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  • May 2008

    • Man Discovers Woman Living in His Closet

      Reuters  |  May 30, 08 2:20 PM CDT

      Man Discovers Woman Living in His Closet

      (Newser) - A Japanese man was living with a woman—but he didn't know it. The Fukuoka, Japan, resident busted the squatter after noticing food disappearing from his kitchen and setting up a hidden camera, Reuters reports. He called police after the camera sent his phone pictures of the woman eating. Cops discovered a mattress and water bottles in an unused closet where she had apparently been living for months. More »

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      Japan  • police  • homeless  • hidden camera

    • 4 Japanese Gangsters Get UCLA Liver Transplants

      Los Angeles Times  |  May 30, 08 4:21 AM CDT

      4 Japanese Gangsters Get UCLA Liver Transplants

      (Newser) - Four Yakuza gangsters, including one of Japan's most powerful crime bosses, had liver transplants at UCLA Medical Center between 2000 and 2004, the Los Angeles Times reports. Organs were particularly scarce in those years, with over 100 people on the waiting list dying each year. There is no indication that the hospital or the surgeon were aware of their patients' underworld connections. More »

    • Newest MLB Division: AL Pacific?

      ESPN  |  May 25, 08 3:33 PM CDT

      Newest MLB Division: AL Pacific?

      (Newser) - With the help of modern air travel, Major League Baseball should seriously consider expanding across the Pacific, writes Jim Caple for ESPN. Such a move could be both profitable and intriguing, and keep Japan from hemorrhaging its best talent. Though, as Red Sox manager Terry Francona points out, "Saying it would be fun and making it work are two different things." More »

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      MLB  • baseball  • Japan  • National League  • American League  • expansion

    • Honda Sells 60 Millionth Super Cub

      Wired  |  May 24, 08 4:23 PM CDT

      Honda Sells 60 Millionth Super Cub

      (Newser) - Honda’s Super Cub motorcycle may look mundane, but it's also the best-selling motorized vehicle in history, Wired reports. In fact, Honda recently sold its 60 millionth. The Cub first put Honda on the map by making motorcycles safe for suburbanites. But the ultra-dependable little bike isn’t available in the US anymore; it was discontinued back in the 1980s. More »

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      Japan  • auto industry  • Honda  • motorcycle  • Japanese auto industry

    • Polly Wanna Get Home: Here's My Address

      BBC  |  May 23, 08 4:11 AM CDT

      Polly Wanna Get Home: Here's My Address

      (Newser) - A vet in Japan was stumped on how to reunite a lost parrot with its owners—until the brainy bird told him his address and his owner's name. The well-trained African gray has been safely reunited with his human family, the BBC reports. The bird kept mum in police custody but got chatty when it was sent to an animal clinic, calling out greetings and even belting out a few hit tunes. More »

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      Japan  • pets  • birds  • African gray parrot  • parrot

    • Hello, China: Meet Japan's New Envoy

      Associated Press  |  May 19, 08 8:00 PM CDT

      Hello, China: Meet Japan's New Envoy

      (Newser) - Hello Kitty has been tapped as Japan’s cultural envoy to China, the AP reports. Japan’s ministry of tourism chose the über-popular icon to represent the country in its drive to attract 10 million annual visitors to the islands. Last year, tourists from China and Hong Kong made up 16.5% of Japan's 8.35 million overseas visitors. More »

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      China  • Japan  • tourism  • Hong Kong  • pop culture  • Hello Kitty  • envoy

    • Japan's Arcades Fall Before Mighty Wii

      Reuters  |  May 19, 08 4:00 PM CDT

      Japan's Arcades Fall Before Mighty Wii

      (Newser) - Japan’s arcades are in trouble, Reuters reports. For years, they’ve been immune to the ravages plaguing arcades elsewhere, but the $6.9 billion industry has met its match in the Nintendo Wii. A new generation of game consoles, coupled with an explosion of high-end TVs, has made the arcade experience easy to recreate at home—leading to big store closings at major chains. More »

