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I recently saw an article about a memorial Chiune Sugihara's widow and it prompted me to do a little research on this brave man who save thousands of lives during WWII by going against orders from the Japanese government.
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Maid robot interview. Acknowledges Roll-Oh, Rosey. "Good Humor" too.
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Here's perhaps a more digestable summary of 2007 in the form of a photo video montage. For information on various festivals in the video or on the photos just leave a comment and ask.
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In case some misguided few might think my life revovles the Yamanote Halloween Train, I thought I might submit this article on a summary of my travels and activities last year.
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The second part of Kyoto's Jidai Matsuri - Festival of Ages - tracing back from the late 12th Century to the late 8th Century.
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Ever wonder why you have to show your ID just to ENTER Narita? Read this 30 year old TIME article to learn about the circumstances that led to today's tight security.
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I had a little bit of fun digging through Google's index from 2001 to see what current popular keywords bring up.
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I think this post is cool because it's about Ise Jingu Shrine in Mie Prefecture which is regarded as the spiritual mecca of the Shinto faith.
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The Japan Times is starting a series based on letters written by an American woman living in occupied Japan from 1947-1948.rnThis sounds like it will offer some great insights into the lives of foreigners at this time.
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Looks like a decent portal or source for information on Japanese history focused on the samurai.
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Obviously he has mental issues. Too bad even his own Embassy won't assist him....Ok. I'm shutting down. ;-(...:: jaw drops ::...And he said this is just from his Japanese-language Amazon account. (for the...The first column is page views (I would guess) so that's from 661 thousand page...There was a similar case two years ago when a police sergeant drove to work drunk,...Takes one to know one....I don't know what they're called, but you put them in your boots to make them stand...And here's that follow-up post:
