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• Even chimps enjoy listening to good music

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Washington, November 30 (ANI): A female chimp with the ear for music has led researchers to believe that chimpanzees too enjoy a good tune.Kazuhide Hashiya of Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan, learned of the possibility at a zoological park with the help of Sakura, a seventeen-week-old female chimp.Hashiya, ...
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• Samurai of Kuroda granted a cybernetic upgrade

  
  Family Learning Center — Authority: 162
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• Samurai of Kuroda granted a cybernetic upgrade

  
  Hobbies Fun & entertainment - fun-entertainment.marc8.com — Authority: 165
  Looking for a techno spin on the traditional, the Samurai of Kuroda have become assimilated into robot territory. They dance, they drink, they wield a great spear and use it to skewer flesh when youre not looking -- probably. Look for the creations at IREX 2009 and then after at RoboSquare in Kyushu. read more
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• Pearl Harbor Fleet Goes Mountain-Climbing

  
  Today's History Lesson — Authority: 124
  I hope you all have had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  Ours was very good.  Our son, his wife, and their children came over, entertained us, and helped us eat enchiladas and all the trimmings.  I drank too much soda and ate too much, but all in all, a great day. As the food settles, I’m going to do something most of ...
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• Behind the Scenes Sumo

  
  Japundit - Published news — Authority: 493
  See what goes on before the main event as we cover a Sumo practice session up close and personal a day before the Kyushu Basho begins in Fukuoka
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• Couple Arrested Over Public Car Sex Show

  
  Sankaku Complex — Authority: 644
  An exhibitionist couple who invited the general public to watch them have sex in the back of a van have been arrested after bystanders reported a suspicious crowd clustered around their vehicle. The Fukuoka area couple, a 44-year-old unemployed man and a 33-year-old female chef, invited spectators by way of a local ...
  3 weeks ago

• Inaka: My Sweet Home (Part 1)

  
  Yokoso! JAPAN Travel Blog by The Visit Japan Campaign Supporters — Authority: 92
  Home is where you reminisce when you are far away and sing with sorrow By Saisei Muro (Japanese poet) How many of our savvy readers have heard of Iya, which is remote part of Tokushima Prefecture on Shikoku Island? Situated in the western part of Tokushima and nearly in the center of Shikoku, the Iya area is one of ...
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• Will I Believe…? Part 3

  
  Musings — Authority: 130
  Well, I’ve already posted about niggling annoyances with my new MacBook. So, to balance things up a bit, here’s part 3 of my series of posts on whether I’m falling in with the crowd of Apple Faithful – or not – and it at least includes a few things that I like about the MacBook. Very nice body and build ...
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• A Temple Stay in Koyasan, a Buddhism Sanctuary

  
  Yokoso! JAPAN Travel Blog by The Visit Japan Campaign Supporters — Authority: 92
  Koyasan, or Mount Koya (san means mountain in Japanese), has been a Buddhist sanctuary for over 1200 years. It was founded in 816 by Kukai, the founder of Buddhism’s Shingon sect. Long ago it was far and secluded, but it is now very accessible, and yet still held a mystic atmosphere when I visited it in September. ...
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• A plume from Sakura-jima

  
  The Volcanism Blog — Authority: 426
  Sakura-jima on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu is one of the most active volcanoes on earth: there is nearly always a current Volcanic Ash Advisory reporting explosions and emissions from its Minami-dake summit cone, which has been the focus of eruptive activity for about 5000 years. Sakura-jima sits in ...
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• Seventh Powerful Quake Hits Japan Region

  
  Fire Earth — Authority: 136
  Powerful Earthquake measuring up to 7.2 Mw Strikes  RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPANBackground:6th Strong Quake Strikes Near Ryukyu Isles, Japan6 to 8 more strong EQs may yet strike region 4th Powerful Quake Strikes Japan RegionEarthquake Forecast: Tokyo, JapanA powerful earthquake measuring up to 7.2 Mw occurred in Ryukyu ...
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• The Rusty Buildings of Makurazaki

  
  sleepytako — Authority: 112
  Makurazaki is a city of 24,000 on the southern edge of Kyushu . Its the terminus of the Ibuski-Makurazaki line of JR Kyushu, the most southern JR line in Japan. The station, pictured earlier , is tucked behind drug store and some cafes with only the smallest of signs giving direction . Only 6 trains leave from ...
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• Ships collide off southern Japan

  
  Recording — Authority: 164
  A Japanese navy destroyer and a commercial vessel collide near the southern main island of Kyushu.
  5 weeks ago

• Lost in Translation

  
  Musings — Authority: 130
  As part of the preparation for my upcoming staff-exchange trip to Japan in December this year, I’ve been translating about 30 hours worth of lecture material into, well, Japanese. The students I’ll be lecturing do know English, but – or so I’ve been advised – not with the same level of written and reading ...
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