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Feb 07, 2010 - 6:05 PM - by Chjoey
The magazine proceeds to make its case. An increasing number of students, it finds, are kanji-illiterate, ignorant of history, at sea in math, allergic to reading anything more serious than manga. As for the nation as a whole, 30 million Japanese, it says—roughly one-quarter of the population—don’t read a single book in the course of a year.
http://www.japantoday.com/category/k...anese-students
I think people have always been dumb, but now they can get away with being lazy too. Only a small portion of the population is actually intelligent anyway, no matter what part of the world you're in.
But who knows? Maybe they are becoming more stupid... (but is that possible?).
Feb 05, 2010 - 10:55 PM - by Chjoey
Scientists in Japan attempt to save the hanzaki (giant salamander) by creating nesting holes in man-made rivers.
The "hanzaki holes" are a key conservation tool in a land where many rivers are now sculpted not by nature, but by the hand of man.
There is also the issue of sneaky Chinese salamander over-taking the Japanese salamander, which may become extinct due to the aggressiveness of the Chinese salamander.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8498023.stm
Feb 01, 2010 - 3:03 PM - by Mothy
In their ongoing struggle against good tasting beer, the Japanese have once again come out on top.
Kirin plans to launch a new brew, called 1000, that uses hard water and contains elevated amounts of calcium and magnesium to give it a distinctive flavor.
Asahi Breweries is to release Strong Off, which has a relatively high alcohol content of 7 percent and 60 percent less carbohydrates, whilst Suntory is using seven different types of hops into its new Relax beer-like drink.
It's actually because of the malt tax, which is ridiculous, but still... These nasty beer-like products have to go.
Jan 29, 2010 - 4:22 PM - by Sciby
All I have to say is that I'm never going swimming again. EVER. Seriously, there's too much freaky shit down there.
There's been a spate of amazing animal discoveries recently--the giant rat-eating plants found in the Philippines, a huge woolly rat discovered in a volcanic crater--and now, yet another creature has emerged that could be right out of a sci-fi film. It's a bizarre creature that survives by eating its hosts' tongue and then attaching itself inside the mouth.
Although I have to ask... does that look like human teeth to anyone else in the top there? There's other photos of the paracite on the link below, but still... I almost thought photoshop for a minute...
Source: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009...discovered.php
Jan 27, 2010 - 10:31 PM - by Mothy
Once again the Japanese are faced with a conundrum. How do they say no to something they like so much?
"Junior idol" collections, the euphemistic term for DVDs and photo collections featuring young children, have come under the scrutiny of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, who are looking at issuing cautions for guardians who allow their children to be exploited.
The Office for Youth Affairs and Public Safety has stated that they "need to consider how to regulate" these publications.
Here's an idea how to regulate them... Arrest people.
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...=Google+Reader
Jan 27, 2010 - 5:42 PM - by Chjoey
The WHO's links to drug companies were questioned at a hearing by the Council of Europe's health committee.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8481211.stm
Sounds fishy to me. The swine flu scare was so overdone. The WHO should be careful crying wolf...
Jan 26, 2010 - 10:22 AM - by Sciby
Honestly, that's some Asian James Bond stuff right there...
YOKOHAMA, Jan. 25 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Police arrested two South Korean women Monday on suspicion of illegally entering Japan by evading the biometric identification system by using tapes containing other peoples' fingerprints.
... even better, apparently it works!
The women aged 32 and 31 allegedly slipped through the immigration process at Toyko's Haneda airport on different occasions...
Source: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1
Jan 26, 2010 - 10:18 AM - by Sciby
How do you make up for this? "Sorry, I'll pay for that" won't work, obviously...
A clumsy art lover has damaged a rare Picasso painting after losing her balance and tripping onto the masterpiece. The woman collided with the century-old work, called The Actor, and caused a six-inch vertical tear in the lower right hand corner.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Wor...01001415535105
Jan 13, 2010 - 8:45 AM - by Chjoey
Three people were fatally shot by a man Tuesday evening at a bar in Habikino, Osaka Prefecture. The gunman then committed suicide, police said.
http://www.japantoday.com/category/c...a-bar-shooting
You don't really expect to read stories like this about Japan. Apparently the guy was at the bar speaking to his mother in law about divorce.
Jan 11, 2010 - 12:27 PM - by Chjoey
With suicides topping 30,000 for the 12th consecutive year in 2009, the international community has not proved immune to the mental health challenges posed by this stressful country, and the prolonged economic downturn has only made problems worse.
http://www.japantoday.com/category/l...gners-japanese
There is a non-profit organization that takes calls from foreigners as well as Japanese people.
Feeling sad? Please call Tokyo English Life Line at (03) 5774-0992
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