73-year-old Japanese woman scales Mount Everest
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:08:39 PM
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| KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- A 73-year-old Japanese woman climbed to Mount Everest's peak Saturday, smashing her own record to again become the oldest woman to scale the world's highest mountain. Tamae Watanabe reached Everest's 8,850-meter-high (29,035-foot-high) summit from the northern side of the mountain in Tibet on Saturday morning with four other team members, said Ang Tshering of the China Tibet Mountaineering Association in Nepal. Watanabe had climbed Everest in 2002 at the age of 63 to become the oldest woman to scale the mountain. She had retained the title until she topped herself a decade later. |
For Japanese Linguist, A Long And Lonely Schlep
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:08:39 PM
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| A smattering of Yiddish words has crept into the American vernacular: Non-Jews go for a nosh or schmooze over cocktails. Yet the language itself, once spoken by millions of Jews, is now in retreat. But you don't have to be Jewish to love Yiddish. In Japan, a linguist has toiled quietly for decades to compile the world's first Yiddish-Japanese dictionary — the first time the Jewish language has been translated into a non-European language other than Hebrew. It was in the hills of Kyushu Island in southern Japan where Kazuo Ueda carried out his impressive and quixotic quest, devoting his... |
Fishing boat lost in Japan tsunami reaches Canada
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:08:39 PM
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| A fishing boat lost in the massive Japanese tsunami a year ago has turned up off Canada's west coast... The 65-meter (210-foot) vessel was spotted Tuesday by a Canadian Forces aircraft on a routine surveillance patrol, and its Japanese owner has been notified, said Transport Canada. A military photo shows the ship, streaked with rust but intact, floating 278 kilometers (150 nautical miles) off the southern coast of Haida Gwaii islands, some 1,500 kilometers (930 miles) north of Vancouver. "The vessel is considered an obstruction to navigation," ... Near Midway Atoll in the deep Pacific, a Russian ship spotted an... |
Tokyo Dental Salon Specializes in Giving Girls Crooked Teeth
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:08:39 PM
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| A dental salon in Tokyo’s Ginza district has become very popular with girls after it advertised a cosmetic procedure that lengthens and sharpens canines to enhance a feature Japanese call “yaeba”. Crooked teeth are seen as imperfections in many western countries, and particularly in America, where braces are practically a God-given gift to man, but in Japan, a country where almost everything is different, they are considered cute, even adorable. Yaeba means double tooth in Japanese, but it doesn’t describe major dental deformities, but rather the vampire-like look obtained when the two molars crowd the canines pushing them forward to... |
Police say Japanese have returned $78 million in missing cash after quake
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:08:39 PM
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| In the five months since a devastating earthquake struck, Japanese police say they've received $78 million in missing cash and valuables that citizens have found in the rubble and promptly turned in. Thousands of missing wallets contained $48 million in cash, and nearly 6,000 more safes turned in by volunteers contained an extra $30 million, the Japanese Police Agency told ABC News' Akiko Fujita. Most of the found money has been returned to its owners, after police used identifying documents in the safes to track them down. |
Write Your Name in Japanese
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:08:39 PM
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| Write your name in Japanese! A=ka , B=tu , C=mi , D=ti , E=ku , F=lou , G=ji , H=ri , I=ki , J=zu , K=mi , L=ta , M=ran , N=tu , O=mu , P=nu , Q=kay , R=ch , S=ari , T=tchay , U=du , V=rou , W=may , X=na , Y=fu , Z=zi |
Found Engineers For Fukushima!
