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Welcome to Japan Days. Some of my fondest memories are from my days in Japan, therefore I have started this website. Originally, I had most of this content on another site, but the theme of the content was inconsistent with the theme of that site. For that reason, and also because I am an incurable geek who loves to experiment with code, I decided to open Japan-Days.info, dedicated to my days in Japan.
The site is for anyone with an interest in Japan. Members of the US Armed Forces and their dependents who are either currently stationed, previously stationed, or about to be stationed in Japan, are very welcome here. The time that I spent there as a member of the USAF in the 1970's changed my life, and my hope is that any of you who have the opportunity to go there can find information in here that will enable you to better enjoy your tour in that wonderful, fascinating country. and that will help you to make the most of this great opportunity to experience a most amazing country and culture.
I hope that you enjoy the website, and please check back often as I add more content.
--Bob
Currently, the picture gallery from which the random pics are selected include photos that we took in 2005.
As I develop more of the site, I plan to add more pictures to the gallery, and I plan to enhance the function that dynamically builds the slideshow to select photos by category, with categories being defined and selected for content relevancy.
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- Live broadcast of solar eclipse planned
Yomiuri 2009-07-04 00:59:33![]("http://tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:fjXyI6bZt_qcNM:http://solar-center.stanford.edu/SID/images/eclipse.jpg")
The first total solar eclipse that can be seen from Japan in 46 years will occur on July 22. It will only be visible from such southern islands as Amami-Oshima, but efforts are under way to broadcast the celestial spectacle to other parts of the nation.
A total solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the sun and the Earth, blocking almost all of the sun from view. (Yomiuri) - 5 years sought for ex-Nova president
Yomiuri 2009-07-04 00:59:33![]("http://tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:hx1HvDjWBaP81M:http://www.japantimes.co.jp/images/photos2008/nn20080625a1a.jpg")
Prosecutors on Friday demanded five years' imprisonment for Nozomu Sahashi, the former president of the failed language school chain Nova Corp., for professional embezzlement involving misuse of the reserve funds of an employees' mutual aid organization.
According to the indictment, Sahashi, 57--acting in conspiracy with a 50-year-old Nova executive in charge of finance--had about 320 million yen transferred from the employee organization's funds to a bank account of a Nova affiliate in July 2007, so as to use the money to keep the firm afloat. (Yomiuri) - 8 firms eye fuel-cell car energy supply network
Yomiuri 2009-07-04 00:59:33![]("http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:XUNg-SqlX7tJpM:http://hho-hydrogen-energy.com/images/hydrogen_car.jpg")
Eight companies have agreed to launch a joint effort to develop equipment and facilities to supply hydrogen to fuel-cell vehicles, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.
Hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles are regarded as highly eco-friendly because they emit no carbon dioxide. The group aims to commercialize the supply of hydrogen to fuel battery-powered vehicles before 2015. (Yomiuri) - Knife law tough shuck for oysters
Japan Times 2009-07-02 23:22:18![]("http://www.japantimes.co.jp/images/photos2009/nn20090703a7a.jpg")
Be careful next time you're about to shuck a fresh oyster at a restaurant - you may be using a knife considered illegal under the Firearm and Sword Control Law. Possessing certain types of oyster knives will be punishable from Sunday, after the moratorium expires on a revision to the law that was implemented in January. (Japan Times) - Young adults turn to home sharing
Yomiuri 2009-07-02 23:22:18
Rather than forking out money to rent their own apartments, young people struggling during the economic downturn are increasingly moving in with friends or acquaintances as they try to make ends meet. Many of these young adults used to place priority on having a good time, but are now unemployed or working in low-paying jobs. They appear to be moving toward cheaper, shared accommodation, and with it, finding emotional support in these bleak times. (Yomiuri) - Japanese scientists to breed 'super tuna'
telegraph.co.uk 2009-07-02 23:38:47![]("http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01435/tuna2_1435047c.jpg")
Japanese scientists will have bred a new "super-tuna" within a decade that will be stronger, more resistant to disease and taste better than the bluefin presently in the oceans. Stocks of tuna have declined by as much as 90 per cent in some waters and the World Wildlife Fund has warned that the Atlantic bluefin will have been wiped out within three years unless radical measures are taken to protect stocks. (telegraph.co.uk)