Softbank White Family Welcomes Reina Triendl
02-02-2012
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The latest episode of Softbank White Family commercial has a special guest model Reina Triendl joining them for a homestay program. At first the family thinks that she comes from Hawaii in ...
UN: Fukushima Radiation Health Effects Will Be Relatively Small / Not At All Comparable to Chernobyl
02-02-2012
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Image: What the Media Told Us The Chairman of the UNSCEAR has announced that the health effects from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster will be relatively small because radiation was ...
Today Japan Photo: Snow Piled High
02-02-2012
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For the past few days, Japan has been experience heavy snowfall and in some areas snow has piled up to be even taller than humans. For Today’s Japan Photo, we take a look at the ...
Japan Time-Lapse: The stars Wait for Spring
01-02-2012
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Photographer aomorigonta returns with another breathtaking time lapse video of the Japanese night sky adorned with brilliant stars. The video was shot at the Hironomakiba Observatory in ...
Top 10 Reasons To Date a Short Guy
01-02-2012
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Japanese women are traditionally thought to have a strong preference for (relatively) tall men, but if the below ranking of the advantages of men of low stature is anything to go by, even ...
Korean Ultra-Nationalists Lobby Virginia: Demand Textbooks Use Korea-centric Geography (“East Sea”) @SenDaveMarsden
01-02-2012
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For the last several years, South Korean ultra-nationalists have been lobbying publishing companies and governments around the world, demanding that “East Sea” replace or be ...
Today’s Japan Photo: Kitano Tenman-guu 北野天満宮
01-02-2012
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For Today’s Japan Photo, we will be visiting Kitano Tenman-guu 北野天満宮, a shinto shrine that is popular with students praying for success in exams. It was built in 947, to ...
Tokushima School Lunch vs. Japanese Prison Food
01-02-2012
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A photo of a school lunch served at public schools in Tokushima city (bread, one weiner, milk, and corn soup): It’s supposedly due to mismanagement of funds. The bread in the photo is ...
Hikikomori Stabs Brothers & Kills Self For Being Told “Work!”
31-01-2012
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A hikikomori who carved up his brothers with a kitchen knife and then hanged himself after his twin brother dared to tell him to get a job has been highlighting the dangers of hikikomori ...
Yoshi’s Blend: Coffee For Tohoku
31-01-2012
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A man brings coffee and a gramophone to Tohoku (video by Mackenzie Sheppard): A short vignette of Yoshi Masuda–a coffee enthusiast who is sharing his passion for coffee with victims of ...