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Quote of the Day › Saturday 05th July, 04:53 AM JST
Australian journalist Charles Happell, talking about Kokichi Nishimura, the lone survivor of an infantry unit on Papua New Guinea in World War II. Nishimura swore…
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Quote of the Day › 03:14 AM JST - 4th July
Koichi Kaizawa, 60, an official at the Biratori Ainu Culture Preservation Association. In 1869, Tokyo set up the Hokkaido Colonization Board to encourage Japanese settlers…
Quote of the Day › 04:53 AM JST - 3rd July
Yuri Kato, an associate professor who teaches Russian and comparative literature at the University of Tsukuba, talking about how Japanese readers are beginning to embrace…
Quote of the Day › 03:05 AM JST - 2nd July
Journalist Takao Tokuoka, longing for better, simpler, bluffer, heartier times. (Shukan Bunshun)
Quote of the Day › 06:56 AM JST - 1st July
Gao Ping, a distinguished pianist and composer from the Sichuan capital of Chengdu, who collaborated with Japanese artists to give a charity concert in Tokyo…
Quote of the Day › 06:31 AM JST - 30th June
Kent Weed, executive producer of "I Survived a Japanese Game Show," saying that the most consistent themes in Japanese game shows are humiliation and embarrassment…
Quote of the Day › 05:32 AM JST - 29th June
Shinya Narusawa, chief researcher at Nishi-Harima Astronomical Observatory in western Japan. A project, led by Japanese astronomers, will bring together scientists from a dozen observatories…
Quote of the Day › 06:04 AM JST - 27th June
Akira Hashiuchi, author of “Tobacco is a gift from God,” reacting to chairman of the Nippon Foundation charity organization Yohei Sasakawa’s plan to increase cigarette…
Quote of the Day › 07:12 AM JST - 26th June
Akihito Kawamura, chairman of the CFJ KK labor union, criticizing the retirement plan offered to 1,350 Citigroup employees. The retirement offer comes as the subprime-hit…
Quote of the Day › 06:11 AM JST - 25th June
Sanrio manager Kazuo Tohmatsu, talking about new Hello Kitty products. New products include a Hello Kitty shaped digital camera and Hello Kitty USB drives. (CNN)