Japanese Court Rejects Defamation Lawsuit Against Nobel Laureate
Japanese Court Rejects Defamation Lawsuit Against Nobel Laureate
The Japanese court agreed with Kenzaburo Oe’s assertion that the Japanese military was deeply involved in the mass suicides of civilians in Okinawa at the end of World War II.

Finally, a ray of light on some of the Japanese human abuses during the '30s and '40s. picked by DerAlt1 5 months ago
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 Exorcism Case To Go To Supreme Court
Exorcism Case To Go To Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving a woman's claims that she suffered physical, emotional, and mental damage from a 2-day violent exorcism when she was 17. Texas state court gave the church a blank ticket to do whatever they want because it would be religious practices. picked by 2manyusernames 1 month ago
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 Japanese man arrested for abusing ferret
Japanese man arrested for abusing ferret
The unidentified Sagamihara man was prosecuted in Sagamihara Summary Court for posting the video of himself choking, hitting and generally abusing the ferret on an Internet message board picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago
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 Court to Starbucks: Return tip money  Starbucks to court: Hmmmm...no
Court to Starbucks: Return tip money Starbucks to court: Hmmmm...no
They are defying a court ruling and state that they will defend their stance in states other than California as well.
[update to this]
*Use of the Starbucks logo and name does not imply ownership by Plime. Please don't sue them. Or me...I have no money. picked by moe 5 months ago
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 Vaccine-Autism Link to be Debated in Court
Vaccine-Autism Link to be Debated in Court
The first of nine cases filed by parents who claim a mercury-based preservative in vaccines caused their child's autism will soon go to court. There has been no link proven between vaccines and autism, but if the court decides in their favor, affected children could benefit from a trust fund. picked by VooDooPeacock 1 year ago
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 Supposed  skeleton found dangling above Kokoda Track
Supposed skeleton found dangling above Kokoda Track
Australian, US and Japanese authorities are investigating the discovery of what is thought to be the skeleton of a World War II pilot along the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea. picked by ConeOfSilence 2 days ago
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 The World Whistling Champion - Video
The World Whistling Champion - Video
This guy is remarkable...only 19 years old...and world champ...at whistling...from Japan.

He's a second year student at Kansei University, Takumi Gima.

About 35 secs into the youtube clip, he takes off. picked by laowai 1 year ago
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 Japanese McDonalds Commercial
Japanese McDonalds Commercial [video]
The Japanese Version of Ronald seems a bit... sexy. picked by melgesevad 7 months ago
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 Recent Supreme Court Landmark Federal Sentencing Law Developments
Recent Supreme Court Landmark Federal Sentencing Law Developments
On December 10th the Supreme Court decided two companion cases that essentially hold that the Federal Sentencing guidelines really are just guidelines. In other words, the sentencing court, after giving them consideration, is free to disregard them and impose the sentence the court thinks is appropriate in a given case. To understand the significance of this development, here is a brief overview... read full post picked by bhartzer 9 months ago
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 Victim's MySpace page subpoenaed in lawsuit
Victim's MySpace page subpoenaed in lawsuit
A young woman’s life was changed in a split-second by a devastating car crash. Now her family wants to know why Chrysler lawyers issued the subpoena for a court order to get inside her MySpace world to see her personal blogs. picked by muppet 7 months ago
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 Japanese Smoking Manners Gallery
Japanese Smoking Manners Gallery
A collection of Japanese signs intended to improve people's manners about smoking. picked by ogri2003 1 year ago
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 Japanese Tetris Game
Japanese Tetris Game [video]
This is the funniest tetris game ever... Trust the Japanese to think of something like this... picked by Ankabout 1 year ago
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 Traveller given gift by Japanese customs officer
Traveller given gift by Japanese customs officer
In a bad case of It seemed like a good idea at the time syndrome, a Japanese customs officer decided that the way to test their sniffer dogs was to hide a bag of cannabis in a random passenger's luggage. picked by pocksucket 3 months ago
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 Japanese work out video.
Japanese work out video. [video]
"Is the taxi on its way?"

Great way to get abs AND learn English. Awesome byproduct of Japanese efficiency. picked by muppet 1 year ago
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 Made Of Japan
Made Of Japan
No, not made in Japan. Made of 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.

Could be nsfw, you never know... picked by BernardBlack 1 month ago
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 Japanese candy friday...
Japanese candy friday...
An entire blog about trying tasting and commenting on some of the Japanese sweets.
(oh.... toasted maffy, I must try!) picked by AtlantaDelta 7 months ago
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 How many yummies can YOU stack on your ani-pal??
How many yummies can YOU stack on your ani-pal?? [video]
Clip of a Japanese television show where the object is to stack as many nummy treats on your pet as possible without the stack falling OR being eaten.
Cute, funny, AND Japanese... the trifecta! picked by RowanGrey 6 months ago
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 10 Even Weirder and More Bizarre Japanese Soft Drinks
10 Even Weirder and More Bizarre Japanese Soft Drinks
What is it with Japan and weird drinks?

Our list comprises the bad, the even more bad and the downright ugly of Japanese Soft Drinks. picked by deepcleanfun 1 month ago
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 Japanese Set Record for Longest Concert
Japanese Set Record for Longest Concert
Japanese musicians overcame fatigue and a major earthquake to set the record for the world's longest concert on Saturday, playing 184 hours non-stop in a program that ranged from The Beatles' classics to Japanese traditional harp music. picked by suebe 1 year ago
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 Japanese Olympics
Japanese Olympics
One of the best picks from the Japanese Human Art game show. This time they are depicting the Olympic games. picked by davbob 8 months ago
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 No Sex Please, We're Married.  And Japanese.
No Sex Please, We're Married. And Japanese.
Doctors and anthropologists say that there are a number of reasons why the Japanese are giving up sex. I would hate to live in Japan. picked by gnikgnok 1 year ago
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