Special Report: US troops are stationed in Japan to protect the nation. But to sex workers in ...
Source: The independent
Kadena :: Japan | updated 2013-06-16 15:40:58 -0700 | travel-news
Touts stand idle beneath neon signs advertising soap-land brothels, where prostitutes lather male clients for money. A handful of men loiter to peer at the photos of women pasted on billboards outside, though few appear willing to part with Y15,000...
Business › Red Bull 330ml PET bottles pulled from shelves due to sell-by date snafu
Source: Japan Today
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-06-16 15:07:01 -0700 | entertainment-news
The 330ml PET bottle went on sale June 4 to commemorate Red Bull Live on the Road, a music contest running June 1 to July 20 that will allow the top five bands with the most votes to appear on...
Japan's ‘Science Women' Seek an Identity
Source: International Herald Tribune
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-06-16 14:53:45 -0700 | technology-news
When she meets people off campus, Junko Tsuchiyagaito, 23, does not usually let on that she studies chemistry at the graduate level. She does not deliberately withhold the information, but she does not volunteer it, either. Multimedia She said that...
Why Mistakes Aren't As Bad As You Think
Source: World of Psychology & Mental Health
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-06-16 14:34:20 -0700 | health-news
Accidentally pressed reply all to everyone in my company, offering sincere condolences to a co-worker who lost her mom three years ago, which spurred dozens of emails companywide on who died, and whether or not the company should send flowers...Wrote...
Quit post, Achuthanandan tells ...
Source: Qatar English Daily
Kōchi :: Japan | updated 2013-06-17 01:24:30 -0700 | political-news
Quit post, Achuthanandan tells Chandy Sunday, 16 June 2013 Kochi: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, facing heat over the links of his office staff with a woman arrested in a cheating case, got a further jolt with leader of opposition...
Scott Parel Wins Web.com Tour Title
Source: International Herald Tribune
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-06-16 18:58:14 -0700 | sports-news
Scott Parel won the Air Capital Classic on Sunday to become the fourth-oldest winner in Web.com Tour history, closing with a 7-under 64 for a three-stroke victory. The 48-year-old Parel finished at 18-under 266 at Crestview Country Club after opening...
Envisioning a new future
Source: Chinadaily
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-06-16 22:36:06 -0700 | business-news
Japanese firms view China as the big buyer of high-end cameras China is the world's largest buyer of high-end cameras, with the expanding middle-class population likely to fuel demand, said an executive from Canon Inc, the Japanese camera maker. "The...
Japanese brides remember their special day by getting themselves CLONED as 3D replica dolls - ...
Source: Mail Online UK
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-06-16 12:30:46 -0700 | technology-news
16 June 2013 63 shares 34 View comments For the Japanese, a wedding photo album is so pass. Instead, Tokyo's brides are purchasing 3D dolls which are exact replicas of themselves as they appear on their special day. The Clone...
Concert review: Tokyo String Quartet, Auckland Town Hall
Source: New Zealand Herald
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-06-16 10:48:27 -0700 | entertainment-news
Double retirement brings the end for a great ensemble Tokyo String Quartet's final Auckland concert drew a large, loyal audience to the Town Hall. The reward was superlative chamber music of a quality rarely savoured in our part of the...
Thrush relishing ABs experience after debut
Source: New Zealand Infotech Weekly
Ami :: Japan | updated 2013-06-16 10:05:53 -0700 | sports-news
Jeremy Thrush reckons his false start proved to be a blessing. The 28-year-old Wellingtonian became All Black No 1120 in Christchurch on Saturday night when he trotted on to AMI Stadium in the 68th minute. It was a test debut that seemed...
Marshall: All Blacks were close to perfection
Source: New Zealand Infotech Weekly
Ami :: Japan | updated 2013-06-16 10:05:52 -0700 | sports-news
I can pay it no greater compliment than to say it reminded me vividly of a very special test I was involved in back in 1996. There were similarities between the way we played to thrash the Wallabies 43-6 in...
Dagg regains flair, keeping faith with coach
Source: New Zealand Infotech Weekly
Ami :: Japan | updated 2013-06-16 10:05:42 -0700 | sports-news
Interrogating Steve Hansen about Israel Dagg's form can be an unpredictable affair. Since declaring Dagg as his top fullback for the opening two tests against France, All Blacks coach Hansen has steadfastly maintained criticism of the No 15 has been...
Thoughts of rice and Japanese men
Source: Japan Times
Niigata :: Japan | updated 2013-06-16 09:19:36 -0700 | allnews
At such sports events, one or another of my brothers turn up at my place, hauling their boozy, hulking frames from the corner of some sports bar (Ueno, not Shibuya) and blubbering incoherently about how wonderful it is to be...
Thoughts of rice and Japanese men
Source: Japan Times
Niigata :: Japan | updated 2013-06-16 09:19:36 -0700 | allnews
At such sports events, one or another of my brothers turn up at my place, hauling their boozy, hulking frames from the corner of some sports bar (Ueno, not Shibuya) and blubbering incoherently about how wonderful it is to be...
Nuclear stance helps Shizuoka Gov. Kawakatsu win second term
Source: Japan Times
Shizuoka :: Japan | updated 2013-06-16 09:19:30 -0700 | political-news
Incumbent Heita Kawakatsu was re-elected as Shizuoka governor Sunday, defeating a candidate backed by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in a contest viewed as a prelude to next month's pivotal House of Councilors election. It was the third local election...
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