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      Japan  • video game  • Nintendo Wii  • video game console  • arcade games

    • Okinawa Marine Gets 4 Years for Teen Sex Abuse

      Reuters  |  May 16, 08 8:40 AM CDT

      Okinawa Marine Gets 4 Years for Teen Sex Abuse

      (Newser) - The US marine accused of raping a 14-year-old Japanese girl was sentenced by court martial today to four years in prison, after pleading guilty to abusive sexual conduct, Reuters reports. The other charges against 38-year-old Sgt. Tyrone Hadnott, including rape and kidnapping, were dropped. With his plea deal, Hadnott will serve only three of the four years. He was dishonorably discharged.   More »

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      Japan  • US military  • Okinawa  • child rape  • military law  • court martial  • Tyrone Hadnott

    • Is This Man the Next Dice-K?

      ESPN  |  May 14, 08 12:52 PM CDT

      Is This Man the Next Dice-K?

      (Newser) - Japan's best pitcher is a towering 21-year-old named Yu Darvish, and the biggest question about his career is not if he will come to the US, but when, writes ESPN. With Japanese baseball strides ahead of the American institution in terms of commercialism, his team may well offer him up before his free agency—but is that good for Japan? More »

    • Machines Join Japanese Anti-Smoking Effort

      Reuters  |  May 12, 08 4:25 PM CDT

      Machines Join Japanese Anti-Smoking Effort

      (Newser) - New face-scanning software may help Japanese vending machines decide who can buy cigarettes and who can't, Reuters reports. The system would look for wrinkles and saggy skin to identify customers over the legal smoking age of 20. As of July, vendors are on the hook for checking ID, and the new technology  may stop teen smokers from using friends' proof of age. More »

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      Japan  • cigarettes  • aging  • vending machine  • wrinkles  • teen smoking  • facial recognition technology

    • Japan Balks at $1M Panda Price Tag

      Wall Street Journal  |  May 9, 08 9:40 AM CDT

      Japan Balks at $1M Panda Price Tag

      (Newser) - Hu Jintao is making the first visit to Japan by a Chinese president in 10 years, and he's looking to solidify the newly amicable relationship with an offering of two giant pandas. But the rare animals aren't a gift, exactly: they're a loan, and they come at a yearly cost of $1 million apiece. The high price has forced the panda-loving Japanese to rethink the offer, writes the Wall Street Journal . More »

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      China  • Japan  • Hu Jintao  • panda

    • Marine Guilty of Sex 'Misconduct' in Hiroshima

      CNN  |  May 9, 08 5:23 AM CDT

      Marine Guilty of Sex 'Misconduct' in Hiroshima

      (Newser) - A US Marine was convicted of "wrongful sexual misconduct" with a 19-year-old Japanese woman, but was acquitted of the more serious charge of rape, reports CNN. The Marine, 20, is one of four accused of attacking the woman in Hiroshima. The case was heard by an American military court amid mounting anger over the US military presence in Japan after Japanese authorities decided not to press charges. More »

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      Japan  • rape  • US Marine Corps  • Hiroshima

    • Chinese Prez Back in Tokyo After Decade Without Visit

      BBC  |  May 6, 08 2:46 PM CDT

      Chinese Prez Back in Tokyo After Decade Without Visit

      (Newser) - Chinese President Hu Jintao today began a five-day trip to Japan, where he is expected to discuss a new panda for a popular zoo—and play ping-pong with Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, the BBC reports. The visit is the first by a Chinese president in a decade, and patching up relations after a rocky period will be the main theme. More »

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      China  • Japan  • Hu Jintao  • Yasuo Fukuda

    • In Japan, Elders Outnumber Kids

      Washington Post  |  May 6, 08 1:16 PM CDT

      In Japan, Elders Outnumber Kids

      (Newser) - Monday was Children’s Day in Japan, but the holiday has a bitter irony in a land where the number of children has been waning for 27 years. Kids account for only 13.5% of Japan’s population, while the elderly make up 22%, the Washington Post reports. More »

