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Japan: Manga Newspaper

Posted by Scilla Alecci on 04/03/2010

According to Anime News Network [en], Manga No Shimbun [ja] (), the first web newspaper that reports daily news in a manga format, will be soon available also in English, French and Korean.

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Japan: Blogging from a locked room

Posted by Scilla Alecci on 28/02/2010

What if you found yourself trapped in a room of your house with the door lock broken and few tools with you? This is what happened to Fumiko Fumio.Equipped with a camera and his faithful laptop the blogger diarized his adventure as he lived it. Asking advices on twitter (collected here) and reading ...

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Japan: Thoughts on Longevity

Posted by Tomomi Sasaki on 21/02/2010

As the most rapidly ageing country in the world in addition to having the highest life expectancy, Japan has a lot to think about concerning quality of life and a sustainable society. However, it's rare that one contemplates about it on a personal level. In Long Life is a Risk (), blogger Satona ...

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Japan: When forced confessions lead Justice astray

Posted by Scilla Alecci on 11/02/2010

he recent Ashikaga case [en] saw a man acquitted after serving 17 years in prison after being convicted of murdering a child because of inaccurate DNA tests. It has once again brought to light the problem of false confessions used by Japanese police.In the past, the methods adopted by Japanese cop ...

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Bakokos pod-shaped teahouse keeps dwellers cozy with compost

Posted by AditiJ on 11/02/2010

In the process where organic material is attacked by microbes in order to compost the material, a great amount of heat is lost to the environment. Wouldnt it be great if there were a method to capture all the heat and utilize it in a more...

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