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Tag Archives: japan

meltdown

One of the reactors in Japan has a huge crack down the side of it and radiation was reported in Glasgow. There is 10 times more nuclear fuel at the flood damaged site than there was at Chernobyl. Six reactors, seven fuel pools and a storage tank total almost 2,000 tons of nuclear material. The [...]

Japan

After watching this video I expected to see water gushing around outside:

if ww2 was declared on facebook

someone clearly put a lot of time into this:

#1 – Most Discussed (Today) – Japan

I have been keeping an eye on this video, it got 250k views in the last day or so. It is very popular in Japan Honours for this video (63) #1 – Most Discussed (Today) – Japan #1 – Most Discussed (Today) – Sport – Japan #2 – Most Discussed (This Week) – Japan #1 [...]

seppuku

Some research on the Japanese approach to dealing with life and death: Seppuku was a key part of bushido, the code of the samurai warriors; it was used by warriors to avoid falling into enemy hands, and to attenuate shame and avoid possible torture. Samurai could also be ordered by their daimyo (feudal lords) to [...]

guinness dancing man

The star of one of Guinness’s most famous TV ads was excluded from last week’s celebrations marking the 250th anniversary of the stout. Joe McKinney, who is known to millions as the “dancing man” from the ad which ran from 1994 to 1996, was snubbed by Diageo bosses in the Arthur’s Day celebrations. More than [...]

bad sushi makes you crazy

Irish people are 50 times more likely to develop depression than populations like Japan where seafood consumption is high, a leading professor of human nutrition and brain function has said http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0217/breaking31.htm I know the lack of decent octopus its making me depressed.

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