Tag: japan
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August 26, 2008 09:48 AM EDT --
This is my mother-in-law's story, which I promised to write. It's a story about how governments decide to start wars, and people suffer for it. In this case, the government was Japan and the Japanese . . . more
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July 29, 2007 10:38 PM EDT --
Yesterday (Sunday here) was Election Day for the upper house (The House of Councilors -- bizarre spelling taken from the Japan Times).ÂÂ Prime Minister Abe's party, the LDP (Liberal . . . more
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May 13, 2008 10:37 PM EDT --
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Grand Prize (1) trip for two to Japan to see the 2009 Indy Japan 300 . . . more
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April 23, 2007 11:50 PM EDT --
Homemade Soba Noodles
“My wife’s mother is making soba noodles for us for dinner.” Buddhist Monk Yoshihiro Unezawa told me and made a circular motion with his hands - the . . . more
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April 27, 2007 12:17 AM EDT --
Eight-Hundred Degree Sauna We are driving to the “Eight-Hundred Degree Sauna”. Beth, Marianne and I are accompanying Masae Masuda to the Aeon Mall for an onsen spa experience. . . . more
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September 01, 2007 09:02 PM EDT --
Yeah, it's a link-to. Check this out:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070831/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_china_ninja
Apparently, Shaolin monks are angry because of something someone said on the . . . more
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June 03, 2008 09:53 AM EDT --
Starting this fiscal year, Japan Post Service Co. will gradually introduce electric cars to replace and eventually phase out its current fleet of automobiles over the next eight years.
The company . . . more
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June 06, 2008 08:31 AM EDT --
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24997464/
Record-breaking sale comes after a pair of cantaloupes sold for $23,500
updated 4:24 a.m. CT, Fri., June. 6, 2008
TOKYO - A black jumbo watermelon . . . more
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June 13, 2008 02:14 PM EDT --
For many, many years I was skeptical of the validity of prophecy. To me, so much of what is claimed to be prophetic insight into the future was stated so by being matched to the supposed future . . . more
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June 19, 2008 02:37 PM EDT --
3-D TV... aka Tridef. Article I found on IMDB.
http://www.imdb.com/news/ni0249740/
3-D TV Set Unveiled In Japan
19 June 2008 10:37 AM, PDT | From Studio Briefing | See recent . . . more
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June 12, 2008 04:13 PM EDT --
TOKYO - A money-losing Japanese train company has found the purr-fect pet mascot to draw crowds and bring back business — tabby Tama.
All the 9-year-old female cat does is sit by the entrance . . . more
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December 30, 2006 09:22 AM EST --
It was my final New Years Eve in Japan. We usually spent the evening at the Enlisted Club on the base, but this year it was decided to go to Tokyo. We had learned the trains ran all night on New Years, . . . more
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May 29, 2007 09:25 AM EDT --
Deep fried grasshoppers.
She always taught us to be polite and eat what was served by your host or hostess, whether . . . more
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December 08, 2007 11:47 PM EST --
There is a tiny, family owned 'factory' in Mashiko, Japan. It's one of the few places in the world that still makes fabric and colors it with natural Indigo dye. The dye is made . . . more
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December 29, 2007 04:00 PM EST --
I collect Occupied Japan, porcelain, pottery and bisque figurines and dishes. This hobby started in the late 1940s when a great aunt who doted on me gave me these small but beautiful little pieces of . . . more
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April 11, 2008 11:38 PM EDT --
I already have two boys and I will be having my third in May. The only name that was easy for my DH and I to choose was the first one, after that it has been hard for us to pick out names. . . . more
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September 26, 2007 08:59 PM EDT --
No, I'm not in love with the latest Japanese band. Furoshiki refers to an ancient Japanese custom of folding fabric or wrapping items in fabric. This is something I learned about on my trip to Kyoto, . . . more
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April 28, 2006 04:16 PM EDT --
My name is Gisela, and I am a "History Junkie." This condition pre-dates my "Gatheraholic" status by decades.
If like myself, you welcome each and every opportunity to . . . more
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May 29, 2007 01:41 PM EDT --
Now this I'd eat! Apparently this chef is a Gold Medal winner for his Paella creations. Check out the size of that pan! My dad there looks pretty interested in it!
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March 01, 2007 01:13 AM EST --
I have always, ALWAYS maintained that working the English teaching scene in Japan (whether it's as a JET/ALT or an English conversation school teacher) is like working McDonald's in the US. 1) . . . more
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