<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : japan : XML WIDGET</title><link>http://www.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><link><id>35108</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/35108/1/</url><title><![CDATA[The Grave of Jesus Christ - in Japan]]></title><description><![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.]]></description><comments>4</comments><score>107</score><crdate>9/9/2007 12:23:24 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-09-09T12:23:24+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>46628</id><url>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/46628/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Japan Gets Mint Green PSP]]></title><description><![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.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>84</score><crdate>1/9/2008 10:04:25 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-01-09T22:04:25+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>69215</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/69215/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Made Of Japan]]></title><description><![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...]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>135</score><crdate>7/18/2008 9:31:28 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-07-18T21:31:28+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>2450</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/2450/1/</url><title><![CDATA[How Demon Wife Became a Media Star And Other Tales of the 'Blook' in Japan]]></title><description><![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.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>38</score><crdate>10/8/2006 9:46:01 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-10-08T09:46:01+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>41617</id><url>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/41617/1/</url><title><![CDATA[8 Best Bizarre Bras from Triumph Japan]]></title><description><![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.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>173</score><crdate>11/14/2007 1:40:15 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-11-14T13:40:15+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>75804</id><url>http://www.plime.com/sex/l/75804/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Pornography, Rape and Sex Crimes in Japan]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Japan, pornography was almost absent until the 90s...now they are one of the largest consumers of weird porn. This research paper discusses how pornography has affected sex crimes in Japan.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>90</score><crdate>9/11/2008 4:24:59 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-09-11T16:24:59+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>124685</id><url>http://www.plime.com/world/l/124685/1/</url><title><![CDATA[To fight deflation, abolish cash. Could Japan make reality of &#8216;science fiction&#8217;?]]></title><description><![CDATA[With recovery elusive, a population doddering into old age and perhaps a decade of deflation in prospect, Japan may start mulling the most radical monetary policy of all &#8212; the abolition of cash.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>152</score><crdate>6/20/2009 9:38:07 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-06-20T09:38:07+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>104709</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/104709/1/</url><title><![CDATA[North Korea launches rocket over Japan]]></title><description><![CDATA[North Korea launched a rocket that passed over Japan on Sunday, defying calls from world leaders to scrap a plan that has caused international alarm.<br/><br/>The Japanese government asked for an emergency session of the U.N. Security Council after the rocket flew over its territory.]]></description><comments>5</comments><score>222</score><crdate>4/5/2009 12:28:58 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-04-05T00:28:58+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>63758</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/63758/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Coke bottle's iconic shape wins trademark registration in Japan]]></title><description><![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.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>258</score><crdate>5/30/2008 5:06:43 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-30T17:06:43+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>135304</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/135304/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Japan aims to bury greenhouse gas emissions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Swathes of dirty clouds brood over a coal plant in rural Japan, but scientists are now hoping to send the pollutants the other way, deep into the bowels of Mother Earth.<br/><br/><i>No one seems to think this is a good idea</i>]]></description><comments>10</comments><score>450</score><crdate>11/1/2009 8:13:08 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-11-01T20:13:08+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>98881</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/98881/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Monster mummies of Japan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lurking the halls of Buddhist temples and museums across Japan are a host of monster mummies &#8212; the preserved remains of demons, mermaids, kappa, tengu, raij&#363;, and even human monks. Here are a few remarkable specimens for the adventurous and brave at heart.]]></description><comments>8</comments><score>358</score><crdate>3/10/2009 9:06:29 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-03-10T21:06:29+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>91958</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/91958/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Japan finds pot of gold, but it's not at the end of the rainbow]]></title><description><![CDATA[A sewage treatment facility in central Japan has recorded a higher gold yield from sludge than can be found at some of the world's best mines.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>168</score><crdate>1/31/2009 2:01:25 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-01-31T02:01:25+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>34631</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/34631/1/</url><title><![CDATA[10 Cute (and Addictive) Flash Games from Japan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here is a collection of simple but fun little puzzle games made in Japan]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>16</score><crdate>9/5/2007 4:10:04 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-09-05T16:10:04+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>57846</id><url>http://www.plime.com/world/l/57846/1/</url><title><![CDATA[On Sex and Flirting in Japan]]></title><description><![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>]]></description><comments>4</comments><score>7</score><crdate>4/10/2008 10:58:06 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-10T22:58:06+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>62521</id><url>http://www.plime.com/world/l/62521/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Hello Kitty to be appointed Japan tourism ambassador: report]]></title><description><![CDATA[Japan is appointing the feline cartoon character Hello Kitty as a goodwill tourism ambassador in China and Hong Kong.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>308</score><crdate>5/20/2008 10:00:20 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-20T10:00:20+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>43125</id><url>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/43125/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Top Ten Strange Santas from Japan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Santa Claus is a recent feature of Christmas in Japan and sometimes a few details get lost in translation. Sometimes a LOT does...]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>114</score><crdate>12/3/2007 7:27:17 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-12-03T07:27:17+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>105285</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/105285/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Japan Highways and Earthquakes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Japan has one of the most sophisticated urban infrastructure with modern engineering design.  But still its some time no match for mother nature&#8217;s wrath.  Here are some cool pics of devastated japanese roads after an earthquake.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>19</score><crdate>4/7/2009 8:53:30 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-04-07T08:53:30+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>121605</id><url>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/121605/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Now Japan has invented a robot that can cook you pancakes for breakfast ]]></title><description><![CDATA[We've already seen a robot that can dance, do household chores and even feel 'empathy' for humans. Now a robot in Japan has proven it can prepare and cook you pancakes.]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>220</score><crdate>6/10/2009 2:49:33 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-06-10T02:49:33+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>34217</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/34217/1/</url><title><![CDATA[10 Cute (and Addictive) Flash Games From Japan]]></title><description><![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!]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>20</score><crdate>9/3/2007 2:01:34 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-09-03T02:01:34+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>38218</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/38218/1/</url><title><![CDATA[85 million-year-old dinosaur skull found in Japan]]></title><description><![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.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>206</score><crdate>10/13/2007 10:12:16 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-10-13T10:12:16+01:00</atomdate></link></items></xml>