Today’s Japan Photo: Lake Motosu 本栖湖
19-01-2012
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For Today’s Japan Photo, we will enjoy the lovely sunrise as seen from Lake Motosu 本栖湖, one of Fuji Five Lakes. The lake is so calm and relaxing and you can see the majestic ...
Anti-Whaling Groups Display “Open Prejudice” Towards Japanese
19-01-2012
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The Australian has printed an excellent opinion piece by Brendan O’Neill (“Shades of open prejudice in war on whalers“). He argues that prejudice and racism are behind the ...
Unbelievable!! She’s 22 Years Old
18-01-2012
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You’d definitely wouldn’t believe it until you’ve seen the youtube video for yourself. One of the Asahi TV programs has featured this interesting “little girl” ...
Today’s Japan Photo: Remembering Great Hanshin Earthquake
18-01-2012
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For Today’s Japan, we take a look at the remembrance ceremony of the Great Hanshin Earthquake held at Koyaike Park, Itami in Hyougo Prefecture. The Great Hanshin earthquake, or Kobe ...
American Man Missing After Trip to Mt. Fuji
18-01-2012
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A search is underway for Matt Johnson, an American man who disappeared after apparently going on a hiking/camping trip to Mt. Fuji: Johnson has been an engineer in Eaton Corp.’s ...
Korean-Japanese Cabinet Member
18-01-2012
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The Korea Times has printed a very interesting article by Fyodor Tertitskiy, a student at the University of North Korean Studies in Seoul. Entitled “First Korean member in ...
Man “Commited Suicide by Cutting Off Penis”
17-01-2012
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Japanese police have uncovered what they think may be a highly unusual and doubtless unbelievably agonising case of suicide by penis auto-severance. Tokyo police discovered the body of a ...
Today’s Japan Photo: Tokyo Sky Tree
17-01-2012
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For Today’s Japan Photo, we take a look at the magnificent Tokyo Sky Tree from the bottom where it seems to be stretching into the skies. The Tokyo Sky Tree is set to be another ...
Jizo For Tsunami Survivors
17-01-2012
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A news report about beautiful cloth Jizo figures that have been put on display at a Buddhist temple in Kesennuma: They are on display at Jifuku-Ji, a temple that stands amid the rubble of a ...
“Legal Loli”: Believe It Or Not, She Is 22…
16-01-2012
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The fact that the little girl pictured above is actually a 22-year-old woman has been greeted with incredulity online, although it has also been hailed by creepy lolicon as a glorious ...