Today’s Japan Photo: New Year Drink Otoso お屠蘇
13-01-2012
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Apart from eating yummy food and visiting the local shrine, Japanese also consume a sake drink called Otoso お屠蘇 on New Year’s Day. For Today’s Japan Photo, we take a look ...
Escaped Convict Remains At Large
13-01-2012
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A 40-year-old Chinese inmate escaped from a prison in Hiroshima on Wednesday: Li Guolin was sentenced to 23 years in prison after firing a handgun at a police officer after breaking into a ...
Chinese Gangster’s Jailbreak Humiliates Police
12-01-2012
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Japanese police have started a major manhunt after a Chinese gangster convicted of attempted cop killing escaped from prison by clambering over the prison’s perimeter fence, which ...
Today’s Japan Photo: Snow Miku Tram
12-01-2012
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For Today’s Japan Photo, we will be checking out one of the special mode of transport that is being featured at the 62nd Sapporo Snow Festival – the gorgeous Snow Miku Tram. Thanks to ...
New Station on Tokyo’s Yamanote Line
12-01-2012
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Last week, the Yomiuri reported that JR was planning to open a new station on Tokyo’s Yamanote loop line. It would be the first new station on the line in 40 years, and would be ...
Today’s Japan Photo: Racing for Luck
11-01-2012
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For Today’s Japan Photo, we see participants running with all their might for the annual special race for luck that is held at Nishinomiya Shrine (西宮神社) on 10th January. The ...
Sea Shepherd’s Idiotic Antics Cost Australian Taxpayers “Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars”
11-01-2012
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Here is a follow-up on the three animal rights activists who illegally boarded a Japanese whaling ship a few days ago. The Japanese have agreed to the Australian government’s request ...
Today’s Japan Photo: Celebrating Coming of Age at Disneyland
10-01-2012
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Yesterday was the “Seijin no Hi” (成人の日), otherwise known as Coming of Age Day in Japan where young adults who turned 20 congratulate and encourage one other for reaching ...
Taiwan Girl Stabber “Commits Suicide” in Police Custody
09-01-2012
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The man responsible for stabbing two Taiwanese students to death has apparently killed himself whilst police were taking him back to the station – using a knife police neglected to ...