今週の日本Toyota to Shut Factories for 11 DaysNew York TimesIn N.Y., a Yen for Japanese ShopsWashington Post'Workshy' accusation sparks political storm in JapanGuardian25% of Japan's firms either axed jobs or plan to: surveyJapan TimesMan 'helped illegal immigrants rent housing'Daily YomiuriKawasaki pulls team out of MotoGPBBCPlen the world champion robot fails to survive credit crunch’s te
Subaru has the R1e (Stella) all-electric car that they've been testing in New York, but haven't announced any plans to sell yet. Many have wondered why they're holding off. The answer may have been announced now: Subaru, Better Place, and the Japanese government have all come together to announce that they will be be teaming up to build an electric vehicle infrastructure in Japan, starting in
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This afternoon, my friend Tracy reminded me that I haven't written much about my Japan trip.the street where the crowd gathers every SundayHarajuku on SundayA busy crepe kioskIt's hard to begin cos there are so many things I enjoyed in my Japan trip. Besides the busy subways and mega malls in and around Tokyo and Shinjuku, I had a great time snacking around the subways and streets. We tried not to
Well maybe not big - but how cool is it that a Johannesburg girl band from the eighties is considered collectible by a Japanese dude in 2008? Very cool, I think ... cult cool, in fact. Posted by MASANOBU on 9/27/2008, 10:39 am I look for the band of South Africa.Band name is INSISTERS.If you have their single, please hand it over."If That's What You Want""Bluebeat"Best wishes,Masanobu SugaFrom
今週の日本Beacon of Japan’s Future, Sparkling With NostalgiaNew York TimesKyoto Celebrates a 1,000-Year Love AffairNew York TimesJapan sees biggest population fallGuardianHibiya Park tent village for laid-off workers draws 300Japan TimesBook Review: Kitano TakeshiMidnight EyeWoman details immigration scamThe Daily YomiuriTourists 'harass' Japan's geishaBBC'I can't come in today I have delay
Japan is notorious for its crazy world of weird stuff. Now Japanese researchers have come out with a rather odd theory of virginity loses and breakfast.According to a Japanese new finding on virginity loses and breakfast, young Japanese folks who skip breakfast tend to lose their virginity earlier. In a study of 3,000 people, those who did not regularly eat breakfast when in their early teens said
あけましておめでとうございますHappy 2009 to all our visitors. It's the Year of the Cow in 2009 and our nengajo (New Year's Card) shows the kanji character for the year of the cow (丑) .Join our Japan newsletter to keep up to date to all that is new on Japan Visitor for 2009.E-mail us if you would like to receive the glossy New Year's card above (until January 20).desk [at] japanvis
Following the post "Honda Insight 2009: The key facts", which contains info that CAR magazine obtained, and the JDM brochure photos that were posted yesterday (part 1 + part 2), a Japanese magazine revealed information that came from a product preview meeting for Honda dealers in Japan. None of this information is confirmed for even the Japanese market, much less the United States market. Honda
From the World Heritage inscription:
The shrines and temples of Nikko, together with their natural surroundings, have for centuries been a sacred site known for its architectural and decorative masterpieces. They are closely associated with the history of the Tokugawa Shoguns.
Nikko is a day trip from Tokyo. About two hours away by train, half the trip [...]
From the World Heritage inscription:
Nara was the capital of Japan from 710 to 784. During this period the framework of national government was consolidated and Nara enjoyed great prosperity, emerging as the fountainhead of Japanese culture. The city’s historic monuments – Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines and the excavated remains of the great Imperial Palace [...]
From the World Heritage Inscription:
There are around 48 Buddhist monuments in the Horyu-ji area, in Nara Prefecture. Several date from the late 7th or early 8th century, making them some of the oldest surviving wooden buildings in the world. These masterpieces of wooden architecture are important not only for the history of art, since [...]
今週の日本Toyota Expects Its First Loss in 70 YearsNew York TimesGovernments pour more resources into battle against global recessionGuardianJapanese neo-nationalists seek to silence Yasukuni filmJapan FocusRuling bloc plans 2011 sales tax hikeJapan TimesTokyo seeks cordial ties with SeoulKorea Herald3 Tokyo U. profs harassed colleagues, studentsThe Daily YomiuriJapan emperor in rare appearan
From the World Heritage inscription:
Built in A.D. 794 on the model of the capitals of ancient China, Kyoto was the imperial capital of Japan from its foundation until the middle of the 19th century. As the centre of Japanese culture for more than 1,000 years, Kyoto illustrates the development of Japanese wooden architecture, particularly [...]
