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Learning how to make the most of middle age

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Learning how to make the most of middle age"

The woes of the minunderstood "Gaijin"

The Japan Times Online

Japan finds way to deal with excess rice: Make bread

As the Japanese increasingly turn away from rice, the longtime staple of their diet, baker Koichi Fukumori believes he has found a solution to boost the heavily subsidized crop: Turn it into bread.
Taipei Times - archives

Yahoo! News - As Japan goes grey, toymakers design dolls for the elderly

Yahoo! News - As Japan goes grey, toymakers design dolls for the elderly: "As Japan produces fewer children and more retirees, toymakers are designing new dolls designed not for the young but for the lonely elderly -- companions which can sleep next to them and offer caring words they may never hear otherwise."

Dekotora

Short for "Decorated Truck," a dekotora is a personally owned freight truck which is modified to look like the ugly love child of a tranformer and a 70's vegas casino.

Young Americans revel in Japanese pop culture

ARLINGTON, Virginia (AFP) - Judging from the colorful crowds at the "anime-con" event here, the Japanese pop cultural invasion of the United States is in full swing.
Yahoo! News - Young Americans revel in Japanese pop culture

Juergen Specht - Photographs - Documentation 1: Japanese Warning Signs

A great compilation of Japanese warning signs - might save you a lot of trouble next time you're in Japan.
Juergen Specht - Photographs - Documentation 1: Japanese Warning Signs

Disinfotainment: BlogTV Japan: The Social Life of Public Toilets

Disinfotainment: BlogTV Japan: The Social Life of Public Toilets: "hapless foreigners"

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

Guardian Unlimited Books | Extracts | Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

Book Recommendation - Haragei - The Unspoken Way - Silence in Japanese Business and Society

Haragei - precisely the ability of 'Nature' to express itself completely unhindered by the limitations of the five senses and the intellect - Karlfried Durckheim in "Hara, The Vital Center of Man"

Essential reading for understanding the Japanese psyche.

Japanese toilet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Japanese toilet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

TRENDS / Pop goes Japanese culture

TRENDS / Pop goes Japanese culture

King Penguins procession at Asahiyama Zoo

Yahoo! News - AFP Top Photos