Friday bullets and Happy Holidays
Happy Holidays to everyone out there in cyberland. Hope it was a relaxing and a safe one - as always, we present to you interesting news from around the globe . . .
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Apparently Okinawans love their spam, too
It's no surprise to anyone in Hawaii that local residents like their spam, rice, eggs and root beer. Well, according this article in the New Zealand-based Stuff, so do Okinawans.
In Okinawa, large square "onigiri"...
Record-chasing Japanese ballonist reportedly missing
Hot-air ballonist Michio Kanda was trying to break distance and duration records by traveling from Tochigi, Japan to Portland, Ore. Instead, the 58-year-old man has been missing for nearly a week, with his last...
Tuesday bullets
Nancy Pelosi, who is next in line to the Presidency after Vice-President Dick Cheney, becomes the highest ranking U.S. figure to visit the atom bomb site at Hiroshima.
A Fresno Japanese American carries on his...
Robot girlfriend, new Japanese cinema and American Astro Boy
Remember when everyone used to joke about having a robot girlfriend way, way, wayyyy into the future? Well, thanks to Sega Toys, the same company which brought us the popular Playstation 3 console, that...
Osamu Tezuka, “Father of Anime,” to be honored at film festival
If you are familiar with anime, there's a good chance you know the name Osamu Tezuka. If you aren't, well, you probably have no idea who that is.
For those unfamiliar with the auteur, he...
Goodbye, Nichi Bei Times
Sad news for the Nichi Bei Times, northern California's oldest Japanese American newspaper. There is, however, a glimmer of hope.
Japan's Uniqlo teams up with Disney.
Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda goes for an encore performance at...
Meet Japan’s newest oldest boxer Kazumi Izaki
In case the earlier post on Japanese rugby didn't make you feel punchy enough, here's another interesting story from the world of Japanese sports.
Just one week shy of her 45th birthday, Kazumi Izaki has...
Japanese baseball vs. MLB, things get ugly
The other day we blogged about the MLB's opening day between the Red Sox and the Athletics in Japan. We also linked to an article in which Chiba Lotte Marines manager Bobby Valentine called...
MLB season kicks off in Japan
Ahh, springtime. Love is supposedly in the air, but more importantly, so is baseball.
The Major League Baseball season kicked off today in Japan, with a match-up between the defending World Series champion Boston Red...
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