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Japanese - Wikibooks, collection of open-content textbooks

Japanese - Wikibooks, collection of open-content textbooks

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The Beckoning Cat

the waving cat's origin are cheerfully explained here.

Beef from U.S banned over mad cow fears, South Korean committee says

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The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry will decide whether to restart talks with the United States over resuming beef imports, Park Hyun-chool, director general of the ministry's livestock bureau said.
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Yukio Mishima

Yukio Mishima: "Mishima, who organized the Tatenokai, a society stressing physical fitness and the martial arts, committed ritual suicide. His death was regarded as his final protest against modern Japanese weakness."

Nishinomiya, Hyogo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nishinomiya, Hyogo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nishinomiya, this is where my obachan (grandmother) lives, near Kwansei Gakuin University, in the shadow of Kabutoyama ( the mountain shped like a samurai's helmet)japan,

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Japan Today - News - Hiroshima peace stone presented to Kenyan president - Japan's Leading International News Network

Japan Today - News - Hiroshima peace stone presented to Kenyan president - Japan's Leading International News Network: "The stone, engraved with an image of a Buddhist goddess of mercy and the words 'From Hiroshima,' was presented to President Mwai Kibaki by a Hiroshima-based civic group at a ceremony in the Kenyan capital.
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Japan edgy after spate of child-killings

Japan edgy after spate of child-killings: "Japan edgy after spate of child-killings

By KANA INAGAKI
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

TOKYO -- Armed policemen patrol streets on the way to school, education officials draw up safety maps and young students carry alarms to call for help in an emergency.

A spate of grisly crimes targeting schoolchildren has horrified Japan and dealt a serious blow to its image as a safe country for children. The killings - one girl's corpse was stuffed into a box, another victim was stabbed a dozen times in the chest a third also stabbed, allegedly by one of her teachers Saturday - have put authorities on alert and worried parents on edge."

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Scents of Osaka become popular souvenir : Culture : Features : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)

Air freshners depicting famous Osaka locales have beomce popular souvenirs,(omiyagi)

The air fresheners were jointly developed by members of Naniwa Meibutsu Kaihatsu Kenkyukai, a cross-industrial association, headed by Ikuro Noiri, president of Senoya, after an air freshener producer of Nara Prefecture came up with the idea to create a new Osaka brand product

The first available fragrance is "Tenpozan Omoide no Kaori" (memory of Tenpozan). The air freshener attempts to capture the essence of a first date on the sightseeing area's Ferris wheel.

Another fragrance, "Dotonbori Atsugesho no Kaori" (heavily made-up woman in Dotonbori), captures the scent of an overly made-up middle-aged woman sitting next to you in a theater in the entertainment district.

Another, "Kitashinchi, Unaji no Kaori" (the perfumed neck of a Kitashinchi hostess), recreates the scent of a kimono-clad hostess in the Kitashinchi entertainment district.
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Web Restrictions Unlikely to Muzzle Neo-Nazi Speech

2001 legal news commentary on free speech and neo nazi web hosts: "January 15, 2001
Web Restrictions Unlikely to Muzzle Neo-Nazi Speech

by Adam D. Thierer"

hapa - the hapa project - kip fulbeck

the hapa project is a photo study and social-visual political display of people of multiracial asian identity.


“Hapa” is a Hawai’ian word meaning “half”" or “portion.” The current use of the word is in reference to multiracial Asians and originates from the phrase hapa haole (half white).


hapa, half breed captionz

ABC News: Depressed Hamsters Shed Light on Seasonal Disorder

Spend more time near the wall of your cage rather then in the center? Don't want to slurp sugar water? Rather give up and float than swim in water?

You may be SAD!ABC
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Animefringe: December 2005 - Features - Memoirs of a Geisha

Animefringe: December 2005 - Features - Memoirs of a Geisha: "After seeing a galley of the Japanese translation of Memoirs of a Geisha in 1999 (published in Japanese as Sayuri), Iwasaki-san discovered that not only had the character of Nitta Sayuri been based on her, but that she had been acknowledged as a major source for the book, despite having asked for anonymity. This broke one of the most sacred laws of the Gion Kobu karyukai, and the geiko was quoted as having contemplated ritual suicide after receiving death threats from other geiko, who believed that Iwasaki-san had broken her vow of silence. She later sued Golden for defamation and breach of confidentiality. The case was settled out of court earlier this year"

geiko (the more correct term for geisha, which literally means 'woman of art')
Geishameans ‘artisan’ in Japanese, and it is a title given to women highly trained in arts, music and dance.