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Cars lose cool factor with young Japanese (Detroit News)
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TOKYO — To get around the city, Yutaka Makino hops on his skateboard or rides commuter trains. Does he dream of the day when he has his own car? Not a chance.
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To get around Tokyo, Yutaka Makino hops on his skateboard or rides commuter trains. Does he dream of the day when he has his own car? Not a chance.
Ars Technica reports: Creative Commons, one of the most prominent organizations involved in the free culture movement, brought in big bucks through its latest fundraising campaign. The organization met its lofty $500,000 goal despite the current economic downturn.
A screen at the Health Organisation headquarters displaying a 1918 picture of victims of the Spanish Flu. A US-Japanese research team announced Monday it had isolated three genes that explain why the 1918 Spanish flu, believed to be the deadliest infectious disease in history, was so lethal.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A US-Japanese research team announced Monday it had isolated three genes that explain why the 1918 Spanish flu, believed to be the deadliest infectious disease in history, was so lethal.
HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA – November 4, 2008 – Tsubasacon, West Virginia’s first and only anime convention and Japanese culture festival, has announced that it will be returning to the Huntington Riverfront Ballroom and Conference Center on October 9-11, 2009 for its sixth annual convention.
A US-Japanese research team announced it had isolated three genes that explain why the 1918 Spanish flu, believed to be the deadliest infectious disease in history, was so lethal.
A banner on Kasga Publishing’s website has revealed that the Chinese-Japanese anime adaptation of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms novel classic has been re-scheduled for a Japanese broadcast next spring.
TOKYO — To get around the city, Yutaka Makino hops on his skateboard or rides commuter trains. Does he dream of the day when he has his own car? Not a chance.
Militant environmental campaigners said Monday they had prevented Japanese whalers harpooning any of the giant sea mammals for nine days by engaging them in a 1,000 nautical mile high seas pursuit.