They’re not all made in Japan, you know. The west may not mass produce RPGs, but the ones that do make it out tend to be refreshingly different. Here’s ten of the best, from the 1980s to the present day.
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Japan stocks up on Wall Street rise, dollar gains
The Associated Press – 16 Jan 2009 TOKYO (AP) – Japan stocks rose Friday, buoyed by overnight gains on Wall Street and the dollar's rise against the yen. The benchmark Nikkei 225 average rose 206.84 points, or 2.6 percent, to 8230.15. Dollar rises to lower 90 yen on expectations for US stimulus package+ TMCnet Japan’s Bonds Complete Weekly Advance on Deteriorating Economy Bloomberg CEP News – RTT News – TMCnet – TMCnet all 79 news articles |
A 54-year-old Japanese father was arrested after he tried to help his son pass an exam by impersonating the young man and taking the test for him, police said Thursday. The father, who was not named, put on glasses and straightened his hair to look more like the picture on his son’s identity card, said Masaaki Nakamori, a police official said.
What makes the men behind Solid Snake and the Yakuza games so pessimistic about Japan’s games business?
No one in their right mind thinks the United States could fall victim to a Japanese-like lost decade. After all, the argument goes, US policymakers have the advantage of knowing what their counterparts in Japan did wrong.
One of my favorite Japanese comedians is Ken Shimura (志村けん) who does a hilarious annual samurai era themed show on Fuji TV every year. What’s brilliant about Shimura is that you don’t have to speak a word of Japanese to follow his very physical humor — in many ways his visual comedy reminds me of modern day Charlie Chaplin.
Japan’s ageing population is trying to eat itself young with the latest trend in wrinkle reduction: dining on collagen.
The Japanese government argues that it must regulate citizens’ lifestyles because it is paying their health costs. This highlights a danger of “universal healthcare.” Any government that attempts to guarantee healthcare must also control its costs. If America adopts universal healthcare, it could result in a “nanny state on steroids.”
If the Tesla Roadster just isn’t enough for you…not fast enough, not weird enough, and not expensive enough, then you should probably start looking out for Eliica’s. Just two of these Japanese peculio-mobiles currently exist, but the Eliica team is looking to get corporate sponsorship to produce 200 of them.
An anonymous reader writes “Verizon Wireless will forge a deal with Microsoft to include the software giant’s Live Search on its mobile phones, giving Microsoft a victory over rival Google and ending a months-long dance toward the partnership. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will announce the deal in his keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.” InfoWorld notes that Microsoft is rumored to be changing the name of its Live Search service to Kumo , which is Japanese for “cloud.”
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