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19 Nov 09
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Maps Unveil the Source of Starburst Galaxy's Winds A research group at Kyoto University has found that shocks are the primary energy sources that excite the galactic wind region of starburst galaxy NGC 253. Their images of the center of this galaxy, bright with intense star formation, have generated... |
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18 Nov 09
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Miss Universe Contestants in Three-Way Sex Tape Carrie who? Two former Miss Universe contestants are stealing the sex tape scandal spotlight, after a home video hit the web featuring Miss Japan 2008 and Miss Trinidad and Tobago 2008 engaged -- fully engaged -- in a hardcore three-way with some dude,... |
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18 Nov 09
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South Korea vs. Japan South Korea's stock market has been the clear winner this year over rival Japan and looks set to keep outperforming in 2010, despite a rising won currency, due to a robust... |
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17 Nov 09
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Toyota Prius SUV Available Next Year News came from the Yomiuri newspaper in Japan that the automaker is building a Prius sport wagon or a Prius SUV to be available in 2010 |
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15 Nov 09
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Video Game provides Virtual Girlfriend, Requires Kissing Japan introduced a virtual girlfriend you can actually get physical with. |
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15 Nov 09
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President Obama bows to emperor of Japan TOKYO, Japan – Upon arriving at the Imperial Palace for a private lunch, President Obama shook the hand of Emperor Akihito and gave a bow. |
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11 Nov 09
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Nintendo Thanks People For Ratting Out R4 Retailers Kyoto-based game company Nintendo created an anonymous form for collect information about the sale of R4 cartridges in Japan. This information will be used by Nintendo in its legal suit. |
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11 Nov 09
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Fat People Now Illegal in Japan (Should Be Easy to Catch) In Japan, being thin is the law! People there are fighting fat to comply with a government-imposed waistline standard, as well as to ward off dreaded "metabolic syndrome" -- a combination of health risks including stomach flab, high blood pressure and... |
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09 Nov 09
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Japan eyes solar station in space as new energy source It may sound like a sci-fi vision, but Japan's space agency is dead serious: by 2030 it wants to collect solar power in space and zap it down to Earth, using laser beams or microwaves. |
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09 Nov 09
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The Happy Meals (wtf Japan!) ***** |
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07 Nov 09
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Nov. 6, 1944 & 1971: A Double Nuke Anniversary 1944: Weapons-grade plutonium, for the very heart of the Fat Man atomic bomb used to obliterate Nagasaki, Japan, is first produced at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in south-central Washington state. 1971: The Atomic Energy Commission detonates the... |
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06 Nov 09
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What Game Made You Cry The Most? Japan's Oricon Life polled 500 males ranging in age from teen to 40-something, asking them which games have made them cry the most. Then they compiled a list of the top five. Weepy drumroll please... |
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05 Nov 09
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Oh, Thank Heavens, 7-Eleven's Making Its Own Wine. Today comes word that the convenience store's actually in the private-label business thanks to a partnership with its Japanese sibling, Seven-Eleven Japan. Both the Chardonnay and a Cabernet Sauvignon will sell for $3.99 a bottle. |
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05 Nov 09
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Tokyo Train Stations Use Lights to Stem Suicides Some Japanese railway operators are installing special blue lights above station platforms they hope will have a soothing effect and reduce suicides. |
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02 Nov 09
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Horrendous legacy of Bhopal, 25 years later The Hiroshima of the chemical industry: At least 25,000 people exposed to the gas have since died, and today in Bhopal tens of thousands more Indians suffer from a variety of debilitating gas-related illnesses such as respiratory and psychiatric problems,... |
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02 Nov 09
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Cool 3D-like Animated Stereoviews Of Old Japan A stereoview consists of a pair of nearly identical images that appear three-dimensional when viewed through a stereoscope, because each eye sees a slightly different image. |
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01 Nov 09
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Creepy, Crazy, and Strange Japanese Toys While Asia has its share of weird and unusual toys, Japan takes the lead in inventing the truly bizarre items. From ‘Road Kill Cat’ to a legless woman, here are some of creepy toys that are too weird, even for Halloween. |
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29 Oct 09
