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Dec30
2008 Year of the Rat - 50 Traits of Rats

2008 will be the Year of the Rat in the Chinese zodiac calendar..

Other animals in the 12 year Chinese cycle are - Tiger (my younger son), Dragon, Horse, (that's me!) Monkey, Dog (my older son), Ox, Rabbit, Snake, Sheep (my wife) , Rooster and this year's Pig.

The Chinese new year begins on February 7th. Until then, new babies in China are pigs. Japan starts the new animal on the first of January.

How old will you be this year? If your age can be divided by 12 into a round number then you are a Rat. Or if you are born in 2008.

Too hard? Will you be 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, 84, 96 or 108 this year?

You are a rat. Get over it.

What are the attributes of the Rat?

1. First in the Chinese 12-year cycle

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Dec30
Top 30 Performing Stocks in Japan Over Past 20 Years - #1 Nintendo
Dec29
Top 30 Performing Stocks in Japan Over Past 20 Years - #2 Ibiden
Dec28
Alamo Bowl, Penn State vs. TAMU - Nintendo's Wii Wins!
Japan's Top 20 Other News Stories of 2007 at Nikkei Net
Top 30 Performing Stocks in Japan Over Past 20 Years - #3 Canon
Dec27
Holiday Bowl - ASU vs UT - Nintendo Wins!
Japan's Top 20 Asia Stories of 2007 at Nikkei Net
Top 30 Performing Stocks in Japan Over Past 20 Years - #4 Tamron
Dec26
Toyota to Russia, Inax to India, Dubai
Japan's Top 20 Technology Stories of 2007 at Nikkei Net
Top 30 Performing Stocks in Japan Over Past 20 Years - #5 Toyota Boshoku
Dec25
Astronaut Mori's Vision Becoming Reality
Japan's Top 20 Earnings Stories of 2007 at Nikkei Net
Top 30 Performing Stocks in Japan Over Past 20 Years - #6 Orix
Merry Christmas from RisingSunOfNihon.
Merry Christmas from RisingSunOfNihon
Dec24
Bill Belew Blogs Celebrate 5,000,000 Page Views
Priscila Perales and Riyo Mori. What's the difference?
Priscila Perales and Riyo Mori. What's the difference?
Japan's Top 20 Industry Stories of 2007 at Nikkei Net
Top 30 Performing Stocks in Japan Over Past 20 Years - #7 Toho Titanium
Dec23
Japan's Top 20 MOF/BOJ/FSA Stories of 2007 at Nikkei Net
Top 30 Performing Stocks in Japan Over Past 20 Years - #8 HOYA
Dec22
Japan's Top 20 Financial Services Stories of 2007 at Nikkei Net
Top 30 Performing Stocks in Japan Over Past 20 Years - #9 Daikin Industries
Dec21
Japan's Top 20 Economy & Politics Stories of 2007 at Nikkei Net
Top 30 Performing Stocks in Japan Over Past 20 Year #10 Namura Shipbuilding
Dec20
2009 Corvette ZR1 - 7 Reasons Why Detroit is Losing to Japanese Carmakers
Japan's Top 20 Stories of 2007 at Nikkei Net
Top 30 Performing Stocks in Japan Over Past 20 Years - #11 Mitsui O.S.K. Lines
6 Things Japan's PM Fukuda Hopes to Accomplish in China Next Week
Government Says NO UFOs!
Japan Pledges Y3.88 billion more in food aid to Sudan + 8
Dec19
MSDF Ship Destroys Mid-Range Ballistic Missile in Space
High School Student Employment Rate Continues to Rise
Nagano Men, Okinawan Women Live Longest in Japan
Fiber-optic Broad Band Users Top 10 Million
Taiwan's Lin Chi-Ling Promotes Tourism to Japan
Top 30 Performing Stocks in Japan Over Past 20 Years - #12 Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha
Dec18
Japanese Students Define the Best Kind of Teacher
25 Posts about Miss Universe Riyo Mori - Hottest Topic of the Year in Japan
John Berg -Suicide - How NOT Use a Hibachi Grill
Two in Three Japanese Favor Unskilled Foreign Laborers
Top 30 Performing Stocks in Japan Over Past 20 Years - #13 Nihon Dempa Kogyo
Big Tobacco will Pay $400 million to combat illegal cigarettes
Toyota Takes Aim at 10 million in 2008
Dec17
Appetite for Fashion Fuels E-Commerce Mobile Growth
$1.8 million Grab Bag
Toyota on Pollution Blacklist
World Bank Wants Japan to Make a Difference in Africa
ANA Eyes Global Budget Carrier
Top 30 Performing Stocks in Japan Over Past 20 Years - #14 Shimano
Dec16
Gaia Online & Sony Ink deal
Seriously Crazy Japanese Dude w/ No Friends
Crimes Down for 5th Straight Year
Top 30 Performing Stocks in Japan Over Past 20 Years - #15 Komatsu
Stolen Computer Forces Change in University Entrance Exam Questions
Sharp Will Build World's Largest Solar Cell Plant
Chinese Carmaker Introduces Hybrid at Half Price of Prius
Dec15
Tata, Hitachi Will Invest in New Plant
Toyota, Mitsubishi Have Eco-Car Plans for Thailand
How Much Does Honda Want to Succeed in Brazil?
Celebrating Christmas in Japan
Top 30 Performing Stocks in Japan Over Past 20 Years - #16 Suzuki
Dec14
Sony Makes Battery-Less Digital Camera - Twil N Take
40% of Japanese Men Do It the Wrong Way
KnowMoreMedia Turns 2-Years Old
