NEWS QUAKE TOKYO A strong earthquake hit central Japan, rattling buildings in Tokyo, the capital. Japan’s Meteorological Agency estimated the quake at a magnitude of 6.6. It occured at 0808 GMT Sunday March 14. 2010, just off the eastern coast of Fukushima Prefecture in central Japan. The depth was about 25 miles or 40 kilometers. The 6.6 quake could be felt in central Tokyo, where it swayed large buildings.
Japan Defeat Denmark 3-1 Highlights
Japan earn a comfortable win over Group E rivals Denmark to set up a tie with Paraguay in the last 16 of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Keisuke Honda and Yasuhito Endo scored from 2 stunning free kicks as Japan won the game 3-1.
March 14 2010 Strong Earthquake Rocks Japan
Anti Whaling Activist Arrested Japan
Anti Whaling Activist Arrested Japan
Marriage Guidance in Japan
Marriage Guidance in Japan
Oscars: Dolphin Movie “the Cove” Wins Best Documentary
From ABC NEWS
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – “The Cove,” which chronicles the grisly business of dolphin hunting in Japan, on Sunday won the Oscar for best feature documentary.
The triumph of “The Cove,” among the best reviewed films of the year but relatively unpopular with U.S. audiences due to its disturbing subject matter, came days after its distributor announced the film would open in theaters across Japan for the first time later this year.
Japanese Sexy Samurai Waitresses
It’s service with a sword in Tokyo – and the girls are queuing up to be samurai waitresses..
1.2m Tsunami hits Japan
Tsunami have reached Japan’s coastal areas along the Pacific from Hokkaido to southern regions, measuring up to 1.20 meters high, following the magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Chile on Saturday.
Pacific Damage Small From Tsunami
The first tsunami from Chile has reached Japan, and Hawaii and other Pacific areas have been spared any significant damage.
Tsunami Hits Hawaii
Tsunami Hits Hawaii
The Tsunami generated by the 8.8 earthquake hit Chile forecast to hit Japan today hit Hawaii earlier on February 28th 2010, but as Dave Price reports, damage appeared to be minimal.
Japan Tsunami Alert
A report issued by N H K on Feb 28th 2010 warning of the imminent threat of an Tsunami on the Pacific coast of Japan.
Tsunami Alert in Japan
A Tsunami alert has been put in place in Japan as the displacement from the Chile earthquake reaches the Japan coast. The tsunami is due to hit Japan on Febuary 28th at between 1pm and 4pm JST. Residents of coastal area have been advised to move to higher ground. NHK has warned of waves between 1m and 3m all along the Pacific coast of mainland Japan and Okinawa.
Goldman Sachs ‘predicts’ Japan next to collapse
Goldman Sachs ‘predicts’ Japan next to collapse
Troubles down the Toilet
In the Mantokuji “divorce temple” of Ota City, Japan, visitors flush all of the bad karma from their lives down the toilet, literally.
7.0 earthquake strikes off Okinawa
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Japan’s Ryukyu Islands early Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
Soon after the 5:31 a.m. (3:31 p.m. Friday ET) quake, Japan’s Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami advisory, recommending that people on the Okinawa Islands evacuate from the seashore.
Japan’s Miki Ando a Favorite for Olympic Medal
Miki Ando is a Japanese figure skater who started to skate at the age of nine. She is the only female skater to have landed a quadruple jump in competition and was the 2007 world champion.
¥10,000 Ramen Noodles
Would you pay $100 or ¥10000 for a bowl of noodles? Well some people do at this upmarket noodle shop in Japan.
Enjoy your lunch.
Olympic Snowboarder’s Fashion Style Upsets Japanese
Japanese Olympic snowboarder Kazuhiro Kokubo is creating buzz off the slopes by wearing baggy trousers and having his hair in dreadlocks. The Japanese Olympic Committee were so outraged by the snowboarder’s fashion sense that they left him out of the opening parade as a punishment.
Japanese zoo trains staff to catch a runaway ‘tiger’
A Japanese zoo has run its bi-annual safety drill to train its staff for the possibility of an escaped animal.
Interview with Beckii Cruel
An Interview with English you-tuber Becki Cruel who was in Japan last week promoting her new DVD…
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