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03 Feb 2010 10:38

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Biz: Toyota’s myriad car problems extend to another pedal

  • accelerator The car company just recalled a ton of vehicles due to a faulty accelerator which would get stuck. They’re in deep doo-doo.
  • brakes Now, Toyota’s getting reports of malfunctioning brakes on its Prius hybrid cars in Japan. Tokyo has pressured them to investigate. source
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26 Jan 2010 10:43

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Offbeat: In Japan, cats attack giant bears and win. Awesome!

  • We know that we post a lot of cat videos, but most of them don’t offer the awesome sight of a bear getting shamed by a freaking cat. See that? That’s bear shame. In Japanese. With Japanese captions which we won’t bother translating.
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25 Dec 2009 11:04

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World: Japan’s equivalent of Obama lays out a huge budget

  • ¥92.3 trillion for 2010; that’s a lot of ramen source
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10 Dec 2009 23:24

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Offbeat: Japanese Jigazo puzzle > American Jigsaw puzzle in every way

Who needs a stupid jumble of blocks that turn into a flower when you could potentially make this puzzle look like anything? Dear Tenyo: Ship us one. We’ll review it. source
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08 Dec 2009 09:59

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World: Looking to fend off recession, Japan pushes their own stimulus

  • $81 billion to help keep their economy afloat source
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07 Dec 2009 09:41

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World: A bunch of military brats get bored in Japan, hurt someone seriously

  • Hanging this rope up in the middle of a road sounds like a great idea! In Japan, four children of U.S. military were arrested for an August incident where they put a piece of rope on either side of a road, which then caused a major injury to someone on their motorbike. The four, who range in age from 15 to 18, were arrested and charged with attempted murder. source
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28 Nov 2009 09:00

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Tech: Not even Japanese consumers are willing to pay for tweets

The other day, word came out that Twitter’s Japanese counterpart might start charging for some tweets. Well, not so much. source
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23 Nov 2009 20:13

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Culture: Meet the sad, miserable face of anime’s popular decline ^_^

22-year-old Rie Otani spends long hours at low wages drawing anime characters for a market that doesn’t give a crap anymore. We never did. Sorry Rie. ^_^ source
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14 Nov 2009 08:40

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U.S., World: Protip: The way to Obama’s heart is through green tea ice cream

  • Yesterday, Obama brought his pan-Asian tour to Japan, where he talked about strengthening ties between the two countries, along with his love of green tea ice cream. One thing he didn’t do was throw up on the prime minister.source
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03 Sep 2009 20:37

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World: Japan’s new first lady is a little bit spacier than Michelle Obama

  • While my body was asleep, I think my soul rode on a triangular-shaped UFO and went to Venus. … It was a very beautiful place and it was really green.
  • Japanese first-lady-to-be Miyuki Hatoyama • Whose husband, Yukio Hatoyama, will be taking office as prime minister soon. Wow. Can we borrow some of this lady’s drugs? First ladies have never been this crazy (i.e. awesome) in the U.S. • source
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