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Groping on Tokyo Trains: Growing Groper Problem & Amazing Stats

Japanese railway gropers or "chikan" are still an increasing problem despite police attempts to decrease the occurrences of groping. In the past decade reports of men groping women on busy Japanese trains have...

created by Gordon Clark | 1 wk ago | updated 1 wk ago
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U.S. military children arrested in Japan - update

When teenagers start playing stupid pranks they do not normally end up causing an international problem. This kids put a string across two poles that knocked a woman off her motor bike. The Japanese police are...

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created by Babel-Fish | 2 wks ago | updated 2 wks ago
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Japanese whaling fleet sets sail for Antarctica

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Japanese whaling fleet sets sail for Antarctica

Please God, Save the whales and dolphins!President Obama made an election pledge to “work diligently to end Japan’s scientific whaling programme”, and the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS)...

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created by Simples | 4 wks ago
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Everything to More: Pop-artist Hiroki Otsuka Exhibition in Berlin

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Pop-artist Hiroki Otsuka Exhibition in Berlin

December 2009, Berlin art space "Kunstraum Richard Sorge" presents a large exhibition of Brooklyn-based Japanese artist Hiroki Otsuka's paintings and murals, titled "Everything to More". Hiroki (a.k.a....

created by Artyfarty | 5 wks ago
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The Hidden Pearls of Dubai Revived

3000 years ago, in the Arabian Gulf, divers greased their skin to keep the cold out before taking a deep breath of air and diving more than 100 feet to reach their treasure at the bottom of the sea. They were...

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created by sara star | 11 wks ago | updated 7 wks ago
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REDUCING THE DEMAND FOR WHALE AND DOLPHIN MEAT IN JAPAN

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Reducing the Demand for Whale and Dolphin Meat in Japan

Reducing the Demand for Whale and Dolphin Meat in Japan __________________________________________________________________________ 2,500 Japanese supermarket and convenience stores to stop selling whale, dolphin...

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created by Simples | 7 wks ago | updated 7 wks ago
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More than 400,000 dolphins, killed in Japanese waters

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More than 400,000 dolphins, killed in Japanese waters

JAPAN'S SMALL CETACEAN HUNTSMore than 400,000 dolphins, porpoises and small whales have been killed in Japanese waters over the last 20 years. The Government of Japan still allows more than 22,000 small cetaceans...

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created by Simples | 8 wks ago | updated 7 wks ago
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30 die, 105 affected by Japanese Encephalitis in Bihar

Thanks god it is not the H1N1 behind the death of 30 people in state of Bihar in India. And that is the reason it didn't get the media attention. Poor health infrastructure, underdevelopment and lack of awareness kill thousands in this zone of India. "At least 30 people have...

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created by Amitjha | 8 wks ago
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Franklin County Area Expects More Stink Bugs

Bonita Wauls can't control the stink bugs on her front porch. Wauls says "They're bigger and feistier than the first year, they're bolder." Trying common bug traps like fly paper, she had said that "they're so...

created by LarryDeezell | 12 wks ago
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Michelle Obama's new friend is Japan's new First lady Miyuki Hato

Clifford Bryan Michelle Obama Examiner for Examiner.com reports on the the two First ladies ."It comes as no surprise to me then that one of Michelle Obama's biggest fans is half a world away in Japan , soon to be Japanese First lady Miyuki Hatoyama recently stated...

created by 7434be | 15 wks ago
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64th Anniversary of Hiroshima Bombing | Photo 12

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'Little Boy' Reminds the World of Unnecessary Atrocities

Today Hiroshima is mourning the 64th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city by United States forces during World War II. Nuclear weapon Little Boy's blinding blast and its infamous mushroom cloud doomed the...

created by Arbol | 20 wks ago | updated 19 wks ago
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Yukiya Arashiro takes a rest after finishing Tour de France

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Yukiya Arashiro takes a rest after finishing Tour de France

As one of the 2 Japanese riders who completed the Tour De France Yukiya Arashiro takes a well deserved rest. This is the first time that Japanese riders have made it to the end of the gruelling 3 week race through...

created by kevinparis | 21 wks ago
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Canadian astronaut Payette to go to space station Saturday

" Payette, 45, and her team are headed for a 16-day mission focusing mostly on construction. The crew will complete the assembly of the $1-billion U.S. Japanese Kibo science laboratory aboard the orbiting...

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created by 158 | 23 wks ago | updated 23 wks ago
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Japanese females have highest life expectancy according to WHO

A Japanese female has the highest life expactancy according to a new report by the World Health Organisation, with Canadian females living to an average of 83 and Canadian males living to an average of 78. San Marino however, also has a high expectancy as men there live till...

created by Amy Judd | 30 wks ago | updated 30 wks ago
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7.6 Japanese Earthquake warning was only a drill and an error

News outlets around the world reported in the last few minutes that there had been a powerful 7.6 earthquake in southern Japan, but it turns out the warning was just a drill, and the information was sent out in error."The information was sent in error to thousands of news...

created by Amy Judd | 31 wks ago
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