SJS thought he was going to give me a pass on this meme, but little did he know I had already been tagged by Mili with essentially the same meme. I was just ignoring her till now. “List eight habits or facts about yourself, then tag eight more people” Now
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Interesting turns
Finished with the meetings today and getting everything arranged for the exercise in pain next month in Korea. Talked to the S.O. today. I have never, ever , heard her talk so much about politics so much before. She even e-mailed me to tell me about LDP getting their ass
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In Japan. Today was voting for the upper house of the Diet. Just got off the phone with the S.O. I asked her who she voted for and she told me MINSHUTO. (Democratic Party of Japan). She said she wanted to do anything that would be opposed to the Abe
Continue readingThe word for today…….
Happy Sunday! Its time for this week’s Japanese lesson. The word for today is genpatsu. ????. Which is the newspapers way of abbreviating genshiryokuhatsudensho (???????-Atomic power plant. There is another word you should probably know too, shinsai (???-disaster. Bousai-????disaster prevention was the headline on the Asahi Shinbum today. Genpatsu shinsai
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I went into Tokyo yesterday. To Ebisu to be specific-but I took a little different way to get there than I normally do. Which gave a me a lot of time to observe and read the latest and greatest news from Nihon. <———————————————————————————-> To the very cute girl in the
Continue readingBad day in Nigata…….
This has been a weird summer. Rain, cool temps and typhoons and now earthquakes! 7 dead, over 700 wounded in a strong earth quake in Niigata prefecture near Kashiwazaki city: This video is from Niigata City. Prime Minister Abe was in Nagasaki and was rushed back to Tokyo by JASDF
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Japan has a new defense minister. Over here, telling the truth about some things is down right dangerous: TOKYO: Japan’s defense minister resigned Tuesday after suggesting the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 were inevitable, a comment that stirred up a storm of criticism in a country
Continue readingHardest working women in Japanese Baseball…..
The Beer Girls at the Tokyo Dome, of course. Fresh cold beer-quickly and efficiently delivered to you at your seat. H/T to Rob Pongi! Subscribe in a reader
Continue readingThey’re back……..
After a six year absence, having been driven from the playing field by the boys of Ray Kroc……The Whopper makes its return to Japan. The short clip focuses on the size of the Whopper, with the female reporter exclaiming that it is about as big as her face!(13 cm…). Subscribe
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After a six year absence, having been driven from the playing field by the boys of Ray Kroc……The Whopper makes its return to Japan. The short clip focuses on the size of the Whopper, with the female reporter exclaiming that it is about as big as her face!(13 cm…). Subscribe
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