Chiharu and Chinami getting the last of the eggnogg!! And that's all she wrote..I'm getting my only 1 week vacation of the year starting tomorrow (not counting the annual trek to Hawaii)I'm looking forward to a phenomenal 2009!!!As a Nostalgic bonus....cuz itsa the holidays thatsa why!! ;) If you grew-up in Boston (Like I did before going to Hawaii) You probably really did eat pasta on Wednesdays.
From the the World Heritage inscription:
Himeji-jo is the finest surviving example of early 17th-century Japanese castle architecture, comprising 83 buildings with highly developed systems of defence and ingenious protection devices dating from the beginning of the Shogun period. It is a masterpiece of construction in wood, combining function with aesthetic appeal, both in its elegant [...]
TOKYO, Dec 24 - Japan's cabinet approved a record 88.5 trillion yen budget on Wednesday for the year starting in April, boosting spending on social security and economic steps to combat a deepening...
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Scholarship of Mitsubishi Corporation to Japan1. University :(1) Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University (GSAPS)(2) National Graduate Institute For Policy Studies (GRIPS)Sponsor for Indonesian Applicant : Mitsubishi Corporation& #65288; MC& #65289;(Japan)Please refer the English version of the above web-site for the details.2. Home Page :(1) GSAPS : (2) GRIPS : refer th
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The latest bit of news from overseas is that Mazda Atenza, or more familiarly the Mazda6, has been redesigned and retrofitted with some high-tech goodies, like rear monitoring via radar. When traveling at 37 mph or faster, the system will begin monitoring the rear of the car. When a vehicle approaches, the system will notify the driver. But
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Cristiano Ronaldo studiously avoided talk of Real Madrid after Manchester United booked their place in Sunday's Club World Cup final.Spanish media reports claiming United had agreed to sell Ronaldo to Real prompted a furious response from Alex Ferguson after his side's 5-3 win over Gamba Osaka on Thursday.While the United manager insisted he "wouldn't sell a virus" to Real, Ronaldo kept his own co
Japan must be rather big on year-end specials, or is it because of the need to clear stocks? Another Mazda vehicle that gets a limited/special/etc edition treatment is the Mazda Biante, which has two special editions - a Mazda Biante Limited Edition and a Mazda Biante NAVI Special.The Mazda Biante 20S Limited Edition is based on the 20S but gets extra equipment such as leather on the steering whee
Hallyuwood actress Jang Hee-jin is visiting Japan as Korea’s next generation actress. The neophyte star is currently starring in the movie ‘Going Crazy Waiting’ which was chosen to be played in the recently concluded ‘2008 Korean Movie Showcase in Japan’ which was held from December 13th to the 19th. The event was hosted by the [...]
Slopes provide Shuhei Endo Architects with a chance to shine in the design and construction of this unusually skinny house, located in an old town (Shioya Tarumi-ku Kobe, Hyogo-Pref., Japan) at the foot of a hill. Making use of the natural stone retaining wall and the shape of the existing terrain, the architects added artificial ground and wrapped a structure roof cum wall in metal shingle board
Every year there is a little known football tournament called the FIFA Club World Cup. Football enthusiasts may recall Manchester United disappearing for a week or two to Brazil in the year 2000 and wondering what it was all about. This mysterious opportunity for silverware is the replacement for the Toyota Cup and is regarded [...]
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TOKYO, Dec 16 - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa said conditions are severe for Japan's economy and he is examining the effects of quantitative easing, as government officials become...
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Paddy Hart (far right) in Tokyo demonstrating against whaling. Standing next to him is Steve Shallhorn, CEO of Greenpeace Australia Pacific. Steve and Paddy met at the launch of The Last Whale at Albany, Western Australia. GREENPEACE PHOTO GREENPEACE PHOTO Paddy Hart talking to the media in Tokyo. GREENPEACE PHOTOPaddy Hart, the master and harpoon gunner of the Cheynes II whale chaser ship when A
It's amazing that three weeks have passed and I'm now back in KL. Am I excited to be back? Definitely not! On one hand, I miss being home and on the other, I don't like to be back dealing with domestic issues.The best times of the vacation were spent in Hakone since it was my first experience in a Japanese ryokan. It felt nice to be treated and pampered like a queen. If you are ever thinking of st
Segundo o ANN, o Ministro da Cultura do Japão anunciou os vencedores do 12º Japan Media Arts Festival Awards. Este prêmio abrange várias áreas, como animação e quadrinhos. Os vencedores são os que seguem:ANIMAÇÃOGrand PrizeThe House of Small Cubes (Kunio Katō)Excellence PrizeKaiba (Masaaki Yuasa)"Dreams" (Chie Arai)"Kudan" (Taku Kimura)"A Child's Metaphysics" (Koji Yamamura)Encouragemen
Citigroup Inc. will slash some 1,000 jobs at its Japanese brokerage unit as part of the ailing U.S. banking giant's efforts to survive the financial meltdown, a report said Wednesday.Nikko Cordial Securities Inc. will cut its work force through early retirement, and some 1,000 employees, mostly those aged above 40, have accepted severance offers, Kyodo News agency said, citing no sources.The Japan
