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Dont blame Me...Thats the title for the post on "What Japan thinks"...Of course, the survey includes boyfriends as well...The real title for the survey is " moments when people realise as they have a dog they don’t need a partner." and was made by Goo Ranking

Demographics

Between the 18th and 21st of December 2009 1,077 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 51.0% of the sample were female, 8.7% in their teens, 15.3% in their twenties, 27.0% in their thirties, 27.8% in their forties, 11.9% in their fifties, and 9.3% aged sixty or older. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

Q: At what moments do you realise as you have a dog you don’t need a partner? (Sample size=1,077)

Japan Post Service Co. will issue a set of stamps "Local Government Law Enforcement Series 60 Anniversary of Nara Prefecture".

(1) Tadashi capital and cherry and Kemari Heij
Chinami year 1300, remains a symbol of the prosperity Heijo historic Nara Period (Youkyuuseki soldier) in Nara Prefecture and Nara prefectural flower Tadashi???the primary center of the building double cherry (and the cherry tree bearing was), and are designed and configured with a ball Kemari tradition dating from the Nara period.

* Has been designated as special national historic ruins Heijo. Also, being a UNESCO World Heritage Site "Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara" one of.
* Tadashi???First Emperor's reign, the central building of the Emperor??Heijo to the nation during the ceremony and New Year's. Restoration is currently under construction, 2010 to be completed.

(2) Moran and Hasedera
686 years for Tenmu beginning and that is enshrined in Oka, west of the copper phase diagram of the Tao Hokke Buddhist theory.
Two lanterns are hung on both sides of the aisle that every registration between approximately 7000 and the spring can be seen in the shares of the peony flower.

(3) Hall
light party hall and main hall of the hexagon is floating in a pond heron???of Nara Park, is illuminated at night. (lit up the hall, the year round, sunset to 22 pm)
Light party is a fantastic showcase event of the night lights of Nara.
Nara Park one area spread to seven of bloom lighting 20,000 candles more than beautiful.

(4) Japan's smallest outdoor pagoda pagoda standing Muro (National Treasure) (height 16m) is.
The 1998 Pacific typhoon season has been significantly damaged and is currently being repaired.

(5) Yoshino cherry
From early September through mid-April the cherry blossoms are said to be Kimasu 3 million.
Yoshino cherry is closely tied to religion and mountains, has been protected as a cherry faith.

Title: Local Government Law Enforcement
Date of Issue: 8 February 2010
Country: Japan
Denominations: 80 Yen x 5

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Sorry for the late post, I was waiting for some information to become available to the public. Currently, the first week of the Haruhi movie's run is over in Japan. According to this news site, the Haruhi movie has raked in 200,000,000 yen in one week's worth of showings and has been seen by nearly 140,000 people in Japan. Keep in mind that only 24 theatres are showing this movie! The movie was ranked in the 6th/7th spot on the weekly rankings with only 2 days worth of showings, and it's still going strong. With another busy weekend, the movie could actually increase its ranking for the second weekend. This is a huge hit in Japan and I'm starting to fear that a DVD/Blu-ray release is going to instantly sell out of stores.

That is the official Disappearence guidebook. If you've been shopping on Amazon Japan for books, you might have seen it. It's only the highest selling book in Entertainment and is 14th overall in all of Japanese books on the site (with only 4 days being in the top 100, meaning it's a huge spike in sales). I'm glad I pre-ordered it a couple days ago because I don't know if/when I'll get a copy. To sum this up, it is truly Haruhi mania in Japan right now. I wish I could be there to experience it.

February 17, 2010 - Investors have viewed US issued bonds as safe investments for years. After all, the US Government stands behind them and the money raised through their sale helps pay for government programs. What could be safer or more patriotic? We're just investing in ourselves. Well, not so fast. Bond sales are now the primary way that the government is funding its recent massive spending, and it is using accounting tricks to continue to sell them. The current trend is unsustainable. Within ten years, the amount of money being spent on bond interest alone will be significantly larger that the budget for the Defense Department.  By purchasing bonds, we continue to help fuel this spending spree. Although individual investors make up a relatively small part of the bond market, (governments and institutional investors make up the bulk of it) it is time to send a message to Washington that the wild spending has to stop and that the American people will not support a government that appears to be speeding towards insolvency.

Bonds have a long history within the United States. The first government bonds within the US date back to 1776. During World War II, the United States sold War Bonds to the public to help fund the war effort. And since 1935, the government has had the current US Savings Bond Program in effect.

Valentine´s Day is really close and it seems many stores are using some imagination to attract customers...

A woman stands in front of the air guitar-inspired "air sanpai," or "air prayer," booth in Yokohama on Wednesday, Feb. 10. Set up by the Sogo Department Store's Valentine's chocolate sales counter, customers can use the keyboard provided to ascend the steps to the Jishu Jinja shrine in Kyoto's Higashiyama Ward and pray for romance.

Source: Mainichi Photo Journal

Now you can pray for romance...Virtually!

Despite all the economic trouble that JAL is facing, They unveiled the Doraemon Jet!

Japan Airlines unveils its Doraemon jet at Haneda airport on Sunday. The Boeing 777-300 bears images of characters from the popular animation series Doraemon to mark the 30th anniversary of the first release of a Doraemon movie. The plane will be used from Monday until the end of April, mostly on routes connecting Haneda, Sapporo, Nagoya, Osaka, Fukuo

Source: Japan Today

I wonder if Doraemon can pull something from his magic pocket to help JAL...Well, no need for that for now!

If you want to taste Japan, there is a good chance to do so, thanks to Kit Kat...

Nestle has given one of the most popular and long-established chocolate bars in the world a uniquely Japanese make-over.

Kit Kat bars are now available in 19 new flavours that reflect specialities from regions across Japan, ranging from sweet potatoes from Okinawa to melons from Hokkaido, strawberries from Tochigi, green tea from Kyoto and soy sauce from Tokyo.

Launched late last year, Nestle said it hopes people will buy the lines – which are only available in Japan – as souvenirs or as gifts. The company has also teamed up with Japan Post to produce boxes that can be sent through the mail when a Y140 (€1.14) stamp is attached and one side of the box has a blank space for a message – in much the same way as people send postcards from a holiday destination.

"Giving gifts is an important part of Japanese culture and we like to travel, so we wanted to combine these two things together," Miki Kanoh, a spokeswoman for the Kobe-based company, told Relaxnews.

Other flavours include pungent wasabi – a green horseradish that is more commonly found in sushi – apple, chili, miso, cherries and strawberry cheese cake from Yokohama.