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Daily Japan Headlines: Friday, Jun 10, 2011

Written By: guyjin on June 10, 2011 No Comment

Ishikawa Ryo. Photo Source: Wall Street Journal.

Wall Street Journal: Ryo Ishikawa, the Recovery Golfer

“In the sport of golf, in general as you know, all players make mistakes,” said Mr. Ishikawa, currently number 53 in world golf rankings and the youngest money title winner in Japanese golf history at the age of 18, who [...]

Daily Japan Headlines: Thursday, Jun 9, 2011

Written By: guyjin on June 9, 2011 No Comment

Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga. Photo Source: LA Times

LA Times: A search for truth brings justice to WWII Japanese American internees

After President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order that authorized the forced removal of Japanese Americans from “military areas” in 1942, about 110,000 were rounded up on the West Coast and shipped to internment camps. [...]

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Daily Japan Headlines: Thursday, May 26, 2011

Written By: guyjin on May 26, 2011 No Comment

Photo Source: Daily Mail.

Daily Mail: How the Japanese plan to turn the moon into a mirrorball: All of Earth’s energy ‘to be supplied by lunar ring of solar panels’

The plans call for astronauts to return to the moon and begin work with the help of robots that will be required to level the [...]

UN: Japan 10th Place and Falling in World Human Development Index

Written By: guyjin on October 19, 2009 No Comment

The latest issue of the annual UN Human Development Index (HDI) from the UN Development Program shows Japan in 10th place in the world. This places it 3 places above the US, but 8 spots below my home country of Australia (see the top 15 ranked countries below). The [...]

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