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Avatar Posted by dasian 84 days ago (http://www.telegraph.co.uk)
Category: Politics | Tags: politics
Japan's forthcoming election could force its ruling party from power for only the second time in more than 50 years. The question many Japanese are asking is: Why has it taken so long? read more »
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Avatar Posted by dasian 84 days ago (http://www.yomiuri.co.jp)
Category: Food and Drink
Mikasa Foods, an Osaka-based food-processing company, sold tainted rice for consumption for about a decade, a 76-year-old adviser to the company has told The Yomiuri Shimbun. read more »
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Avatar Posted by dasian 84 days ago (http://www.yomiuri.co.jp)
Category: Foreigners
The truth comes out - the Russian sumo wrestlers expelled from professional sumo by the Japan Sumo Association on Monday after testing positive for marijuana, privately told several stablemasters earlier this month they had smoked marijuana during their June sumo tour of Los Angeles. read more »
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Avatar Posted by dasian 84 days ago (http://afp.google.com)
Category: Politics
Masunaga Optical Manufacturing Co. Ltd. is pleased with the media interest in Palin. The company makes Palin's MP-704 glasses, designed out of titanium by Kazuo Kawasaki. read more »
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Avatar Posted by dasian 84 days ago (http://www.varietyasiaonline.com)
Category: Technology | Tags: youtube
Rather than fight YouTube, some local media companies are embracing the Internet themselves. read more »
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Avatar Posted by dasian 84 days ago (http://www.reuters.com)
Category: Anti-Japan
A U.S. senator has asked the Energy Department to revoke a recent order authorizing energy companies to continue exporting liquefied natural gas from Alaska to Japan. read more »
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Avatar Posted by dasian 85 days ago (http://www.telegraph.co.uk)
Category: News
The health of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il is not worsening, according to South Korean official, but a Tokyo professor has meanwhile asserted that Kim died in any case in 2003. read more »
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Avatar Posted by dasian 85 days ago (http://www.boingboing.net)
Category: Food and Drink | Tags: bento food
The Jacket Lunch Box blog belongs to a Japanese designer/DJ/food enthusiast who likes to make American album covers out of food. read more »
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Avatar Posted by dasian 85 days ago (http://www.asahi.com)
Category: General | Tags: war
An editorial from the Asahi Shimbun about keeping alive the memories of wartime tragedies. read more »
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Avatar Posted by dasian 92 days ago (http://www.transpacificradio.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: politics
Fukuda is out - who is next? read more »
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Avatar Posted by dasian 95 days ago (http://www.slashfilm.com)
Category: Foreigners | Tags: batman
The Dark Knight has only pulled in $8.7 million after being in theaters for three weeks in Japan!
Why do you think The Dark Knight is not doing so well in Japan? read more »
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Avatar Posted by dasian 97 days ago (http://www.awh.org)
Category: General | Tags: japan cycling
A gaijin blogger complains about crazy bicyclists in Tokyo. read more »
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Avatar Posted by dasian 97 days ago (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Category: Technology | Tags: technology
The race to go green has taken to the high seas with two Japanese companies saying they would begin work on the world's first ship to have propulsion engines partially powered by solar energy. read more »
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Avatar Posted by dasian 99 days ago (http://mdn.mainichi.jp)
Category: Technology | Tags: tech
Like the tiny Pacific islands from which it takes its name, the Galapagos Effect has created a distinct technological environment found nowhere else in the world. read more »
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