The Japan Times: All Stories:
Midori Tsunekawa, 59Housewife (Japanese)Tourist organizations in every prefecture should offer free or low-cost English-speaking guides. They could show visitors around and help them experience Japan, while teaching them abou (Read More)
JapanSoc Social Bookmarking / Top Stories:
Though not necessarily my personal top 10 but more like a biased list or sampling of people who make Twitter updates I find interestingPosted by jamaipanese in Internet | Socs: 8
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JapanSoc Social Bookmarking / Top Stories:
This month marks 2 years since my on-line projects started, and since I wrote my first Japan travel article and, since then, I received a lot of questions.This is not really an FAQ, but it does answer to some of the most freq (Read More)
Japan Probe:
Japanese internet service provider OCN has a new commercial parodying the classic anime series Sally the Witch (魔法使いサリー see an example clip here):A previous commercial in the same series parodied the volleyball anime Attack (Read More)
Japan Probe:
The recent case of fugitive Ichihashi Tatsuya disguising his appearance through cosmetic surgery made the folks at Fuji TV wonder why men get such procedure. To investigate, they traveled to South Korea, a country that is a (Read More)
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion:
The Defense Ministry is making arrangements to select the F-35 as Japan's next mainstay fighter jet, sources at the ministry and the Self-Defense Forces said…. (Read More)
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion:
The results of all random drug tests conducted in sumo from April through October have come back negative. The Japan Sumo Association said Sunday all…. (Read More)
The Japan Times: All Stories:
MEXICO CITY (Kyodo) A two-day event marking the 400th anniversary of relations between Japan and Mexico kicked off here Saturday with a parade that highlighted several aspects of Japanese culture, including the traditional ar (Read More)
Anime and Manga News at AnimeVice:
Let me officially place everyone on notice that I'm revamping our review set-up a little bit. I will no longer only be doing First Date reviews for new shows each season; I will also be doing them on a lot of the manga and a (Read More)
Japanator:
If you've been following current (and by now slightly-less-current events), you probably know that US President Barack Obama paid a visit to Glorious Nippon, scoring a lunch date with Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko. That (Read More)
Japan Probe:
An Asahi Shimbun video shows the selection of 2009’s Shinkichi Queen:All of the contestants were hostesses from clubs in the Kitashinkichi area of Osaka. The winner was Ayako, a 21-year-old former OL who has worked a hostess (Read More)
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion:
The Foreign Ministry has decided to admit the existence of a secret Japan-U.S. pact under which Tokyo allows stopovers of U.S. military vessels or aircraft…. (Read More)
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion:
Japan ran in four tries to overpower Canada 27-6 and take the two-game test series between the two nations on Saturday.
Japan, who demolished the…. (Read More)
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion:
Tanzania and Zambia have proposed they be allowed to sell ivory of African elephants, whose international deals are prohibited under the Washington Convention, just one…. (Read More)
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion:
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.6 struck Tochigi Prefecture and its vicinity Saturday afternoon, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
The 3:39 p.m. quake…. (Read More)
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The President meets with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama of Japan on the first stop of his trip to Asia. Following a private discussion, they speak to the press about issues including climate change, nuclear disarmament, and Af (Read More)
New York Times:
The authorities are expanding access to journalists who don’t belong to cartel-like media groups that analysts say have produced a relatively spineless press.
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Japan Probe:
Some of Asahi TV’s foreign reporter team, visits a trash processing facility near Tokyo Bay and gets to see a giant claw in action:The trash lifted by the claw is burned at 1450°C. The leftover metal is recycled.In the secon (Read More)
Japan Probe:
An NTV morning news show plays with Choken Bako, a doggy bank that devours coins:The doggy bank is available in black, white, and brown. It will go on sale on November 28th and be priced at around 2,310 yen.—Akihabara News – (Read More)
New York Times:
An American soldier has admitted that he may have run over a Japanese man who was found dead two weeks ago on the southern island of Okinawa.
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