Japan News for December 09, 2006
Some news this morning:
-Families of Koreans who died while serving as part of the Japanese military during World War II are planning to sue the group that runs the Yasukuni Shrine. The families are demanding that memorial tablets of all Koreans be removed from the shrine.
-The Mobile Ojisan takes a look at wacky Christmas-themed USB devices!
-The behind-the-scenes story of the 50 right-wing sound trucks that gathered in Kobe last month.
-An interesting article on how Ken Watanabe prepared for his role as General Kuribayashi in “Letters from Iwo Jima.” Variety Magazine has also posted a review of “Letters.”
-Few Japanese internet users make use of RSS feeds, according to What Japan Thinks.
-Washington Post writer David Nakamura writes about his experience eating fugu in Japan, where chefs are specially trained serve the non-poisonous part of the blow fish.
-Hoping to get the memoir of your life as a Nova teacher published? Why not go the route many Japanese authors are taking, and self-publish?
-Is Sony forcing Blu-ray technology on gamers? Some think that the PS3 would be fine without a Blu-ray player, and much more reasonably priced.
-A Native American teenager has been indicted for the murder of a Japanese tourist earlier this year in Arizona.
-Can Japan make up for its declining population with increased productivity?
-Happy Birthday Crown Princess Masako!
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