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So Many Small Things Japan Should Be Proud Of
Offbeat  (tags: off-beat, funny, Japan, small, smallest, tiny, shortest, culture )

Naoko
- 142 days ago - japantimes.co.jp
Japan is a "small island nation," so we have the shortest escalator in the world, smallest nunber os teen birth in the industrialized world, fewest profanities, and the least chance of getting hit by a bullet.
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Abe Becomes Japan's PM With Focus On Economic Recovery
Offbeat  (tags: Japan, government, world, economic recovery, Shinzo Abe, LDP, Liberal Democratic Party, new prime minister, election )

Naoko
- 173 days ago - mainichi.jp
Shinzo Abe, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, became Japan's new prime minister on Wednesday, putting top priority on overcoming the prolonged economic slump.
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'Barefoot Gen' Author Dead at 73
Offbeat  (tags: world, war, Hiroshima, atomic bombing, died, Keiji Nakazawa, sufferings, story, comic, Hadashi no Gen, Barefoot Gen, anti-war, Japan, peace )

Naoko
- 173 days ago - japantimes.co.jp
HIROSHIMA - Keiji Nakazawa, author of "Hadashi no Gen" ("Barefoot Gen"), an iconic comic about the 1945 Hiroshima atomic bombing, has died of lung cancer at a hospotal in the city.
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Images From Cat Heaven
Offbeat  (tags: animals, environment, protection, cats, Japan )

Cher
- 195 days ago - halopets.com
Cat Heaven? That's what locals have named this island in Fukuoka, Japan. It certainly seems like it would be Heaven for the cats that wander freely through the streets, on the shores and throughout the island. The local fisherman feed the cats and
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50 Amazing Photos From Cat Heaven Island In Japan
Offbeat  (tags: animals, environment, pictures, photos, cats, Japan )

Cher
- 202 days ago - buzzfeed.com
Photographer Fubirai has spent the last five years documenting the lives of the semi-wild cats that roam the island in Fukuoka, Japan. The cats are fed by local fishermen and wander freely through the streets, boatyards,
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Hibakusha : Looking Directly At The Truth Of Nuclear Suffering
Offbeat  (tags: world, usa, war, Japan, Barack Obama, hibakusha, nuclear suffering, nuclear testing, Nobel Prize, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, burn, injured, sit-in, atomic bomb )

Naoko
- 231 days ago - mainichi.jp
Taniguchi remains furious that the United States has continued nuclear testing under President Barack Obama, a laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Telework Answers Rural And Disabled Needs
Offbeat  (tags: business, GoodNews, Entrepreneurs, work-life balance, disabioities, telework, disaster, rural, Japan, Skype, communication, e, employees, unusual, interesting )

Naoko
- 258 days ago - japantimes.co.jp
Disaster minigation and a better "work-life balance" for staff are not the only benefits of having employees working outside the office, an increasing range of companies are now coming to realize.
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77-Year-Old Japanese Man Asks US Mayor to Look for Items Lost in Tsunami
Offbeat  (tags: sad, tsunami, Japan, unusual, interesting, humans, off-beat )

Carrie
- 287 days ago - usnews.nbcnews.com
The mayor of a small Washington state city told The Daily World newspaper that he was surprised when he received a postcard from a 77-year-old man in Japan asking him to look out for items he lost in the tsunami a year and a half ago.
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Escaped Flamingo Avoids Capture, Outwits Zealous Zoo Workers
Offbeat  (tags: protection, wildlife, flamingo, Asahiyama Zoo, Hokkaido, Japan, escaped, risks, fear, concern, lake )

Naoko
- 297 days ago - yomiuri.co.jp
Staff in charge of animal breeding at the Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, are having many sleepless nights this summer due to concern for a greater flamingo that escaped from the zoo on July 18.
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Japan's Paralympians Overcome Adversity By Leaps, Bounds and Innovative Design
Offbeat  (tags: Paralympics, athletes, Japan, active, amputee, prostheics, running, sports )

Naoko
- 309 days ago - japantimes.co.jp
Indeed, amputee runners are a minority among minorities - especially in Japan. According to the health ministry, about 60,000 Japanese are missing at least part of their lower limbs, but probably fewer than 100 of them are active as athletes.
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Japan Anonymous Pick Up Litter to Protest Download Laws
Offbeat  (tags: government, laws, illegal downloads, Anonymous, hackers, protest, Japan, Tokyo )

Naoko
- 345 days ago - japantoday.com
TOKYO - About 80 masked people, calling themselves allies of the global hacker group Anonumous, picked up litter in Tokyo Saturday in novel protest against Japan's tougher laws against illegal downloads.
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Baby Dead 'for a Day' as Mother Chats on Internet Forums
Offbeat  (tags: crime, dead, baby boy, Internet chatting, neglect, Japan )

Naoko
- 352 days ago - japantoday.com
TOKYO - A woman whose baby boy lay dead for nearly a day while she chatted on Internet forums has been arrested in Japan, media and police said Friday.
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Man Cooks, Serves Own Genitals To 5 Paying Diners
Offbeat  (tags: bizarre, sexual minority, asexual, japan, genitals, cooked and served )

Naoko
- 386 days ago - japantoday.com
A Japanese artist cooked his own genitals and served them to five paying diners in Tokyo to cover the medical costs, in a bizarre act to raise awareness about sexual minorities.
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Tokyo Disney Resort Eases Rules on Same-Sex Weddings
Offbeat  (tags: Japan, Tokyo Disney Resort, gay couples, same-sex marriage, supporter, goodnews, freedoms )

Naoko
- 397 days ago - japantoday.com
Just days after U.S. President Barack Obama came out in favor of gay marriage, another supporter of same-sex unions has emerged in Japan : Mickey Mouse.
4 comments
Stray Parakeet Tells Tokyo Police Where He Lives
Offbeat  (tags: lost & found, home address, parakeet, Japan, Tokyo )

Naoko
- 411 days ago - japantoday.com
A pet parakeet was returned to its owner Wednesday after the lost bird told police its home address near Tokyo.
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