<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : Japan : ATOM 0.3</title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/</link><description>You can use this XML spec to create a desktop widget or other application (i.e. Flash visualization). Please share it with us in our forum and we'll link it here!</description><language>en-us</language></meta><items><entry><title><![CDATA[Japan Gets Mint Green PSP]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/46628/1/" /><id>46628</id><summary><![CDATA[Japan Gets Mint Green PSP]]></summary><issued>2008-01-09T22:04:25+01:00</issued><modified>2008-01-09T22:04:25+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Sony Japan announced today a new &quot;Mint Green&quot; PlayStation Portable to be released on February 28, 2008. It is expected to be favored by the heavily pursued female gaming demographic. This makes for the seventh PSP color released in Japan, and you just know there's someone oot there that already owns six.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Made Of Japan]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/69215/1/" /><id>69215</id><summary><![CDATA[Made Of Japan]]></summary><issued>2008-07-18T21:31:28+01:00</issued><modified>2008-07-18T21:31:28+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[No, not made <i>in</i> Japan. Made <i>of</i> Japan, or at least made of Japanese blogs.  The site taps into 150 blogs each hour, analyzes the colors and brings them together to make a shoe. What you can do then is to click on any of the elements of the shoe and see what it is and which blog it comes from.<br/><br/>Could be nsfw, you never know...]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[The Grave of Jesus Christ - in Japan]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/35108/1/" /><id>35108</id><summary><![CDATA[The Grave of Jesus Christ - in Japan]]></summary><issued>2007-09-09T12:23:24+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-09T12:23:24+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Harei village, Shingo, Japan, is said to be the grave of Jesus when he died in the village after escaping Roman persecutors in Golgotha, Israel. According to the myth, in Japan his job was as a carpenter and he made his own cross for the grave at the age of 107.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[How Demon Wife Became a Media Star And Other Tales of the 'Blook' in Japan]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/2450/1/" /><id>2450</id><summary><![CDATA[How Demon Wife Became a Media Star And Other Tales of the 'Blook' in Japan]]></summary><issued>2006-10-08T09:46:01+01:00</issued><modified>2006-10-08T09:46:01+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Blogs are even more popular in Japan than in the U.S. It may be that they represent an appealing outlet in a culture that discourages public self-expression. Japan produced 8.7 million blogs at the end of March, and the U.S. an estimated 12 million blogs -- making blogging far more popular in Japan, taking the countries' relative populations into account. An estimated 25 million Japanese -- more than a fifth of the population -- are believed to read blogs.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[10 Cute (and Addictive) Flash Games From Japan]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/34217/1/" /><id>34217</id><summary><![CDATA[10 Cute (and Addictive) Flash Games From Japan]]></summary><issued>2007-09-03T02:01:34+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-03T02:01:34+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The Japanese are probably the best when it comes to creating cute characters.Here is a collection of simple but fun little puzzle games made in Japan - of course, if you willing to kill a few hours!]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[85 million-year-old dinosaur skull found in Japan]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/38218/1/" /><id>38218</id><summary><![CDATA[85 million-year-old dinosaur skull found in Japan]]></summary><issued>2007-10-13T10:12:16+01:00</issued><modified>2007-10-13T10:12:16+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[An 85 million-year-old dinosaur skull has been found in southwestern Japan, one of the oldest discoveries of its kind in the country.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Blue roses to go on sale in Japan]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/49481/1/" /><id>49481</id><summary><![CDATA[Blue roses to go on sale in Japan]]></summary><issued>2008-02-05T08:49:57+01:00</issued><modified>2008-02-05T08:49:57+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Think that red roses are predictable? In Japan, gift-givers soon will also have the option of blue roses.<br/><br/>The Japanese company that created the world&#8217;s first genetically modified blue roses said today it will start selling them next year.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Japan Train Loaders]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/58953/1/" /><id>58953</id><summary><![CDATA[Japan Train Loaders]]></summary><issued>2008-04-19T08:44:57+01:00</issued><modified>2008-04-19T08:44:57+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Or sardine packers as they are known.<br/><br/>These people are fuggin' CRAZY!<br/><br/>Oh, and I'm damn glad I don't use the trains in Japan]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Sony to cut PS3 prices in Japan and offer new model ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/37772/1/" /><id>37772</id><summary><![CDATA[Sony to cut PS3 prices in Japan and offer new model ]]></summary><issued>2007-10-09T04:06:47+01:00</issued><modified>2007-10-09T04:06:47+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Sony Corp said on Tuesday it would cut the price of its PlayStation 3 game console with a 20 gigabyte hard disk drive by 10 percent in Japan and launch a new model, weighing on shares in rival Nintendo Co Ltd.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Australia pursuades Japan to cease hunting Humpback Whales]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/44953/1/" /><id>44953</id><summary><![CDATA[Australia pursuades Japan to cease hunting Humpback Whales]]></summary><issued>2007-12-21T06:18:32+01:00</issued><modified>2007-12-21T06:18:32+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Threats from Australia to take Japan to an international court over their plans to hunt and kill 50 <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humpback_Whale" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Humpback Whales</a> have resulted in a Japanese climb down.