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Tokyo Motor Show. Is This your Future Ride? Take a glimpse of the near future. Electric vehicles and other types of eco-friendly cars are taking center stage at the 41st Tokyo Motor Show, which runs through November 4.Following the commercial success of Toyota's hybrid car Prius, Japanese car... |
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26 Oct 09
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Bloomberg.com: U.S. Risks Japan-Like Economic 'Lost Decade' U.S. officials contemplating an exit from record fiscal stimulus are in danger of repeating mistakes that plunged Japan into its lost decade of stagnant growth, according to Richard Koo of Nomura Research Institute Ltd. "This isn’t a cold, its more li... |
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24 Oct 09
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Tokyo's 8 Most MPG-Kicking Concept Cars What made this year at the Tokyo Auto Show remarkable is the fact that the majority of the reveals are hybrids, fuel-cell and EVs. Here are the most interesting concept cars from Nissan, Mitsubishi, Toyota, Subaru, Mazda and Honda . |
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24 Oct 09
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Windows 7 Whopper Claims its First Victim (VID) Few brave souls will even attempt to consume the Windows 7 Whopper, and fewer still will achieve that first dyspepsic bite -- as you can plainly see in this video. Indeed, we were sure that this was some sort of promotional stunt for Microsoft in Japan,... |
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23 Oct 09
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Two Gaijin Eat The Windows 7 Whopper in Japan Celebrating the launch of Windows 7 in Japan, the Windows 7 Whopper is 791 grams or 1.74 pounds of Burger King beef. |
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23 Oct 09
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Linus Torvalds gives Windows 7 a big thumbs up You know Microsoft, when you setup a big Windows 7 booth across the street from the Japan Linux Symposium you're just asking for trouble. |
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23 Oct 09
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10 Cool Concepts from the Tokyo Auto Show Gull WingThe Subaru Hybrid Tourer Concept has both a 2.0 liter boxer engine and electric motor hybrid system, a feature that could land in actual showrooms by 2011. |
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22 Oct 09
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Castle On the Ocean Could Paper Craft Get Any Better ??? Going through a recent paper craft exhibition in Tokyo. Words alone cannot exactly capture the intensity of Itou’s creation. But looking at it, one is left wondering whether paper craft could ever get any better, or whether Itou’s work isn’t rea... |
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22 Oct 09
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2009 Tokyo Auto Show: The Shape of Things to Come Four exciting concepts from Nissan, Honda, Daihatsu and Mitsubishi give us a sneak peak at the future., The latest national and international auto show coverage, including new releases, photos and video that take you to the show floor. |
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22 Oct 09
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Japan Burger King Offers Windows 7 Whopper. Oh Japan, how I love your ability to create the most insanely odd advertising campaigns. The burger stacks seven patties, extending a normal Whopper to 5.1 inches tall. |
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22 Oct 09
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The Longest (and Shortest) Living People on Earth Girls born in Japan today are likely to live until 2095, some with a good chance of seeing the dawn of the next century thanks to having the world's longest life expectancy. Men in Sierra Leone fare the worst worldwide, living on average just 39 years. |
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22 Oct 09
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Nissan Confirms Three EVs for Production, Including Infiniti At the Tokyo Motor Show CEO Carlos Ghosn has just confirmed that Nissan will boast a lineup of at least three electric vehicles in the next few years – and a fourth vehicle is also possible. |
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21 Oct 09
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Tokyo 2009: Lexus reveals $375,000 LFA supercar...finally TOYOTA has unveiled a new Lexus two-seat super car, the LFA, with a 4.8-litre engine and a price tag of about $US375,000. The new addition to Toyota's luxury Lexus line uses lightweight materials such as carbon fibre.It has a V10 petrol engine and boasts... |
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18 Oct 09
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California Develops Earthquake Early-Warning System Lives may be saved with an earthquake early-warning system - the kind that's already in place in Japan and Mexico. But here in the U.S., such a system is still several years away. |
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16 Oct 09
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Things To Do When In Japan Japan: Worth a visit at least once in a lifetime, if not more. There's no place quite like it. It's not so much of a sightseeing destination, but more of a place to feel, sense, absorb, and experience. Here are a few things you MUST do when there. |
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15 Oct 09
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CO-OP Special: Cesar in Tokyo, GTAIV: TLATD, Street Fighter Creators of the popular video game show CO-OP now on Revision3 |
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15 Oct 09
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Meanest Japanese Prank EVER (VIDEO) In this clip from Japanese TV, a man is led to believe that a sniper is killing the people in the room with him.. HA HA HA HA! Hoooo, that’s rich! Did you see the way he was paralyzed with the fear of imminent death? Oh, man, Japan. You are such a kidde... |
