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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...
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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,...
Read more → 05 Oct 2015
Posted by Riku Kawahara 
An image of Japanese microbiologist Satoshi Omura. Photo courtesy: www.satoshi-omura.info The Nobel committee honoured the professor emeritus of Kitasato University in Tokyo along with Irish-born researcher William Campbell and Tu Youyou of China who is the country's first ever medical laureate. The...
Read more → 05 Oct 2015
Posted by Hiroki Kitani 
A canister of Sivagus, which is sold online to refill bike tires. Photo courtesy: Japanese Ministry of Labor, Health and Welfare Known widely as “laughing gas”, N2O is being sold online, according to retail websites, for the purpose of pumping up bicycle tires, but some are using the inhalable...
Read more → 30 Sep 2015
Posted by Hiroki Kitani 
An image of an inter-city train in Indonesia. Photo courtesy: WMC The proposed high-speed line will connect the country's capitol, Jakarta, with Bandung, in a 140 kilometers stretch. China was selected over Japan because it provided $5 billion in loans without requiring a guarantee as well...
Read more → 25 Sep 2015
Posted by Hiroki Kitani 
An image of the Duck Boat, the amphibious vehicle, that collided with the bus in Seattle killing four students. Photo courtesy: Ride The Duck. An amphibious tour vehicle strayed into oncoming traffic and collided with a tour bus that was carrying a group of international students. The collision...
Read more → 15 Sep 2015
Posted by Hiroki Kitani 
Pokemon GO is set for a 2016 release date and will allow players to battle and trade with each other. Photo courtesy: The Pokemon Company On September 10, 2015, The Pokemon Company announced that Pokemon GO, a new and free game for iOS and Android devices, will be released next year. The new game...
Read more → 10 Sep 2015
Posted by Hiroki Kitani Overseas survivors of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki will have their medical expenses fully covered by the Japanese government. Photo courtesy: WMC On September 8, 2015 Japan's Supreme Court ruled that overseas survivors of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 should...
Read more → 08 Sep 2015
Posted by Hiroki Kitani 
Japanese rock band ONE OK ROCK will be performing live across North America while on tour until November 16th. Photo courtesy: WMC ONE OK ROCK originally formed in 2005 and the band has gaining in popularity ever since. It consists of four members with singer Takahiro Moriuchi, guitarist Toru Yamashita,...
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