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wanderlust at 04:55 PM JST - 25th July

"Terrorism is not suspected in this case" is missing from the article. It usually appears everytime there is an explosion, fire, crash, disaster...

Posted in Explosion at Univ of Tokyo lab leaves man slightly injured at 04:55 PM JST - 25th July
wanderlust at 08:26 AM JST - 24th July

Now Japan should know how other countries feel when trying to find out what happened to their POWs. I should guess that there is little sympathy for them, a kind of poetic justice, but tinged with sadness that even their own people abandoned them.

Posted in Fresh records on Japanese detainees in Russian labor camps found at 08:26 AM JST - 24th July
wanderlust at 08:52 PM JST - 23rd July

Microsoft says Windows 7 is ready for PC companies

But are PC companies ready for Windows 7?

And what of the poor computer users who will inevitably have to go through another cycle of upgrades and fixes?

Microsoft said one reason Windows 7 should be an easier launch is that…

Posted in Microsoft says Windows 7 is ready for PC companies at 08:52 PM JST - 23rd July
wanderlust at 12:16 PM JST - 22nd July

between 1998 and 200 ,... represented ‘‘Women Against Silence,’’ a nongovernmental organization set up to help rape victims.

Why doesn't she start helping her own people first?

is expected to provide information about court proceedings to media

She could do with improving press coverage here too, though it might…

Posted in Japanese appointed as spokeswoman for Khmer Rouge tribunal at 12:16 PM JST - 22nd July
wanderlust at 11:15 AM JST - 22nd July

Kudos to the 4 witnesses, chasing after the thief, not knowing if he was armed, knife-carrying or not. Good example to the police there...

Posted in Eye-witnesses apprehend thief in Tokyo at 11:15 AM JST - 22nd July
wanderlust at 10:54 AM JST - 20th July

Wonder if they'll make their employees buy one, like they did with the rest of the products?

But you don't really need 200 teraflops to calculate fusion simulations, when three employees can do it in a metal bucket!

Posted in Fujitsu to build next-generation supercomputer at 10:54 AM JST - 20th July
wanderlust at 06:42 PM JST - 19th July

Last month it was Chiyonofuji's daughter, now it's Ichiro's niece. But not yet at the level of J-politics where more than 40% of Diet members are sons and daughters of Diet members.

Posted in Ichiro's niece makes celebrity debut at 06:42 PM JST - 19th July
wanderlust at 11:37 AM JST - 18th July

PhotoShop now has a NASA Plug-In?

Posted in New NASA photos show Apollo leftovers on the moon at 11:37 AM JST - 18th July
wanderlust at 11:31 AM JST - 18th July

Best Maquillageists????

What else!

Posted in Ebi-chan, Karina and Anna Tsuchiya in sexy line-up for Shiseido commercials at 11:31 AM JST - 18th July
wanderlust at 10:10 AM JST - 17th July

I wonder how they would rate their Quality of LIfe, not the Quantity?

Posted in Japanese women's lifespan longest in the world for 24th straight year at 10:10 AM JST - 17th July