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16 Dec 2015
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
A Japanese water spirit known as a "Kappa" as illustrated by Shigeru Mizuki. Image courtesy: Yōkai Daizukai On Monday, after a several weeks of battling injuries from a fall, Mizuki died at 93 years old. Mizuki was considered a specialist in telling stories that involved yokai, or Japanese...
Read more → 30 Nov 2015
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
Whalers from Japan will be hunting 333 minke whales this year. Photo courtesy: WMC In a statement, Hunt said that the Australian government doesn't accept that the hunt is being done for scientific research and that the International Whaling Commission’s Scientific Committee has raised questions...
Read more → 26 Nov 2015
Posted by Hiroki Kitani 
A photo taken at the 2012 Toronto Kohaku Utagassen show at the JCCC. Photo courtesy: Toronto Kohaku Utagassen “Kouhaku Utagassen” started in 1977. The singing contest includes both male and female singers who brings their voices to the stages in various styles. The event is one of the largest...
Read more → 19 Nov 2015
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
Washington Governor Jay Inslee, left, and City of Roanoke Mayor David Bowers, right, both invoked the Japanese-American Interment in light of the continuing refugee crisis in Syria. Photos courtesy: WMC “My neighbors were locked up by the federal government and sent to camps for years,” Inslee...
Read more → 19 Nov 2015
Posted by Hiroki Kitani 
A catfish could be the saviour of Japan's eel industry. Photo courtesy: Pixabay Associate professor Masahiko Ariji has developed a catfish that has the same taste as an eel in the wake of it being added to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources's Red List of Threatened...
Read more → 17 Nov 2015
Posted by Hiroki Kitani 
Shibuya ward in Tokyo is one of the first in Japan to have the certification that would allow same-sex couples the same rights as everyone else. Photo courtesy: WMC Hiroko Masuhara, 37, and Koyuki Higashi, 30, received the certification and became the first couple to register their partnership with...
Read more → 23 Oct 2015
Posted by Riku Kawahara 
The logo seen above was used during Tokyo's bid for the Olympics and could be a good template for designers in this new competition. Image courtesy: WMC The winning emblem will replace a design that was dropped in early September due to allegations of plagiarism against designer Kenjiro Sano. According...
Read more → 22 Oct 2015
Posted by Hiroki Kitani 
McDonald’s Japan will start serving three new ¥200 burgers and discontinue the Hiru Mac, or Lunch Mac meal, in late October. Photo courtesy: WMC With several year-on-year losses under their ever-shrinking belt, the fast food giant in Japan is making a bid to get more customers into their locations...
Read more → 20 Oct 2015
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
Justin Trudeau, pictured here, is the 23rd prime minster of Canada. Photo courtesy: Party website Last night, the Liberal party won a majority government with 184 seats. It was a stunning victory for the party that fell to just 34 sates in the 2011 election. In a speech following the win, Trudeau...
Read more → 16 Oct 2015
Posted by Riku Kawahara 
An image of the reactors at the Sendai Nuclear Power Plant. Photo courtesy: WMC Kyushu Electric Power Company said it restarted the No.2 reactor at the Sendai Nuclear Power Plant, located in Kagoshima prefecture, on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu. The two reactors were built in 1985 and 1986,...
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