正月 (shōgatsu) the Japanese New Year.

By, Uwe Paschen. 正月 (shōgatsu) the Japanese New Year. Japan will celebrate the 22nd year of the Heisei era. Or in accordance with the 皇紀 (Koki) calendar, the year 2670.Kōki one is the year when...

Tokyo's greatest shame.

By, Uwe Paschen.  Tokyo is one of the greatest cities on this planet with some of the best museums, parks and attraction one can imagine, it also has one of the World best universities; an impressive...

Could Japan become a beacon for the World to follow?

By, Uwe Paschen. Is Japan’s change to be a beacon for a World to follow or merely an Isolated move by one bold Nation defying a super power? Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and his Party (DPJ) won a historic...

Livestock Farming One of the Main Menaces for the Environment.

By, Uwe Paschen. Livestock Farming one of the main menaces of the environment today. Farming and Livestock farming should be Ecological and not a major polluter one would think, after all, we are dealing with...

Water Kills! OMS/WHO new study on drinking Water published!

By, Uwe Paschen. The OMS or WHO, the World Heath Organisation Published it's annual report this week saying that Water, Drinking Water that is. Is of a major concern World Wide!The Report states that 10% of all...

Hydrogen Fuel to replace Oil!?

By, Uwe Paschen. Hydrogen, one of my favorrite topics! After all I did write my engenering teases on the subject in the early 1980 th! Well it seems that Honda finally build a Hydrogen powered car, however...

Foreign phobia in Japan.

Japan regulations and laws concerning foreigners are by far the toughest I know so far, from any country I have been to, other than Saudi Arabia of course.One cannot get a visa for more than a year,...

Japan Silk Farming is rapidly disappearing!

Nagano:By, Uwe Paschen. I went to Nagano for 3 days to see a Good Friend of mine, There I attended a Silk Farmers meeting that reminded me some of the long late Farm Organisation meetings I used to...

Japan to make Climate Change the priority over the economy.

Japan’s PM Taro Aso want to counter Climate  change in spite of economic downturn. As the business daily Nikkei said citing unnamed government sources. Aso want to order a stimulus package that...

Mr. Obama to meet with Mr. Hatoyama in Tokyo today.

By, Uwe Paschen. In Japan not only the weather seems cooler this days, on its political front it seems even chilling, at least as far as relation with the U.S. are concerned.  This Thursday the 12s of November...

H1N1, the second wave coming to Japan.

By, Uwe Paschen. H1N1 has entered the second wave here in Japan. In Narita Grade 1 and grade 3 students have to stay home since Tuesday due to several new cases in those grades. The School has not yet been closed;...

Japan's is getting hit by two Typhoons.

By, Uwe  Paschen. Japan’s double Typhoon.  Yesterday, we had our long awaited elections here and it was also the beginning of a Typhoon in Chiba and Tokyo prefecture. Some see this as an omen and it...

6.8 Earthquake in Okinawa, Japan. Tsunami Warning Cancelled.

By, Uwe Paschen.Okinawa, Japan has just been struck by an Earthquake of the magnitude of 6.8 wish was preceded by a sery of Earthquakes through out Japan today, With Okinawa being struck at 09:00 Hours local...