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DSi sells over half a million in Japan
Or 535,379 units to be exact, according to Kotaku. It’s a very healthy start for the new console, though it doesn’t quite eclipse its predecessor - in its first month on sale, the DS Lite shifted over 550,000 handhelds.
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Japan Times censors article about Soka Gakkai
http://www.japanprobe.com/ ?p=7601Remember yesterday’s post linking to a Japan Times Q&A article about Soka Gakkai? It seems I may have spoken too early when I noted that the article was very open about some of the criticism facing that religious organization. One of the questions in the original article made mention of charges of rape made by a former member against Soka Gakkai’s leader.
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Racism in Tokyo? The Philosopher of Ueno Park
http://www.japanprobe.com/ ?p=7596This guy was following us around almost from the moment we stepped out of Ueno station telling me I shouldn’t be with a Japanese woman (I was standing beside a friend’s wife, and the friend was standing on the other side of her. Why he assumed she and I were together I do not know).
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Social Not Working?
http://clast.diamondagency.jp/ en/ ?p=130A recent study by Synovate measured the pervasiveness and impact of social networks (SNS) around the world. Most of the findings in regards to Japan weren’t necessarily surprising: penetration and awareness of SNS services in Japan are among the highest in the world (71% have heard of social
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Give It Away Give It Away Give It Away Now!
http://sushizume.com/ 2008/ 12/ 03/ give-it-away-give-it-away-give-it-away-now/Nani Bird to give away to good home. Must be fun loving and creative bird lovers. Please show your interest by joining the Tokyo Fan Club. For your chance to win a McKibillo Nani Bird this month simply become a Tokyo Fan Club member. Enter your email address and click on the submit button.
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Al Jazeera reports on Osaka’s homeless
http://www.japanprobe.com/ ?p=7594Thanks to Canadaguy for sending us a link about Al Jazeera English airing a special on Osaka’s homeless. The twenty minute report from People & Power is embedded below. Part I: Part II: Note: This is a pretty good report, but it should be noted that presenter Barbara Serra’s claim that the subject of homeless “gets little coverage from the country’s media” is just plain false.
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Recession Impacts Japanese Youth
http://theimpudentobserver.com/ world-news/ recession-impacts-japanese-youth/Japan has the world’s second-largest economy, but the recession appears to be impacting the nation’s economy causing thousands of university graduates to confront the possibility of not being able to find a job.
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Jim…Departing.
http://fewl.net/ 2008/ 12/ 02/ jimdeparting/Well, it’s finally happening. I’m sitting at the Narita airport waiting to board for my flight to Singapore. I’m trying to ultimately end up near Bangkok, but we’ll see how that goes. I’ve been thinking for a while about my goodbye post, but I don’t think I have the patience to really write some scathing review of Yokosuka and the FDNF.
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Advent Meditation - Day 4
http://www.anglican-mainstream.net/ 2008/ 12/ 03/ advent-meditation-day-4/Advent Meditation - Day 4 December 3rd, 2008 Posted in Faith, suffering church | Wed Dec 3: Psalm 119:1-24, Psalms 12, 13, 14, Amos 3:12-4:5, 2 Peter 3:1-10, Matt 15:29-37 Feast of St. Francis Xavier, Missionary to the East 1506-1552 The Gospel mandate is for all of us to “go and preach to all nations”.
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Drive thru office in Osaka
http://yeinjee.com/ 2008/ drive-thru-office-in-osaka/The Gate Tower Building, commonly known as Bee Hive, is an office building in Osaka, Japan, famous for having a highway passing through the 5th-7th floor of the building. The Gate Tower Building (Image from Aeiosaka, via Tokyomango) According to the Japanese wiki… the story could date back to 1983
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Honda to launch superbike in India, following Suzuki and Yamaha.
http://www.nowpublic.com/ tech-biz/ honda-launch-superbike-india-following-suzuk…" Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI) wholly owned arm of Honda Motor Corporation of Japan has witness rise in sales in Novemberwith 100,162 units,with 63,004 scooters and 37,158 motorcycles. " read more
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