Kobayashi Takeru is an eating machine. Seriously. The guy weighs 78 kilograms (172 lbs) and can eat more than one tenth of his body wieght in one sitting.
Joey Chestnut knew that Kobayashi had scarfed…
Archive for October, 2006
Japanese Speed Eating Champ, Takeru Kobayashi, Gobbles Up Kyrstal Hamburger Record
Toshiba Corp. Seeks Alliance After Buying Westinghouse
Toshiba Corp. may have bit off more than they can chew. Westinghouse is the U.S. builder of nuclear power plants. Toshiba Corp. thought that Marubeni Corp. was going to help them pay the $5.4 billion …
READ MOREJapan’s New PM, Abe Shinzo Heads For China
The Chinese Foreign Ministry announced that Japan’s new PM, Abe Shinzo, will be visiting China on October 8th and 9th…after the National Holidays and hopefully when everyone is still in a …
READ MOREKirk Kerkorian Getting Desperate to Keep GM From Being Gobbled Up by Toyota
Toyota Motor Corp. is breathing down GM’s neck. And Kirk Kerkorian, GM’s biggest stock holder is feeling the heat.
Multi-billionaire Kerkorian holds a 9.9% stake in GM that is worth $2.25…
Tokyo Rose Withers and Dies
Iva Toguri D’Aquino was born in LA in 1916. She was the daughter of Japanese immigrants. After graduating from UCLA in 1940 she went to Tokyo to visit and ailing aunt in the summer of 1941. A fe…
READ MORETop Six Countries Where Japanese Live Overseas and The Six Countries Where Foreigners Come From
There are twice as many non-Japanese living in Japan as there are Japanese living overseas.
So, where do the Japanese go to live and which country’s people have found a home in the land of the r…
