Archive for 2009

Roof orbs provide free lighting

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Mitsubishi Ki-15 New Year’s Cards

A old New Year’s Card celebrating the 1937 flight of the Mitsubishi Ki-15 “Kamikaze“:

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Yakuza give gifts to local children

The friendly members of Japan’s biggest yakuza gang held an event the other day in which they handed out gifts to children:

Investigation sources revealed to the Mainichi on Tuesday that gifts of up to 30,000 yen were given to children during an annual mochi (rice cake) making event at the Yamaguchi-gumi headquarters in Kobe’s Nada Ward the day before.

The cash was handed out in two types of small envelopes in the names of “Tsukasa” or “Takayama,” apparently representing gang boss Kenichi Shinoda (also known as Shinobu Tsukasa) and junior leader Kiyoshi Takayama, respectively. It is not known how many children received the cash handouts, accompanied by snacks and toys.

Hyogo Prefectural Police suspect that the move was aimed at publicizing the gang’s current leadership system and appeasing local residents ahead of the release of Shinoda, who is currently serving a prison term for weapons violations.

I could not find any pictures and videos of the event, so I’ll just post this classic Benjamin Fulford clip instead, in which the wacky conspiracy theorist tells us about how the Yamaguchi-gumi is trying to kill him:

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The Hatoyamas visit India

Here’s a FTV news video of the Hatoyamas visiting the site of the Mumbai terror attack, where they left a message of “yu-ai.” The second half of the video shows the First Lady wearing a sari as she sings songs with students at a Japanese language school:

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