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NEWS ABOUT: Japanese

Japanese stories: 10 news summaries

 Balloon Parents 
 Plead Guilty 

Sentences unclear, but judge assures 'significant' monetary cost

Nov 13, 09 1:40 PM CST
(Newser) - The parents of “balloon boy” Falcon Heene pleaded guilty today to charges related to the hoax that sent police and rescue personnel on a wild-goose chase. Richard Heene pleaded to a felony, Mayumi Heene—a Japanese citizen who risked deportation if she had a felony on her record—to... More »

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parenting • felony • misdemeanor • plea bargain • Colorado • Japanese • Falcon Heene • Richard Heene • balloon boy hoax • Mayumi Heene

culture clash

 Japanese 'Bust Up Bra' 
 an Overnight Sensation 

Japanese product latest in long line of often-wacky breast solutions

Oct 15, 09 12:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - All sorts of Japanese products, from “biscuits and beverages to rather bizarre rack rearranging rollers,” claim to give women larger or more pleasingly shaped breasts, Lee Chapman blogs for Tokyo Times. But those probably all take effort, you cry. Enter the “Sleeping Bust Up Bra,”... More »

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sleep • Japan • women • clothing • Japanese • bra • breast augmentation • product

 French Are 
 World's Worst 
 Tourists: Survey 

Poll of 40,000 hotels ranks visitors on politeness, generosity

Jul 9, 09 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - The French are the world’s worst tourists, AFP reports. A global survey asked staff at 40,000 hotels to rate tourists on categories ranging from politeness to generosity to willingness to learn local languages—and the French finished last in several categories. Japanese tourists took honors in just as... More »

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Spain • Japan • globalization • tourism • list • hotel • German • Japanese • tourists • French

(Newser) - Two Japanese citizens were detained last week after allegedly trying to take $134 billion in undeclared US bonds from Italy to Switzerland, Bloomberg reports. Both countries are investigating the incident. “Italian authorities are in the midst of the investigation, and haven’t yet confirmed the details, including whether they... More »

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crime • Italy • Switzerland • bonds • securities • Japanese

(Newser) - After serving as Adolph Hitler’s adoring secretary for 12 years, Christa Schroeder recounted her experiences in a 1949 memoir, Hitler in Private. With an English translation on the way, the New York Post reveals some highlights—including an account of Hitler’s doctor injecting him with hormones from... More »

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Germany • hormones • Adolf Hitler • vegetarianism • dieting • Japanese

 Cat Cafes Court 
 Lonely Japanese 

Childless Japanese turn to cafes for companionship

Apr 8, 09 2:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hordes of childless Japanese are flocking to Tokyo's cat cafes to cuddle the residents and savor furry companionship along with a cup of tea. So popular are the cafes that reservations are required on weekends, GlobalPost reports. Career-minded urbanites who don't have the time or space for pets, let alone... More »

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Japan • Tokyo • Japanese • cafes • cat

 Obama Speeches Teach English, Hope to Japanese 

Dem's speeches good for language-learners, more inspiring than local pols'

Jan 21, 09 10:46 AM CST
(Newser) - The Japanese version of Amazon.com features an unlikely bestseller: the collected speeches of Barack Obama, with Japanese translation and accompanying CD, Reuters reports. Obama’s inspiring but straightforward rhetoric is perfect for teaching English in a country that hankers to learn the language. He “uses words such as... More »

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Barack Obama • Japan • language • English • translation • book • Japanese • foreign languages • Amazon.com • best seller • President Obama

Businesses Line Up for .Asia Domain Rush

Governments also get first dibs on coveted new address suffix

Oct 9, 07 3:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - The regional internet domain .asia has opened for registration; businesses and governments will get first crack at trademarked and other protected names. The public will come rushing in to scoop up what’s left of the suffix in February 2008. The second regional domain—.eu began selling in April 2006—... More »

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Africa • Internet • Latin America • .asia • Japanese • Hindi • Arabic • Internet domains

Meat Can be Tough on the Environment

Steaks do more damage than driving; cow farts also a problem

Jul 19, 07 6:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Four average-sized steaks generate as much greenhouse gas as an ordinary car traveling for 3 hours at 50mph. The meat also chews up 169 megajoules of energy, enough to light a 100-watt bulb for 20 days. These were among the findings of Japanese scientists investigating the effects of beef production... More »

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climate change • cattle • global warming • Japan • beef • meat • cows • methane • steaks • megajoules • Japanese • carbon emissions

Japanese TV Is Losing to Wii

Nintendo system
steals prime-time audiences as families play together

Jul 11, 07 5:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ratings are plummeting for Japanese prime-time TV shows as audiences increasingly turn to playing games on Nintendo's Wii system. Wii, which dominates the nation's $30B video games market, has stolen TV's "golden hour,"  thanks in part to parents who are choosing to share family time on Wii's... More »

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television • Japan • Nintendo Wii • parents • Playstation 3 • audiences • TV shows • primetime TV • Japanese • video games

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