China Boqi gained technology and in turn pays the basic education fee and also a royalty of a certain percentage of sales. Profit sharing can be one issue for technology transfer between developed and developing countries, but this could have been one of the better ways of realizing a win-win situation. And the impact on environment is huge. If China Boqi completes all of the 50 project in process
Paddy Hart today Paddy Hart in 1978Australian Paddy Hart, the former master and gunner of the Cheynes II, part of the last whaling fleet in the English-speaking world, is in Japan to speak against whaling. 'I'm here in Japan to tell people that there's life after whaling. If whaling stops in Japan, the whalers will find other work - just like we had to," he said. Paddy started work in 1960 at the
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Japan: New Subaru Dex (Daihatsu Matter) And what he had advanced a few weeks ago and now presents a new official Subaru Dex, a model that derives directly from Daihatsu Matter, marketed in Japan as Toyota and Daihatsu Coo BB.The Subaru of Dex time will be devoted to the domestic market. The offer is comprised of the same engines used in the other versions, namely a 1.3 VVT and VVT 1.5I. May be
Nagoya train station2 million Japanese Christians live in Japan, which is only 1.6% of the Japanese population. Most Japanese enjoy celebrating Christmas, regardless of their spiritual beliefs. It is a funny custom.When I was a kid, I believed Santa Claus gave me a gift if I was a good boy. I learned about Christmas from my parents and my kindergarten teacher, but not from Christians and minister
China Boqi Environmental Technology Co., ltd. is the first Chinese company that went on market at the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. They started out as an affiliated company of a national electric company in 2001. A new regulation that required all power plants to take desulfurization by 2010 and to install a desulfurization system for all new-built plants was launched in China at the
Through this post, we'll review the most common methods to become a teacher in Japan, with their pros and cons.The first thing you must have in mind is japanese school system. Their 1st semester begins in april, and the 2nd in september.Accordingly, 80% of opportunities appear around march-april, and much of the 20% left are around september. These are the best periods to find a teaching job in Ja
I absolutely love this picture and will post a lot more great scans from Japan as soon as I get my other computer working again. It reminds me of middle school.Customer Service
Architect Kotaro Ide designed the "Shell House" simulates the letter "J" English alphabet which stays afloat above the ground by 1400 mm. This sculptural shell-like designed has been built in the green woods of Karuizawa in the region of Nagano, Japan. The house is meant to built as a vacation home which is able to withstand against humid summers and cold winters of the region. Ide opted not
Three new discoveries were in the technological field launched by Japan Society in New York, the United States, just recently. Technology that was launched from the robot to the future car that could operate in the vertical position and horizontal.The robot Chroino the Tomotaka Takahashi work received the first opportunity to show his ability. The black robot be as high as 30 centimetre that could
Well, it appears Japan will get a chance to view the trailer early. According to CinemaToday, the Dragonball movie Trailer will premiere on December 18/19th at midnight with “The Day the Earth Stood Still” in Japan.
So far, many of the speculation was already talking about fake images of the film’s live-action version of Dragon Ball [...]
Wooo Hoooo!!!! I still got LOTS a lights to hang and it already looks solid!!! I LOVE this time of year!!! Christmas baby!!...FTW!!!I posted a pic of the neighborhood "Boss of Bosses" or as the Italiano's like to say.. The "Capo di tutti capi". He almost died this summer after getting dethroned and I nursed him back into shape with gobs of cheese, sashimi and dried fish. Last Monday in-front of my
Sales of Nintendo's new DSi handheld passed the half million mark during its first month on Japanese store shelves, according to data published on Tuesday.
As you may know, Japan is one of the only countries to get not one, but two SpursEngine Cards, and Toshiba's technology build-up is to boost your HD and video experience. Thanks to these cards you can easily (without using any CPU power) viewing HD videos and encode them. Sold between 30,000 to 50,000 Yen (320€ to 420€), these cards (Leadteck and Canopus) are far from cheap, but surprisingly,
Acer Japan will cut the price of the Aspire One by 5000 Yen (42€) as well as offering the possibly to get its netbook either in Pink, Gold Brown and the traditional Blue Sapphire. As far as the specs are concerned, nothing new, you will have your 8.9” LCD with a WSVGA resolution, an ATOM N270 (1.60GHz), 1GB of RAM and 945GSE Express chipset.
In full bloom, an ornamental cherry tree branch extends out over a moat at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan. The flowering cherry tree, or sakura, is one of the most exalted flowering plants in Japan, where the blossoms' short but beautiful blooming time is a symbol for the evanescence of human life.