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13 Oct 09
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Scientists prove cancer can be passed on in the womb A team at the Institute of Cancer Research working with colleagues in Japan, has found a cancer case that has defied accepted theories of biology. |
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13 Oct 09
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6 gadgets Japan loves (and the U.S. rejected) | DVICE Popular gadgets in Japan often just need a little time to start popping up in the U.S. For instance, most Japanese were using LCD monitors years before they were common stateside. But the rule doesn't hold for every gadget. Every now and then Japan... |
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13 Oct 09
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki Consider Joint Bid for 2020 Olympics They promise it will be the bomb. |
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12 Oct 09
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Around the World on 3 Gallons? Race is on 4 Ultimate mileage HAGA-GUN, Japan (Reuters Life!) - Who says gasoline engines have reached their limit? A race to seek out the best mileage is out to prove that when it comes to frugal driving, a 50cc motorcycle engine.. |
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09 Oct 09
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Nintendo Being Hailed As 2009's Best Company In The World Nintendo seems to have the edge on Apple because of its "aggressive expansion" in Japan, Euope and America, Apple not so much in the Land of the Rising Sun. I wonder if the huge amount of money employees at Nintendo generate and make has anything to do... |
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09 Oct 09
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Nissan Unveils New Car Where You Glide To Turn (w/vid) Nissan is pulling out all the zero emission stops at the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show. In addition to the expected Leaf electric vehicle, the Japanese automaker will also be showing off a new concept called the Land Glider. Intended to be an urban runabout,... |
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08 Oct 09
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Bogus beef: Miami restaurants say it's Kobe, but it's not The meat isn't what's advertised. It's not the product of cattle raised in the Hyogo Prefecture of Japan that in some cases drink beer and receive sake massages. Moreover, its listing on menus is an apparent violation of federal standards and state... |
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08 Oct 09
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Sony Reveals 'Flexible OLED' Notebook and e-Book Prototypes Sony is showing off prototypes incorporating its super-thin, flexible OLED technology at the CREATEC JAPAN 2009 IT and electronics trade show in Makuhari Messe (Chiba) in Japan. |
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08 Oct 09
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The 59-Foot 'Tetsujin 28' Robot [W/ PICS+VIDS] It's alive! Or just finished, at least. The 59-foot robot for "Tetsujin 28" in Japan is finally complete, and recently had its opening ceremony in Kobe's Wakamatsu Park. The robot was erected in honor of Mitsuteru Yokoyama's manga and anime work as well... |
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06 Oct 09
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The demise of the dollar In the most profound financial change in recent Middle East history, Gulf Arabs are planning; along with China, Russia, Japan and France; to end dollar dealings for oil, moving instead to a basket of currencies including the Japanese yen and Chinese... |
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05 Oct 09
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Politics meets porn in Japan Sex-industry reporters? Topless lawmakers? A new day has, indeed, arrived in Tokyo's Diet... When Kayoko Isogai got the call from high-ranking officials at the Democratic Party of Japan asking her to stand for a seat in the national parliament, she was... |
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04 Oct 09
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Best of TGS09 Hottest Games, Best Moments & Brightest Stars Sigh… Tokyo Game Show. You came and went so quickly. For a minute, all the world could talk about was the news that would be coming from the Land of the Rising Sun, but in a flash, you came and went leaving us with dozens of stories to dig through ... |
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02 Oct 09
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Olympics-2016 Games could be the last, says Tokyo governor Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara warned on Wednesday the 2016 Olympics could be the last Games, with global warming an immediate threat to mankind. Tokyo is bidding to host the 2016 summer... |
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02 Oct 09
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Best Use for Japanese Garbage Trucks[PIC] Sony uses a garbage truck in Japan to advertise a PSP mini-game. |
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01 Oct 09
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The Robot that can Turn Into a Car (w/VID) OmniZero.9, the latest humanoid robot to appear from Japan, can transform from walking robot to a red car and then back again in the space of seconds. |
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29 Sep 09
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Final Fantasy XIII Website Updated + New Trailer Released Square Enix have updated the Final Fantasy 13 Japan website with a bunch of new stuff following TGS, along with the latest trailer for the game |
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