TBS Japan Earthquake Live News Feed in Japanese
UPDATE: The live feed here has ended as has TV Japan’s free broadcast of NHK in the United States.
I’ve never embedded UStream, but here it goes.
UPDATE: The live feed here has ended as has TV Japan’s free broadcast of NHK in the United States.
I’ve never embedded UStream, but here it goes.
One quick update to my article on the usefulness of eReaders, and especially the Kindle in Japan, is that surprisingly, English language newspapers from Japan are available on the Kindle. Even better is that even if you don’t own a Kindle, they are available through the Kindle for iPad, iPhone, and Android app. This means…
In sad news today, popular Japanese comedian “Yakkun Sakurazuka” (real name Yasuo Saito) who is famous for dressing in girl’s high school uniforms mimicking the Japanese film archetype of the badass, bullying high school girl. He studied Cinema at Nihon University, and has appeared as both a regular and a guest on several TV shows,…
Many train lines in Japan have women’s only train carriages. This is designed to give women an place to ride the train without fear of the gropers, or molesters called “chikan” in Japanese. The special cars are generally available during rush hour only to prevent the overcrowded trains in Japan from providing opportunity and cover…
I usually don’t read a lot of Japanese news in English, but an article in Gendai’s online magazine led me to hunt down an article on Time’s site. Funny that Gendai refers to Time for a hard-hitting story on how the government and bureaucracy in place in Japan has made it hard for other countries…
A recent study by the Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare has shown marriages in which the couple is already expecting are currently 26.8% and seem to be on the rise. Some wedding planning companies are saying that number may be as high as 40%. There is a movement to rename the shotgun weddings…
Because Aya Sameshima is a popular search term for this blog, I decided to follow up on her story. After the earthquake and tsunami hit Japan, Aya Sameshima and her Tepco Mareeze teammates were sent to new homes. Sameshima ended up in the United States playing for the Boston Breakers after Japan’s Women’s World Cup…
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My prayers go out to the Japanese :/
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