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The Kai Ken (甲斐犬, also called the Tora Inu or Tiger Dog?) is a breed of dog that hails from Japan where it is a national treasure and has been bred for centuries. It is an extremely rare dog even in its native land and is related to the Spitz dog type.The Kai Ken is a medium sized dog with a wedge shaped head and prick ears. Males are typically 18 to 22 inches at the shoulder, while the fema
Fews days after Nokia announcing its exit from the Japanese mobile phone market and sticking to only it premium phone portfolio, Vertu has announced that, it will be releasing its latest collection of premium phones in the japanese market along with NTT DoCoMo. Vertu will be launching, New Signature Collection, Ascent Ti, Ascent Ti Ferrari Rosso and Giallo phones in the Japanese market. These phon
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Owners of both a 360 and PS3 will face a hard decision when RE5 releases in March. Each console's Resident Evil 5 release will get their own exclusive content specific to the platform. Namco Bandai dared you to pick between Darth Vader and Yoda when it split the two up for the initial release of Soul Calibur 4 on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. And while they've since (unsurprisingly) patched up that
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Since I was here at Dotonbori, The most famous food street of Osaka, Why not try some real Japanese cuisine?
But, Dare you eat fugu (pufferfish), the most delicious and dangerous dishes of Japan?
Every fugu restaurant hang a huge Fugu marker above the gate to allure the consumer.
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Order sekarang juga di Japan-Biofir sebelum harga naik per tanggal 1 Desember 2008
Sehubungan dengan kondisi mata uang Rupiah yang merosot cukup signifikan terhadap USD, maka Management Japan-Biofir dan GNE dengan berat hati terpaksa menambahkan Currency Surcharge (Penyesuaian harga) mulai 1 Desember 2008.
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I think 4TB external hard drives are not enough for me, so I am glad to know that Princeton has released the new 5TB NAS in the form of the DN-503AH-PDC. It is actually an average NAS with RAID 0/1/5 and 6 support. The NAS consists of five 1TB HDDs on the inside. The Princeton [...]
Nokia hasn’t had any luck breaking any real ground in Japan since establishing themselves there in August 2003 with the Nokia 6650, and so has announced that they’ll be pulling out of the market . Less than 1% market share combined with turbulent economic waters makes cutting their losses..........
Japan goes deeper into recession, profit forecasts slashed in leading companies, firstly Sony now Panasonic slash profit forecast by up to 97%, along with all leading Japanese companies slashing profits by similar amounts:
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China situation may be worse than recently thought as leaders concerned about civil unrest in any economic slowdown as unemployment increases and [...]
Some crazy stuff you would only find in Japan!
A Solar-powered Bra!
It can generate enough electric energy to charge a mobile phone or an iPod!
Spaghetti Fan
Pet Friendly Car
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Sachi Izumi / Reuters : Nokia to cease sales in Japan — TOKYO (Reuters) - Nokia, the world's biggest mobile phone maker, said on Thursday it will stop selling mobile phones in Japan except for its luxury Vertu brand after struggling to expand its presence. — Finnish Nokia has previously said it will cut costs ‘decisively’ …
Ladies and gentlemen, meet Akira Kitajima, a 78 year old Japanese man and 13 year veteran of western style first person shooter video games. It is as much a surprise that he started playing video games so late as the fact that his gaming interests are first person shooters; a gaming genre with practically no following in Japan.
Aki_tan (his video game nickname) even has a website where he posts
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Nokia to end phone sales in JapanBBC News, UK -9 hours agoNokia has nearly 40% of the global market for mobile phones, but it reportedly managed to take only 0.3% of Japan's market last year. …Nokia Pulls Out Of Japan (NOK)Silicon Alley InsiderNokia partially backing out of Japanese marketMobile BurnUPDATE 1-Nokia to pull out of [...]
Buffalo Japan have today announced the release of a new ultra-small USB thumb drive that makes use of a removable MicroSD chip to store data. The drive is essentially a tiny implementation of a microSDHC card reader and comes bundled with your choice of 1GB, 2GB, 4GB or 8GB cards, though you can use your own.
The cost of the bundles will be ¥1,800 ($19.50), ¥2,300 ($25.00), ¥4,300 ($45.00)
Three days back, I told you about Nokia looking for the MVNO route to penetrate the Japanese high-end mobile phone market by offering its premium phones like the Vertu and Ferrari Edition phones. Wireless News has reported that, Nokia has officially announced that the company is pulling out from Japan and will only offer its high end Vertu and Ferrari branded phones in the Japanese market. So the
Applications are now being accepted for the Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Advanced Studies in Economics.
The Institute of International Education (IIE) is pleased to announce that it is accepting applications for the Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Advanced Studies in Economics. This is a scholarship awarded by the International Monetary Fund to Japanese nationals currently pursuing or