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:08:39 PM
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| Well, having recruited a couple engineers I now need help in getting permission to go and help out, plus if anyone knows of any inexpensive inns in Japan, it would be a great help. |
China vehicle maker to open plant in Kenya
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:08:39 PM
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| China’s vehicle manufacturer Foton is setting up an assembly plant in Kenya in what is set to heighten the battle between China and Western nations for business in Kenya. The Sh1.2 billion assembly plant is expected to churn out 10,000 units of prime movers, tippers, buses, pick-ups, and light commercial trucks per year, making it one of the biggest foreign direct investments by a Chinese company. Foton said it is setting up the plant to avoid paying a 25 per cent import duty on cars to allow in its low cost products putting it in a head-to-head battle with Japanese... |
Ultimate Loyalty: Japanese Dog Refuses to Leave Injured Buddy's Side
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:08:39 PM
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| The Blaze has been happy to bring you reports of the Japanese peoples’ resilient spirit and will to stick together and survive. With all of the human despair and destruction facing Japan following the country’s massive earthquake and tsunami, it would be easy to overlook the struggles of some smaller residents. Undoubtedly, hundreds if not thousands of house pets perished as the tsunami swept ashore and people made their way to higher ground. But as we reported yesterday, some pets are finding ways to beat the odds. Add two more to that list. Japanese film crews captured these images of... |
Banana dose equivalents of radiation (Fukushima spiked at 30 bananas/day, now 2 bananas/day)
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:08:39 PM
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Watt's up with that - The average radiologic profile of bananas is 3520 picocuries per kg, or roughly 520 picocuries per 150g banana. The equivalent dose for 365 bananas (one per day for a year) is 3.6 millirems (36 μSv). Another way to consider the concept is by comparing the risk from radiation-induced cancer to that from cancer from other sources. For instance, a radiation exposure of 10 mrems (10,000,000,000 picorems) increases your risk of death by about one in one million—the same risk as eating 40 tablespoons of peanut butter, or of smoking 1.4 cigarettes. Japanese radiation readings: Monitoring...
News About The Japanese Imperial Family?
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:08:39 PM
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| Does anyone know what has happend to the Imperial Family? Have they been evacuated or are they staying in Tokyo? |
What are your impressions of Japanese and their society after seeing all the TV reports ? (Vanity )
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:08:39 PM
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| I've been here ( Japan ) a long time , so what I have seen does not surprise me : the people's resilience ; the community spirit ; the never give up attitude ; the discipline ; etc...I would love to hear what your impressions have been , watching from halfway around the world . |
My Mother In Law Passed Today
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:08:39 PM
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| Teruko Murakami Nakamura passed to her Heavenly reward today. She was 83 ~ from a family of 8, she is survived by her husband, 2 sisters, 6 children, 13 grandchildren and 9 Great Grandchildren.Originally from Portland, Oregon her life was changed dramatically on this date 69 years ago when she went from being a carefree young teenager to someone faced with serious adult problems.Over the course of the next few months her father, a prosperous small hotel owner who'd had a career as a Western cowboy chuck wagon cook, prepping salmon in a cannery, and selling fruit on the sidewalk,... |
Japan's holographic rock star -- Miku Hatsune
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:08:39 PM
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| Virtual idol Miku Hatsune has gone from a character marketing voice synthesizing software to a full blown pop star -- pretty clever for a hologram Home › Sound Check › Tokyo › Play Japan's holographic rock star -- Miku Hatsune Virtual idol Miku Hatsune has gone from a character marketing voice synthesizing software to a full blown pop star -- pretty clever for a hologram By Robert Michael Poole 11 November, 2010 Select ratingPoorOkayGoodGreatAwesome PoorOkayGoodGreatAwesome. .EmailTwitterFacebookShare. Forget the tantrums, entourage and ridiculous riders. Here's one rock star that only needs electricity to keep her happy. Following on from Japan's cybernetic... |
Abducted Japanese reporter returns home
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:08:39 PM
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| SNIPPET: "TOKYO—A Japanese journalist returned home Monday after militants in Afghanistan released him from five months in captivity." SNIPPET: "Tsuneoka had been abducted before. He disappeared in Georgia in 2001 and was held for several months by unidentified individuals, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. He was freed during a Georgian military operation." |
Japanese told to go to bed an hour early to cut carbon emissions
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:08:39 PM
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| A typical family can reduce its carbon dioxide footprint by 85kg a year if everyone goes to bed and gets up one hour earlier, according to the campaign The Japanese government has launched a campaign encouraging people to go to bed and get up extra early in order to reduce household carbon dioxide emissions. The Morning Challenge campaign, unveiled by the Environment Ministry, is based on the premise that swapping late night electricity for an extra hour of morning sunlight could significantly cut the nation's carbon footprint. |
