokigahara, and Meaningful Suicide in Japan - “The ubiquitous and accessible nature of trains in Japan make them a logical and effective choice for those attempting suicide, but it is Aokigahara, the forest situated at the base of iconic Mount Fuji that hosts the most suicides of any location in [...]
Cuba Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
In the second game of the World Port Baseball Tournament, which was played today in The Netherlands, the Cuban National Selection Team beat Japan by the score of 8-0. Cuba connected 12 hits, and the Japanese could only come up with three. Maikel Folch was the winning pitcher for the criollos. Tomorrow, Cuba will play Chinese Taipei.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tokyo - The Japanese government has found the nation's first case of Tamiflu-resistance in a patient infected with the new strain of influenza A virus, media reports said Friday. A Japanese woman in her 40s was infected with H1N1 virus, also known as...
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
The squeeze is on for Japan's food companies. Already relatively thin, their profit margins could be chipped away by the simultaneous rise in costs and drop in consumer prices that's now underway.
Reuters (Free subscription) | yesterday
TOKYO (Reuters) - Major countries should support the dollar as the key international currency, although emerging nations may discuss a new global reserve currency on the sidelines of the G8 summit next week, a Japanese official said on Friday.
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
In need of a couple of Portuguese missionaries? How about a boatload of Dutch traders — or a platoon of World War II U.S. grunts? Meet Motoko Inagawa. It's not that the sprightly 75-year-old's network of foreign acquaintances metaphysically extends to the long dead, but it's just that she's very dedicated to her chosen profession — which is supplying Japanese television and film companies...
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
TOKYO, July 4 (UPI) -- Tokyo complained to Pyongyang Saturday as North Korea test-fired seven missiles into the Sea of Japan, officials said. The Japanese government filed an official diplomatic complaint with North Korea through Chinese channels in Beijing as the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff spotted the seventh missile firing of the day, the South Korean news agency Yonhap reported. Japanese...
Fiji Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
JAPAN indentified the Flying Fijians' weakest area when they scored four of their five tries from line-outs in the 40-39 loss yesterday.
Japan Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
Japan fell to Russia in full sets in the final of the women's volleyball Yeltsin Cup in Ekaterinburg, Russia on Thursday. The host country defeated Japan 20-25, 25-20, 25-18, 20-25, 16-14. Read the full story
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tata Capital, a subsidiary of Tata Sons, has tied up with Japanese securities firm Mizuho Securities to raise a private equity fund in Japan.
Dominican Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
SANTO DOMINGO.- Aimed at continuing to spur the country’s tourism development, the Tourism Ministry with a US$3 million contribution from Japan’s International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and other entities will conduct a sustainable tourism project.
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | yesterday
MANILA, July 4 (PNA)--The Philippines, Japan and Indonesia will hold a three-day joint exercise in combating oil spill at sea.
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salegold | 02/02/2009
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zoki76 | 01/29/2009
Each year these guys make new images on their field by planting rice in different patterns making various images. They use different sorts of rice for color.
whipdaddy | 01/22/2009
This is the 2nd installment of many more to come from my Tokyo Auto Salon 2009 Girls series. There were so many of these car models which are actually called “Race Queens” by those in the modified auto mecca of Japan. *******PICTURES: Tokyo Auto Salon 2009 Girls II
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