<br/><br/>This does not yet impact Japan's other whaling activities]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Satin Silver PLAYSTATION 3 For Japan]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/49542/1/" /><id>49542</id><summary><![CDATA[Satin Silver PLAYSTATION 3 For Japan]]></summary><issued>2008-02-05T20:11:20+01:00</issued><modified>2008-02-05T20:11:20+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[While gamers throughout the rest of the world get their PlayStation 3 in any color they wish, so long as it&#8217;s black, Japan will soon be receiving its third color variant.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Coffee Bukkake Man Arrested]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/43869/1/" /><id>43869</id><summary><![CDATA[Coffee Bukkake Man Arrested]]></summary><issued>2007-12-11T10:51:28+01:00</issued><modified>2007-12-11T10:51:28+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A man has been arrested in Numazu, Japan for assaulting 5 schoolgirls with coffee via drive-by spitting attacks. Complete with Japanese news report video and way cool anime graphics. Japan, y'know...]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Cash flows free at men's rooms in Japan]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/26965/1/" /><id>26965</id><summary><![CDATA[Cash flows free at men's rooms in Japan]]></summary><issued>2007-07-11T10:42:37+01:00</issued><modified>2007-07-11T10:42:37+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Packages containing 10,000 yen (40 pound) bills have been found this week in men's toilets at government offices throughout Japan, baffling officials as to why and who would do them such service.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Sony PSP Japan sales hit record high]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/37495/1/" /><id>37495</id><summary><![CDATA[Sony PSP Japan sales hit record high]]></summary><issued>2007-10-05T22:35:01+01:00</issued><modified>2007-10-05T22:35:01+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Sony said on Thursday it sold a record number of its PlayStation Portables (PSPs) in Japan in September as a slimmer and cheaper version of the handheld game machine helped drive demand.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[A banquet of Cannibalism from Japan]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/34123/1/" /><id>34123</id><summary><![CDATA[A banquet of Cannibalism from Japan]]></summary><issued>2007-09-02T05:04:32+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-02T05:04:32+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Japan has just invented another way of eating, where a &#8220;body&#8221; is made from food and placed on an operating table, much as though in a hospital. You can operate anyway and anywhere you want by cutting open the body and eating what you find inside. The body will actually bleed as you cut it and the intestines and organs inside are completely edible]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Japan Tobacco's Delightfully Disturbing 'Smoking Manners for Adults' Ads]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/45615/1/" /><id>45615</id><summary><![CDATA[Japan Tobacco's Delightfully Disturbing 'Smoking Manners for Adults' Ads]]></summary><issued>2007-12-31T10:50:13+01:00</issued><modified>2007-12-31T10:50:13+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Japan Tobacco (JT), like most cigarette companies today, is concerned about the image of smokers and smoking in modern society. In an effort to improve said image (but NOT discourage smoking, of course), the company commissioned a series of over 70 public service announcement style ads.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[8 Best Bizarre Bras from Triumph Japan]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/weird/l/41617/1/" /><id>41617</id><summary><![CDATA[8 Best Bizarre Bras from Triumph Japan]]></summary><issued>2007-11-14T13:40:15+01:00</issued><modified>2007-11-14T13:40:15+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Triumph International Japan, maker of bras, panties and other women's undergarments often goes over the top, as it were, to attract attention to their products and cleverly associate them with the latest popular cause.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Coke bottle's iconic shape wins trademark registration in Japan]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/63758/1/" /><id>63758</id><summary><![CDATA[Coke bottle's iconic shape wins trademark registration in Japan]]></summary><issued>2008-05-30T17:06:43+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-30T17:06:43+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The familiar curvaceous shape of the Coca-Cola bottle is now officially registered as a trademark in Japan - this nation's first such recognition of a three-dimensional bottle form devoid of any lettering.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[10 Cute (and Addictive) Flash Games from Japan]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/34631/1/" /><id>34631</id><summary><![CDATA[10 Cute (and Addictive) Flash Games from Japan]]></summary><issued>2007-09-05T16:10:04+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-05T16:10:04+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Here is a collection of simple but fun little puzzle games made in Japan]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[On Sex and Flirting in Japan]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/57846/1/" /><id>57846</id><summary><![CDATA[On Sex and Flirting in Japan]]></summary><issued>2008-04-10T22:58:06+01:00</issued><modified>2008-04-10T22:58:06+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[&quot;The slang term for a woman who lies completely still in bed is maguro (tuna) [...] In Japan that word has a very positive connotation. Tuna's an expensive delicacy.&quot;<br/><i>mildly NSFW</i>]]></content></entry></items></xml>