Scientists scramble for Japanese asteroid capsule (Update: Capsule found, headed to Japan)
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:08:39 PM
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| SYDNEY (AFP) – A capsule that scientists hope will contain a little slice of outer space after a seven-year journey across the solar system was sitting in the Australian Outback on Monday waiting to be recovered. The pod, which was ejected from a Japanese space probe as it burned up in a spectacular meteor-like display over Australia, could hold the first piece of asteroid ever brought to Earth. The heat-resistant pod parachuted into the Woomera military zone after being ejected from Japan's Hayabusa spacecraft as it flamed back into the planet's atmosphere late Sunday. Australian National University scientist Trevor Ireland,... |
Whale Wars Season 3 (Premieres now)
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:08:39 PM
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| Whale Wars Season 3 on Animal Planet now, let the stupidity begin! Watch hippies get shot with hoses, watch boats get smashed up! This makes the blackhawks loss much better for me! |
Japan names outspoken populist Naoto Kan as new PM
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:08:39 PM
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| Japan's parliament elected outspoken populist Naoto Kan as prime minister Friday, handing the political veteran the immediate task of rallying his party and reclaiming its mandate for change before elections next month. Kan succeeds Yukio Hatoyama, who stepped down Wednesday after squandering the public's high hopes with broken campaign promises, including moving a U.S. Marine base off Okinawa island, and financial scandals. |
Imperial Adjustments
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:08:39 PM
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| TOKYO — The drizzly weather didn’t dampen the excitement at the annual spring imperial party last month as the royal family strolled along Tokyo’s Akasaka Palace grounds. Mao Asada, the Olympic figure skating silver medalist, was so overwhelmed when Emperor Akihito spoke to her that she managed only to repeatedly reply “yes,” and “thank you very much.” It was a typical reaction that shows the magnetic hold the emperor and empress have over the Japanese people. Missing as usual from the festivities was Crown Princess Masako who suffers from a stress-related disorder that causes anxiety and distress and only occasionally... |
(Japanese PM) Hatoyama announces resignation (because of USMC Okinawa base agreement)
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:08:39 PM
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| TOKYO, June 1 (UPI) -- Embattled Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama announced his decision to step down Wednesday after only eight months in office. The leader of the Democratic Party of Japan, which he helped come to power last September after the August elections, announced his decision at a general assembly of party lawmakers, Kyodo News reported. The prime minister's ruling coalition has seen its public approval ratings plunge in recent months. Things came to a head after the Social Democratic Party, a coalition partner, decided to leave over the government's accord allowing the U.S. Marine base's air station to... |
Japanese Prime Minister may resign 'within 48 hours'
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:08:39 PM
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| Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama may step down within the next 48 hours amid growing public and political resentment at his handling of the relocation of a US Marines Corps base in Okinawa. Japanese Prime MInister Yukio Hatoyama Mr Hatoyama is scheduled to have showdown talks with Ichiro Ozawa, the secretary general of the Democratic Party of Japan, on Tuesday evening. Mr Ozawa is widely considered to be the party's kingmaker and the meeting may well determine the prime minister's political fate. Earlier on Tuesday, Mr Hatoyama said he was willing to stay on as prime minister, despite growing criticism... |
Travel Like a VIP on a Small Budget in Asia
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:08:39 PM
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| Rarely are currency exchange rates as good for the American dollar as that of Asian countries. In Asia, the American dollar carries a lot of clout and with the recent devaluation of the USD; it is a good thing that these countries offer an excellent trip for so little cost to Americans. |
Young men prove their bravery by riding giant logs......
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:08:39 PM
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| Bravery isn't the first word that comes to mind when looking at these images of a Japanese log-rolling ceremony. But that is exactly what these young men are apparently proving during the bizarre Ki-otoshi ceremony, where they ride the giant logs as they are yanked down steep hills by ropes. Skidding and bumping over the rough terrain, at times the logs literally drop down the steep inclines |
Toyoda Vs. Torquemada
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:08:39 PM
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| The excerpt is from “Toyoda Vs. Torquemada,” my latest WND.COM column: “Mr. Akio Toyoda, the president of Toyota, could have achieved the brevity much-admired in his culture (and mine) had he responded thus to the invitation to appear before the congressional committee investigating the recall of eight million of his vehicles... ' cont'd http://barelyablog.com/ |
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