World champion figure skater Kim Yu Na enters the Grand Prix Final and hopes to dash anyone else hopes of winning the gold medal at the Vancouver Olympics.
Kim is the favorite to win this year’…
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Electric Taxis tested in Tokyo
The Japanese government is asking the EV evangelists at Better Place to electrify some of taxis in the city of Tokyo, So by January there could be taxis with cords on the road.
The Silicon Valley sta…
READ MORE26 Must-Try Foods in and out of Japan
A virtual friend, Deas, of Rocking in Hakata, hosted the Japan Blog Matsuri for February. Yours truly forgot to send in a submission.
Nevertheless, there were a record number 26 entries from within an…
“Underwear Day” in BRAzil
You would think the Japanese underwear companies with their goings on in the lingerie world would have been in Brazil with posters and such when Underwear Day was happening, no?
Underwear Day was cel…
READ MOREHoly Smokes! – Burning Prayers and the Burning Man
Question – How do you make holy water?
Answer – boil the hell out of it.
Question – What do you get when you cross an elephant with a rhino?
Answer – Elephino.
America has the …
Hillary Does Japan – Meiji Shrine, Empress Michiko, Shrine Maidens, Special Olympians – Displays “Inner Fortitude”
Hillary is doing Japan.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met Empress Michiko and had tea at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.
Hillary clapped after receiving a gift from Special Olympia…
READ MORESchedule of National Pageants to Select Representatives to Miss Universe 2009
How about half of the field of contestants has been decided for the 2009 Miss Universe. At the time of this writing, the venue hasn’t been decided, however.
Here are the upcoming pageants by…
8 Facts about Japanese Valentine’s Day – Tanabata
If America catches a cold, Japan will sneeze. Japan has long been sneezing on February 14th, copying the American commercialism of Valentine’s Day. Japan, however, does have it’s own v…
READ MOREBathing in Ice Hotel in Japan
Imagine a hotel where you pay $696 for two people per night to freeze your keesters (if you have them) off.
On Japan’s northern most island of Hokkaido there is the Alpha Resort-Tomamu’s …
READ MOREWhat Recession? Nintendo Expects to Make $6 Billion in Fiscal ‘08
Nikkei (subscription) reported that Nintendo Co. is expecting group operating profit to climb 9% to Y530 billion ($6billionish) in the fiscal year ending March 31. It’s 100 billion yen lower tha…
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