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Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:29 am Post subject:
bmwracer wrote:
http://www.latimes.com/sports/printedition/la-sp-crowe21jan21,1,613132.column?coll=la-headlines-pe-sports&ctrack=7&cset=true
From the Los Angeles Times
CROWE'S NEST
Former Bruin is now Japan's J.R. Sakuragi
Henderson, who played on UCLA's 1995 national team as a freshman, is a perennial all-star and a Japanese citizen.
Jerry Crowe
January 21, 2008
Interesting story. Thanks for posting, Beemer, good read.
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Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:59 am Post subject:
"Made in China" here we go again: (from Mainichi Shimbun)
Ten people have fallen ill after eating Chinese-made dumplings that were found to contain traces of an insecticide, it has been learned.
Five family members in Ichikawa, Chiba, were taken to hospital suffering from vomiting and diarrhea after they ate the dumplings, while another two women from Chiba and three family members from Takasago, Hyogo Prefecture, also reportedly ate the dumplings.
One of the family members from Ichikawa, a 5-year-old girl, was left unconscious in serious condition, while the other family members fell seriously ill after eating the dumplings, which were sold frozen through a consumer cooperative.
A survey by the Ichikawa public health center detected the insecticide methamidophos in the dumplings in levels that far exceeded normal standards. Police are investigating the incident, and are considering forming a case on suspicion of attempted murder.
Officials said a 47-year-old woman bought the dumplings in December last year, and cooked them for the other family members, aged between 5 and 18, on Jan. 22.
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Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:59 am Post subject:
gaijinmark wrote:
"Made in China" here we go again: (from Mainichi Shimbun)
Ten people have fallen ill after eating Chinese-made dumplings that were found to contain traces of an insecticide, it has been learned.
Five family members in Ichikawa, Chiba, were taken to hospital suffering from vomiting and diarrhea after they ate the dumplings, while another two women from Chiba and three family members from Takasago, Hyogo Prefecture, also reportedly ate the dumplings.
One of the family members from Ichikawa, a 5-year-old girl, was left unconscious in serious condition, while the other family members fell seriously ill after eating the dumplings, which were sold frozen through a consumer cooperative.
A survey by the Ichikawa public health center detected the insecticide methamidophos in the dumplings in levels that far exceeded normal standards. Police are investigating the incident, and are considering forming a case on suspicion of attempted murder.
Officials said a 47-year-old woman bought the dumplings in December last year, and cooked them for the other family members, aged between 5 and 18, on Jan. 22.
The same thing happened at the local Panda Express.
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Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 3:36 am Post subject:
This cracked me up:
From FUJITV News: Papers were sent to prosecutors against a 33-year-old man who illegally dumped about 1,000 pornographic videos in a vacant lot in Aichi Prefecture, after his wife told him to get rid of them.
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Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 3:43 am Post subject:
gaijinmark wrote:
This cracked me up:
From FUJITV News: Papers were sent to prosecutors against a 33-year-old man who illegally dumped about 1,000 pornographic videos in a vacant lot in Aichi Prefecture, after his wife told him to get rid of them.
Haha...if they guy was able to collect a THOUSAND pornoscopic videos while he was married...I'd say he had a good run while it lasted.
Game researcher ducks millions in royalties
Co-developer of multi-million seller 'Brain Age' gave royalty share to college construction efforts.
By Mike Smith
Ryuta Kawashima, the researcher behind Nintendo's Brain Age series of games for the DS portable system, would rather be working than enjoying $11 million in royalties he could have earned from his creations.
"Not a single yen has gone in my pocket," Dr. Kawashima told the AFP in a recent interview. Kawashima, whose likeness was heavily featured in the best-selling Brain Age games, is instantly recognizable to almost 12 million gamers worldwide.
Under the terms of his agreement with his employer, Tohoku University in Japan's north-east region, Kawashima was entitled to accept half the Brain Age royalties personally. Instead, he used the proceeds to help fund $6.5 million in construction projects on Tohoku's campus.
"My hobby is work," he said. "Everyone in my family is mad at me but I tell them that if they want money, go out and earn it." [LOL ]
Kawashima, who strictly monitors his teenage sons' gaming time, is currently working on a four-year project to study brain development in children. He's also cooperating with Toyota to develop a car designed to keep elderly drivers alert.
Japanese police on Monday arrested a U.S. Marine accused of raping a 14-year-old girl in southern Japan, but the suspect denied the allegation, police said.
Police took custody of Tyrone Luther Hadnott, 38, of Camp Courtney in Okinawa, an Okinawa police official said on condition of anonymity citing policy. Hadnott's hometown was not immediately available. He has not been charged.
In 1995, the rape of a schoolgirl in Okinawa by three American servicemen sparked large-scale protests. The three served prison terms of six and a half to seven years.
Officials of U.S. Forces in Japan could not immediately confirm the latest case. Under a mutual security pact, the United States has about 50,000 troops deployed around Japan. Most of them are based on Okinawa and tensions over potential accidents, land use and troop-related crimes are common.
The suspect, a Marine staff sergeant, is alleged to have offered to take the girl to her home on his motorbike on Sunday, but then took her to his house instead, another local police official told The Associated Press.
When the girl started crying, he said he would drive her home, but he is accused of then raping her in a car, the official said, also speaking on condition of anonymity in line with policy.
Hadnott told investigators he forced the girl down and kissed her, but that he did not rape her, the official said.
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