May 12th, 2008
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May 6th, 2008
Even though very few ethnic Japanese live in the Republic of Macedonia, many locals took part in the second annual celebration of Sakura - the festival of cherry blossoms in Macedonia's capital, Skopje. Organizers of the festivals included some prominent bloggers who recently started a collaborative blog, Japan@mk, and initiated spreading the word through the Macedonian blogosphere. 2 comments · »»
May 2nd, 2008
Japan's “temporary” gasoline tax of 25 yen per liter of gas, extended for over 30 years and funding some 5000 road construction programs, has been re-instated after a short-lived battle with the opposition, and people aren't happy about it. Bloggers describe their experiences trying to fill up at gas stations in the last day before the gas hike came back into effect on May 1st. 1 comment · »»
April 28th, 2008
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May 12th, 2008
Adamu blogs about his visit to a Shinto Shrine, Yasukuni Jinja, and Yushukan Museum. The Shrine is dedicated to Japan’s war dead while the museum displays the military history of modern Japan through World War II.
May 9th, 2008
Ben Ng notices that the Fujyoshi (female ontaku) sub-culture is on the rise in Japan.
Ampontan blogs about government and private sector's plan for meeting the demographic challenge.
Japan Observer comments on Chinese President Hu Jintao's 5-day visit to Japan.
May 7th, 2008
Lee from Tokyo Times posted photos of a huge Japanese style kite.
May 6th, 2008
Serkan at Tokyotronic reports on news that a common Web TV standard will be rolled out in Japan as early as next year. Companies involved in the move, such as Sony and Matsushita on the hardware side and acTVila on the Internet service provider side, are attempting to come to an agreement by next month.
Martin J Frid from Kurashi blogs about the Global Article 9 Conference to Abolish War. Here is the conference's opening anime and Nobel Peace Price winner Mairead Corrigan Maguire's speech.
May 5th, 2008
Serkantoto from Asiajin blogs a new webservice for ordering fashion online.
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Japan: Nagano red for Olympic torch relay
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Japan: Death Penalty Broadcast, 53 Years Later
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