Certain Victory: Images of World War II in the Japanese Media (Japan and the Modern World)
Club CDFreaks - Knowledge is Power (Free subscription) | yesterday
I previously posted a seller called smartimports for BD media - now I have found a new supplier who will give even lower prices and cheap EMS shipping (or airmail) from Japan. I discussed this post with him (his name is Chimei) and we thought that I should give the link to his Ebay store - where...
El33tonline (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The PSP finally knocked the DS off the number 1 spot on the Japanese hardware chart, thanks to the release of the PSPgo that is. But only if you look at combined sales because the DSi still triumphed as the best-selling console, although the PS3 was nipping at its heels this week. The PSPgo debuted quite strongly in Japan, selling 29 109 units in just one day. Combined with the 34 911 units...
El33tonline (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Sega’s Bayonetta debuted strongly on the Japanese software chart for the week ending the 1st of November. According to the latest Media Create figures the PS3 version entered the chart at number 1 with 135 000 copies while the Xbox 360 version was new at number 7 with 64 000 copies. Final Fantasy Gaiden: 4 Warriors of Light for the DS debuted at number 2 with 115 000 copies while...
rediff News (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Not wanting to annoy China, Japanese Prime Minister Yokio Hatoyama has politely refused to meet with the visiting Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama citing his "tight" schedule.
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
U.S. President Barack Obama will start his visit to Japan a day late to allow him to attend a memorial ceremony for the victims of Thursday's shooting at the Fort Hood military base, Japanese media said.
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Film News: Japanese distrib ramps up with 'District 9,' seeks AFM buys -- A newly recapitalized Gaga is back and buying movies.
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
A gunman in the Japanese city of Yokohama committed suicide after having shot and seriously injured three men in a money dispute on Friday, Japanese media said.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Japanese media say Tatsuya Ichihashi has visited several clinics for various facial surgery procedures to change his appearance The man accused of killing Lindsay Hawker, the British woman murdered in Japan in March 2007, has undergone several rounds of cosmetic surgery in an attempt to transform his appearance, the Japanese media has reported. Police said they had yet...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
The man accused of the murder of Lindsay Hawker, the British woman who was strangled and buried in a bath tub in a Tokyo apartment, underwent a string of cosmetic operations at separate clinics in what appears to have been a carefully planned effort to permanently change his appearance, Japanese media reported yesterday.
Japundit (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The parents of murder victim Lindsay Ann Hawker are reported to be dismayed by the news that the only murder suspect, Tatsuya Ichihashi, has had plastic surgery to change his face. Lindsay was murdered in Mar. '07 and the suspect was caught red-handed by the cops but managed to escape capture and as been on the run since. Japanese media have reported that Tatsuya Ichihashi, underwent...
Sify (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Toyota Motor Corp, the world's largest carmaker, is planning to quit Formula One racing, Japanese media reports said Wednesday.
SI.com (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
TOKYO (AP) -- Toyota's exit from Formula One racing is imminent, Japanese media reported Wednesday.
Japan Probe (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
The Japanese media is reporting today that suspected murderer Tatsuya Ichihashi has had some plastic surgery done to his face: Police also received information that a man who looks similar to Tatsuya Ichihashi, 30, had cosmetic surgery at a clinic in Nagoya, the sources said. Ichihashi is wanted for suspicion of abandoning the body of Lindsay [...]
Zell's Pinstripe Blog (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Last year, Hideki Matsui secretly wed a 25-year-old woman from Japan. Hideki held a press conference to announce it, but he wouldn’t release her name to the public. Instead, he held up a drawing of her rather than a photo. Have we finally discovered who this mystery woman is? Fans of his, and the Japanese media have [...]
The Independent (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
"Godzilla" hit the headlines across Japan today, but the news was all about baseballs, not buildings, being crushed after New York Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui was crowned the World Series' Most Valuable Player. Matsui, who earned the nickname thanks to his prodigious power with the bat, became the first Japanese player to win the award after the Yankees' 7-3 Game Six win over the Philadelphia...
