Japan Cannot Catch a Break
Japan Cannot Catch a Break New York Times: The isotope, cesium 137, was measured in one village by the International Atomic Energy Agency at a level exceeding the standard that the Soviet Union used as...
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The Autobots perform Michael Jackson’s Thriller. Incredibly well done. (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
View ArticleSunflowers to clean radioactive soil in Japan
Sunflowers to clean radioactive soil in Japan From the AFP: Campaigners in Japan are asking people to grow sunflowers, said to help decontaminate radioactive soil, in response to the Fukushima nuclear...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpqXaMNoT3M My first thought was: this looks like it belongs on Myst Island (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
View ArticleNorth Is Not Always Pointing Up – Orientation of Train Station Maps in Japan
North Is Not Always Pointing Up – Orientation of Train Station Maps in Japan Calvin Chan: In Japan, maps in public places such as train station and street, are oriented to the direction you are...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkSvtVEeEZA A group of Japanese soul musicians perform “Tighten Up” by Archie Bell & the Drells. All did not go well for your hosts when we watched it, however....
View ArticleJapanese Collectors Face a Record Shortage of Obscure Music
Japanese Collectors Face a Record Shortage of Obscure Music Wonderful story about Japanese music collectors in The Wall Street Journal by Neil Shah: For decades, Japan’s record shops have scoured the...
View ArticleWikipedia: Chiune Sugihara
Wikipedia: Chiune Sugihara Chiune Sugihara was an awesome guy who was a Japanese diplomat to Lithuania during World War II. Sympathetic to Jews who were trying to leave Lithuania after it was occupied...
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The All Japan Kasoh Grand-Prix is a recurring televised content in Japan where teams use costumes and props to act out a scene depicting a person or people, an object, an event, etc. This video is a...
View ArticleYakuza 3 reviewed by Yakuza
Yakuza 3 reviewed by Yakuza I totally missed this until now, but in 2010, Jake Adelstein, author of neato book Tokyo Vice, used his yakuza contacts for the noblest of purposes: reviewing the accuracy...
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