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Search terms are replacing URLs as the suggested way to find out more about a product in Japanese advertising. (Requires that the site get indexed before … gulfstream/2418
Mariah Carey throws first pitch at baseball game in Japan, looks ridiculous (the throw, the clothes). gulfstream/2447
How the Japanese refuel and plane, and how the Chinese refuel a plane. “At the moment, I am feeling positive toward both approaches. The emphasis on … gulfstream/2356
Architect Shigeru Ban—who’s currently working on a Pompidou outpost—has several unconventional ideas, including a love for building with … gulfstream/1884
Some young Japanese are shutting themselves into their rooms, and effectively never coming out. gulfstream/1941
Sweet-as military-styled mobile phone. gulfstream/2039
Three Japanese guys domino a whole apartment-worth of stuff. gulfstream/2121
Some really fun Japanese Rube Goldberg devices. gulfstream/2125
What Japanese tourists to NYC want. (“Masafumi Tomoshige, from Saga, was disappointed that he hadn’t seen a car chase.”) Eccentricities aside, … gulfstream/2217
description of the Japanese legal system. There are no juries, ever, in Japan. gulfstream/430
Fantastic Columbus biography, provides interesting additional similarities between internet pioneers and Columbus: Columbus was an incorrigible … gulfstream/940
This is messy: Hitomi Soga, kidnapped in Japan by North Korea two decades ago Korea, was recently permitted to visit Japan. She now wants … gulfstream/965
“Why is it so difficult to provide universal health care?” The U.S. apparently spends 14% of G.D.P. on health care, or twice as much as Britain … gulfstream/1155
On the search for an abstract definition of the kilogram. (That is, one that isn’t defined by a (unique) physical object, in this case by chunk … gulfstream/1163
“In Japan, ‘Ringu’ made $6.6 million; ‘The Ring’ made $8.3 million there in its first two weeks.” How’s that for cultural imperialism? … gulfstream/1174
Defence of Truman’s decision to use nuclear weapons against Japan: “the Japanese military ferociously resisted surrender even after two atomic … gulfstream/1236
The Japanese love affair with French fashion (and in particular, A.P.C.). A.P.C. is one of my favourite retailers; I’ve always wondered … gulfstream/1318
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Another class, Oriental Cookery, as I believe it was then called, was pretty funny. The instructor, a capable Chinese guy, was responsible for teaching … quotes/378
The Christians, retaining the Judaic belief in a special revelation, added to it the Roman desire for world-wide dominaion and the Greek taste for metaphysical … quotes/104
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Japanese Roots
good long article on the history of japan, in the jared diamond style (how technological developments affect destiny)
PREVIEW: Why Truman Dropped the Bomb
How to wrapping Shimojima,.co.ltd.
Japan's burgeoning `otaku culture' moves into the mainstream -- almost - MSN-Mainichi Daily News
MotherJones.com | MoJo Blog - Social Issues and Political Commentary: The Death Penalty in Japan
Bon Appétit Editor's Blog at Epicurious.com
Capsule Inn Akihabara | hotel rooms in Tokyo Japan | unique accommodations
Wired News: Snow Ordinary Dessert
TOKYOMANGO: Virtual Dog-Walking Arcade Game
Totally lost in translation | Guardian daily comment | Guardian Unlimited
"But it's the way Japanese characters are represented that gives the game away." the movie is more travel-is-weird than japanese-people-are-weird, i think.
ARICA
really difficult to use japanese shopping site
