Taiwanese Murder Suspect Commits Suicide
09-01-2012
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Japanese police found the Taiwanese student who was apparently responsible for the brutal murder of two of his classmates: Chang Chih-yang, a student at a Japanese language school in Tokyo, ...
Today’s Japan Photo: Hadaka Matsuri 裸祭り
09-01-2012
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For Today’s Japan Photo, we will take a look at the interesting annual Hadaka Matsuri (裸祭り) that just took place over last weekend at Yanaizu-cho, Fukushima prefecture. ...
Japan Society for the Study of Obesity: Women With Girth Over 80 Centimeters (31.5 inches) May Be “Excessively Fat”
09-01-2012
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Japan may soon have a new definition of fatness: The Japan Society for the Study of Obesity (JASSO) is considering including women with a body mass index (BMI)–a measure of weight ...
Australian Activists Illegally Board Japanese Whaling Ship
09-01-2012
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Three members of the radical animal rights groups Sea Shepherd and Forest Rescue Australia have been detained after illegally boarding a Japanese whaling ship. The incident took place 40 ...
Firebomb Attack on Japanese Embassy in Seoul
08-01-2012
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South Korean police have detained a Chinese man who threw several Molotov cocktails at the Japanese embassy in Seoul: The man from Guangzhou, who came to South Korea on a tourist visa on Dec....
Japanese Police Seek Taiwanese Student (Possible Suspect in Double Murder?)
07-01-2012
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Some new details have emerged regarding the murder of two Taiwanese women who were studying Japanese at the Intercultural Institute of Japan in Tokyo. The Mainichi has provided some details ...
The World’s Richest One Percent
06-01-2012
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Some interesting information about the distribution of the world’s richest one percent: World Bank economist Branko Milanovic, author of “The Haves and the Have-Nots,” ...
Taiwan Girls Murdered “She Came To Japan To Study Anime”
06-01-2012
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A pair of Taiwanese students were found stabbed to death in their blood-drenched Tokyo dormitory, having come to Japan to learn Japanese and study anime, it is reported. The two female ...
Today’s Japan Photo: Station Master Tama’s 5th Anniversary
06-01-2012
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It feels like just a little while ago when Tama first became a celebrity cat when she was appointed by Wakayama Electric Railway Co. to become the resident Station Master Cat for Kishi ...
Family Torn Apart By Irrational Fear of Radiation
05-01-2012
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The Asahi reports about a German citizen who made his family flee Tokyo after the Fukushima nuclear accident. It would seem that, despite the overwhelming evidence that a radioactive ...