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Avatar Posted by freedomwv 73 days ago (http://theghostletters.blogspot.com)
Category: Culture | Tags: tokyo drinking nightlife
Are we all just a bunch of slobbering drunks? Or is there a reason for our madness. Drinking in Tokyo is as common as love hotels(and usually leads you to one). Why do we drink so much? Do we have a drinking problem? read more »
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Avatar Posted by ShaneS 73 days ago (http://www.yomiuri.co.jp)
Category: Sport | Tags: golf insurance japan
I have heard that it can be really expensive to by the requisite round of drinks after making a hole in one but this guy bought insurance and claimed against it twice! Hmmmm... read more »
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Avatar Posted by TomB 74 days ago (http://www.guardian.co.uk)
Category: Politics | Tags: politics ldp dpj fukuda aso
I came across this and it just about sums Japanese politics up. If you don't know much about this stuff, or want to learn more about the current "crisis", read on... read more »
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Avatar Posted by ShaneS 74 days ago (http://metropolis.co.jp)
Category: Sightseeing | Tags: tokyo sights tourists
A list of things to see and do in Tokyo that aren't mentioned in most guide books. There are a few things that I want to check out after reading the article. Would you add anything to the list?
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Avatar Posted by Jordan 74 days ago (http://www.chirimotsumoreba.net)
Category: Sport | Tags: hakuho sumo japan aki basho 2008
Hakuho is upset today by a maegashira 2! Can you say "OUCH!"? At least this basho is going to be interesting! Day 6 action from Ryogoku! read more »
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Avatar Posted by ShaneS 75 days ago (http://www.yomiuri.co.jp)
Category: Sport | Tags: baseball mlb draft
Comparing the Japanese baseball system to that of ancient Japanese government this article discusses how an amateur is shaking things up by saying he wants to take his chances in MLB rather than paying his dues in Japan for eight or nine years.

I guess it's not just the Sumo world that is read more »
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Avatar Posted by otakureview 76 days ago (http://weirdandinteresting.blogspot.com)
Category: News | Tags: pyramids okinawa archeology
In this video scientists explore underwater structures found off the coast of Okinawa. These Structures are under 40-100 ft of water. Scientists say the last time these structures would have been above water was 10,000 years ago during the ice age twice as old as the great pyramids of Egypt. read more »
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Avatar Posted by DBR 77 days ago (http://mdn.mainichi.jp)
Category: Politics
This is basically a desperation metre, right? All it seems to measure is whether the PR agents for Global Warming are doing their job? I don't see the purpose of measuring how people "feel" about a situation. If this was a hard science thing to help make a point, fair enough and more power to th read more »
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Avatar Posted by LongCountdown 80 days ago (http://www.longcountdown.com)
Category: Business and Economy | Tags: media tsuneo watanabe yomiuri
I was trying to find out who has a monopoly on Japan's media. Like the U.S media, which is owned by just 5 corporations, it seems the Yomiuri Shimbun group have a big say in what the Japanese public are told through newspapers and TV sets. At the top of the tree is the megalomaniac, Tsuneo Watanab read more »
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Avatar Posted by billywest 81 days ago (http://www.sevententotokyo.com)
Category: Food and Drink | Tags: tohato snacks strange food menthol
Tohato's latest Cho Bokun Habanero offering. Is it worth a try? Read here to find out. read more »
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Avatar Posted by Thomas 82 days ago (http://nihonhacks.com)
Category: Learning Japanese | Tags: nihonhacks jlpt japanese language
Are you taking the JLPT this year? A great way to prepare for the test is to take past exams. Where can you find past exams, lots of them, online, for free? Read and find out! read more »
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Avatar Posted by DBR 83 days ago (http://www.seekjapan.jp)
Category: Learning Japanese
"The latest revisions by the Ministry of Education, finalized this July, involve the biggest changes yet. Five characters are being eliminated, while a whopping 188 are being added to the list, turning the former 1945 characters into 2133." ARRGH!! lol read more »
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Avatar Posted by dasian 84 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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