Sexy Schoolgirl, Rina Asada Strikes Out for Bowling
Winter Bonuses Hit Record Highs
Top 30 Performing Stocks in Japan Over Past 20 Years - #17 Kurita Water Ind.
62% Want Tokyo to Host 2016 Olympics
Dec13
Gasoline Hits Record High $5.79/gallon
Jackie Chan in Japan for "Shinjuku Incident"
Sub-Prime Woes Leads Isuzu to Freeze North America Plant Plans
Japanese Scientist Alter Genes in Mice to Remove Fear of Cats
Macau will get Hotel Okura
Top 30 Performing Stocks in Japan Over Past 20 Years - #18 Honda
Who is NOT on the Mitchell Report Steroid List?
Dec12
Joan Allen, Richard Gere in 'Hachiko, A Dog's Story'
Japanese Massacred Half Million Chinese BEFORE Occupying Nanjing
Somali Pirates Demand $1 million for Japanese Ship
Top Five Carmakers in China - Honda Closes in on Top Three
Top 30 Performing Stocks in Japan Over Past 20 Years - #19 Konami
Suzuki and Maruti Team up on Compact, Low-Emission Hatchback
Japan's Eisai Buys MGI Pharma for $3.9 Billion
Dec11
Fashion Trendsetters at 2007 China Fashion Awards - Noriko Sakai
Honda Asimo Robots Work in Pairs
Schoolgirl Exposes Coach's Sexual Harassment, Gets Bullied, Sues
NTT DoCoMo's Light-Emitting F801i Handset Protects Kids
Fashion Trendsetters at 2007 China Fashion Awards - Ai Tominaga
Top 30 Performing Stocks in Japan Over Past 20 Years - #20 Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical
IntroMedic Challenges Olympus with New Capsule Camera
Dec10
One Good Reason Why Japan Should Remain a Gun-Less Society
2 More Reasons Why Dead Baby Jokes Are NOT Funny in Japan
Japan, United States, EU Doesn't Want to Fight Global Warming Says Group 77, China
Top 30 Performing Stocks in Japan Over Past 20 Years - #21 The Japan Steel Works
Japanese Students Arrested for Dealing Marijuana
Toyota Will Surpass Chevy, Ford to be Best Seller in the US This Year
Dec 9
Top 30 Performing Stocks in Japan Over Past 20 Years - #22 Toyota
Why Study Hard - Elephant Poop is the Answer
Giving Buddha a Bath in Japan
China Halts Import of Unsafe Bourbon Potato Chips from Japan
GM vs Toyota in China, Asia
Dec 8
Top 30 Performing Stocks in Japan Over Past 20 Years - #23 JGC
Honda Fit Top Seller in November
How much can Chrysler lose?
Dec 7
Top 30 Performing Stocks in Japan Over Past 20 Years - #24 Shin-Etsu Chemical
10GHz Processors from Unisantis
A Great Christmas Gift Idea for Dad - 12+ Reasons to buy the i-Sobot
Pearl Harbor Day - Dec. 7th or Dec. 8th?
Gold-Plated "Saint Seiya' Action Figures for Y15,000
Merry Christmas - Etiquette Checker for Better Dates, Confirms Drunkeness
Creative Media Introduces World's First 32GB Portable Music Player
Dec 6
Wal-Mart Buys Up More of Japanese Retailer Seiyu
Top 30 Performing Stocks in Japan Over Past 20 Years - #25 Aisin Seiki
Music To Our Ears from Toyota - Violin Playing Robot
Japan Plans to Regulate the Interent
Why Cats Are Smarter Than Dogs
Britney Spears, Paris Hilton Top Yahoo! Search List for 7 Years, in Japan, too
Marubeni Goes Wind Farm Shopping in California
Dec 5
Finland, Japan, Canada on Top of OECD Education League Table
Top 30 Performing Stocks in Japan Over Past 20 Years - #26 Mitsumi Electric
Japan's Economy on bin Laden's List of Targets
Fukuda is 1st PM to Apologize to War Orphans from China
Will Smith in Tokyo to Promote "I Am Legend"
Yahoo! Japan, eBay Unite for Expansion, for whom?
Japan's Top Products for 2007
Chinese President Hu and Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda Will Swap Visits
Dec 4
Top 30 Performing Stocks in Japan Over Past 20 Years - #27 Yamato Kogyo
Merry Christmas - Gibson Guitar Has Self-tuning Robotic Technology
Japanese Rice Costs 20x Chinese Rice - Sells Out
Japan Baseball Team Headed to Olympics
Yahoo! Japan, eBay Unite for Online Auctions
Merry Christmas from Japan - Tokyo Hotel One Night Stay - $130K
Dec 3
Top 30 Performing Stocks in Japan Over Past 20 Years - #28 Olympus Corp.
Kaz Matsui Joins Astros for $16.5 Million
Merry Christmas from Japan - Electric Eel Powers Christmas Lights
Japan Shops for Air to Meet Kyoto Global Warming Goals
15 Steps to Improved Japanese-Chinese Relations
7,500+ Blog Posts and Counting
Dec 2
Yahoo! Japan Adds Suicide (自殺) Prevention Message to Searches Involving Suicide
A Can of Beer for $1.88
Sony PS3 Outsells Nintendo for First Time in November
Gasoline Hits $5.60/gallon
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Market Share - Wristwatches
NEC Corp Creates Real-Time Translator on Cell Phone
Top 30 Performing Stocks in Japan Over Past 20 Years - #29 JSR Corporation
Dec 1
Top 30 Performing Stocks in Japan Over Past 20 Years - #30 Toyota Tsusho

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