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Free Distribution of iPad in One University in Japan

Icon Written by admin on 3rd Jun 2010 – JST(Asia/Tokyo)

 Nagoya Bunri University determined to give iPad away free to all of its new students, who enter its Department of Information and Multimedia in next April in order to put it to practical use in its lessons and then cultivate human resources who can active in information society. Its students [...]

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Japanese newspaper plus Twitter

Icon Written by admin on 27th May 2010 – JST(Asia/Tokyo)

 Most newspaper companies in the world are annoying decreases of ad revenue and circulation figure. Japanese newspaper companies are no exception. On May 7th, 2010, “Mainichi Newspaper Co., Ltd.”, one of them, announced that the company launches “MAINICHI RT”, daily paid paper for young adults, from June 1st, 2010. “MAINICHI [...]

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Flyby-night arranger

Icon Written by admin on 25th May 2010 – JST(Asia/Tokyo)

 The following column was inserted : Recently, nearby Mickey D’s and Yoshinoya, popular beef-over-rice-bowl chain, closed their shutters one after the other. After their closing, their advertising displays and so on were taken away immediately and were reduced to atoms. Those things were as if they skipped town.
 
 Mickey D’s which [...]

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Only Japanese has to pay a donation to visit the Lake District.

Icon Written by admin on 25th May 2010 – JST(Asia/Tokyo)

 Every year, 35,000 Japanese tourists visit the Lake District, which is known as the locale of “The Tale of Peter Rabbit”, in the middle of Britain. From now, each Japanese tourist has to pay a donation of starling pound 5 to visit there. Such an institution was determined by the [...]

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NRIAFRA succeeded in the full culture of eel.

Icon Written by admin on 25th May 2010 – JST(Asia/Tokyo)

 National Research Institute of Aquaculture, Fisheries Research Agency succeeded in the full culture of eel for the first time in the world. If the way of eel culture, which cultivates from its spawning to its glass eel, can be built up at a low price, it leads to supply the [...]

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A user ordered iPad via mail-order but received an air in a box.

Icon Written by admin on 18th May 2010 – JST(Asia/Tokyo)

 In Japan, there are many people who ordered iPad to mail-order companies in USA and received empties. JP Service begins to look into the matter. According to JP Service, its Tokyo International Branch, which handles international mails, has received plural claims, which receivers obtained empty boxes, from the middle of [...]

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Exchanging views with Old Boys

Icon Written by admin on 18th May 2010 – JST(Asia/Tokyo)

 On April 30th, 2010, Hanshin Tigers, professional baseball team in Japan, announced to sell its first official mobile phone from May 24th, 2010. This team has a lot of wildly enthusiastic fans, and then they can share some perceptions with several Old Boys of the team by using these phones [...]

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A dream comes true.

Icon Written by admin on 18th May 2010 – JST(Asia/Tokyo)

 ”Live out a dream in your boyhood!” The Isumi Railway had recruited some trainees of motorman. This is quite unique attempt. Because such trainees have to pay the expense and cost needed in order to receive the training by themselves. It is Japanese Yen 7,000,000 (US$ 77,777) per each. It [...]

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6.8 million yen and Garbage-Disposal Plant

Icon Written by admin on 13th May 2010 – JST(Asia/Tokyo)

 On April 28th, 2010, a male staff found the case, which contained Japanese Yen 6,800,000 (US$ 75,555), when he made the selection of garbage at garbage-disposal plant in Miyazaki-pref. The facility took around it to Nobeoka Police Station. The police station is searching for its owner.
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Reversal Mirror

Icon Written by admin on 13th May 2010 – JST(Asia/Tokyo)

 When we see our head shots, we sometimes feel they are different from those things in mirror. Because the image in mirror is left-right reversal one. If we use “Reversal Mirror”, we can see our actual faces. This article consists of two mirrors, which fit together at an angle of [...]

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