Japanese Fashion

Tokyo, Japan. Boasting the 2nd largest economy in the world, the influence is Worldwide. Japanese domestics include: Electronics. Technology. Automotive. Robotics. And Crazy Gameshows??? Japan truly is the epicenter of Innovation. Makes you wonder if Japan has anything...

Asia celebrates Obama's historic win

"MANILA: Champagne corks popped across Asia as former schoolmates in Indonesia, the Japanese town of Obama and thousands of American expats Wednesday celebrated Barack Obama's historic election as US president.Bars were packed in cities from Beijing to Sydney as election...

Japanese cartoon lovers petition for a right to marry their favourite characters

I know all of us have a favourite cartoon character, but how would you like to marry one? Taichi Takashita, a man from Japan, fell in love with a famous Japanese cartoon character Mikuru Asahina and wants to marry...

Asian markets extend losses

The impact of the US financial crisis continues to strike some markets across Asia today. "Japan's Nikkei fell more than two per cent on Tuesday to drop below the 7,000 point mark for the first time since...

US markets fall amid global fears

Confidence on financial markets continue to erode under the US recovery plan. " US stocks have fallen once again at the end of a volatile day's trading on global markets amid continuing fears over the world...

Nikkei plunges to 26-year low

As the global recession continues, Nikkei Index expresses the mistrust in the volatile financial markets. It falls 20% to a 26 year low. "Elsewhere in Asia markets in Hong Kong, Australia and the...

Risk aversion sends yen to 13-year high versus U.S. dollar

The pound has fallen to a 5-year low against the dollar, and the euro continues to fall as well, as currency speculators become nervous. But the yen has been the biggest beneficiary of the nervousness."Mounting...

Formula 1 Drivers Call For Steward System Overhaul

The lobby for change comes from drivers. This action is a little reminiscent of how CART got started ... a move giving drivers and teams a greater voice in race management."Leading Formula One drivers have...

Japan's Yamato Life fails with $2.7bn in debt

The global credit crisis sparked by the U.S. subprime collapse has started spreading its wing and  has wiped out more than $670 billion in market value from the Tokyo Stock Exchange's this week. And now a 98-...

Asian governments move to halt stock market slide

Governments in Asia are pumping in big funds to fight off the credit crunch emerging out of global crisis. Governments are also cutting down cash reserve and interest rate to make more liquidity. Hong is cutting its key interest rate by 100 basis points effective Thursday....

Scandals Plague Japanese Sumo Culture

" The first scandal broke in August when police found a marijuana cigarette inside 20-year-old Russian wrestler Wakanoho's wallet. Wakanoho was born Gagloev Soslan Aleksandrovich in Russia's North Ossetia...

Obese dolphins put on diet

Japan likes aquatic mammals from eating whales and dophins to watching them, as do many people from around the world, performing tricks in zoos and aquariums. Dolphins at Kinosaki Marine World have had to put...

Japan nominates Amano to succeed IAEA chief ElBaradei

" Japan said on Friday it had nominated Yukiya Amano, its ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, to head the U.N. watchdog when Director Mohamed ElBaradei leaves office next year. ElBaradei, 66,...

India beats China as top investment destination for first time: UN

"New Delhi: Eighteen years after it started opening up its economy, India, for the first time, has replaced China as the most promising destination for foreign direct investment in the medium-to-long term, says a...

Japanese cellphone can unlock car, start engine

Japan has once again proved themselves as the innovation guru as their new technology combines a cellphone and a car key. Basically it works by having the car recognize the key when it is near and starting the...

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