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      Japan  • children  • elderly  • demographics  • population  • birth rate

    • Japanese Fight Over Detoxed Delicacy

      New York Times  |  May 4, 08 7:14 AM CDT

      Japanese Fight Over Detoxed Delicacy

      (Newser) - One of Japan's prized delicacies is having an identity crisis: fugu, the pricey puffer fish that's poisonous unless prepared correctly, now has a farmed cousin that's harmless, the New York Times reports. But gourmands looking forward to eating fugu liver—the most delicious and potentially deadly part of the fish—are being thwarted by the fugu industry, which is fighting to keep a ban on the livers, even from detoxed variety. More »

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      Japan  • food  • fish  • poison  • ban  • delicacy  • fugu

    • World's Best Whiskey Comes From... Japan?

      Times (UK)  |  May 2, 08 8:56 PM CDT

      World's Best Whiskey Comes From... Japan?

      (Newser) - For years, Japanese whiskey has struggled for respect and praise; now, it’s on top of the world. A brand called "Yoichi 20 years old" has been voted the best whiskey in the world by Whiskey Magazine , the industry’s main publication. No non-Scottish spirit has ever won before, the Times of London reports, but judges fell for Yoichi’s “explosive aroma” and “amazing mix of big smoke and sweet blackcurrant.” More »

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      Japan  • alcohol  • liquor  • whiskey  • spirits

  • April 2008

    • Japan Rebuilds Economic Walls

      Wall Street Journal  |  Apr 30, 08 1:30 PM CDT

      Japan Rebuilds Economic Walls

      (Newser) - Once, Japan was one of the world’s most closed economies, with near-impregnable barriers guarding against foreign investors. It's moving back in that direction, the Wall Street Journal reports. Companies are buying stakes in each other to complicate international takeover bids, and resurrecting the “poison pill” strategy America pioneered in the 1980s. The government, meanwhile, is barring foreign investment in key industries. More »

    • Japan's Oldest Giant Panda Dies

      Associated Press  |  Apr 30, 08 9:00 AM CDT

      Japan's Oldest Giant Panda Dies

      (Newser) - Ling Ling, the undisputed star of the Tokyo Zoo and a symbol of friendship between Japan and China, died today of heart failure, the AP reports. At 22—the equivalent of 70 human years—the giant panda was Japan’s oldest, and the fifth-oldest in the world. Ling Ling had been eating poorly since August, suffering from kidney and heart problems. He'd been withdrawn from public view just one day when he was found dead. More »

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      China  • Japan  • zoo  • panda

    • Torch Relay Fires Up Thousands in Japan

      BBC  |  Apr 25, 08 8:04 PM CDT

      Torch Relay Fires Up Thousands in Japan

      (Newser) - A pro-China crowd peppered with protesters welcomed the Olympic torch relay in Japan today, BBC reports. Japan's national baseball manager kicked off the run in Nagano with 40 riot cops on each side, mostly blocking the view of thousands of onlookers. Cops nabbed one protester for trying to grab the torch and made two arrests, BBC reports. More »

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      China  • Japan  • Tibet  • Olympic torch  • Olympic protests

    • US Charges Marine With Okinawa Rape

      CNN  |  Apr 25, 08 9:32 AM CDT

      US Charges Marine With Okinawa Rape

      (Newser) - The US military has charged a Marine with rape of a child, adultery, and kidnapping after an assault on a 14-year-old girl in Okinawa, CNN reports. Japanese officials had released the Marine earlier this year after the girl, apparently not wanting to be in the public eye, dropped the allegations. But US officials investigated for violations of the military justice code. The incident has infuriated residents of Okinawa. More »

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      Japan  • US military  • Okinawa  • child rape  • military law  • court martial  • Tyrone Hadnott

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