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Daily Japan Headlines: Saturday, Jul 9, 2011

Written By: guyjin on July 9, 2011 No Comment

Washington Post: In Japan, baseball brings normalcy

Before the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, at least, Minamisanriku’s Shizugawa High School baseball team had a clear goal: making it to Japan’s version of March Madness — a nationwide single-elimination tournament that, for a few weeks every summer, becomes the focus of this [...]

Daily Japan Headlines: Tuesday, Jun 7, 2011

Written By: guyjin on June 7, 2011 No Comment

Photo Source: Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal: Move Over Kate, Princess Masako Is Back

At a school gymnasium now used as a shelter, Princess Masako knelt on the floor and spoke to evacuees there. Media reports said a 67-year-old woman tearfully explained to the royal couple that she fled with little more than the [...]

Are DPJ Environment Targets Just Hot Air?

Written By: guyjin on September 10, 2009 One Comment

A few days ago, I posted about the plans of the incoming Hatoyama government to cut ‘greenhouse emissions’ by 25% over 1990 levels. By the way, I put ‘greenhouse emissions’ in inverted commas because this is a strange term that doesn’t really mean anything… Greenhouse emissions are a natural part of the [...]

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