http://japan.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for japan en Sun, 22 Jul 2007 07:00:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2114702 unknown@ma.gnolia.com Saved By: Ottmar Liebert | View Details | Give Thanks Sun, 22 Jul 2007 07:00:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2114702web 2.0blogDesignfunstickersfontenglishFreizeit & HobbyKochenBackencoworkingindependents hallretroinformaticaemaillifehackslife hackscomputerstoolsorderhumorfake steve jobsAppleparodyweb apsweb trendsfacebookcsstutorialsopenidplaxoguideimplementationSoftwareworkphilosophyproduct management2007jul07japanwatch http://web2announcer.com/go/2068163 unknown@ma.gnolia.com No description for this story Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:00:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2068163photoslistoverviewonlinetoolsProgrammingutilitieswebtoolsweb applicationsDesigndevelopmentspeedload timeobjectswebMusicinteretmyspaceWorkersiraqcsscolorjavascriptmootoolsrss feedcreativemail.appminimailmacisocitypixelartpixelspixelartistsNone assignedtravelwebsitesrecipesproductivityruby on railsgooglepakistanislameducationschoolshtmljapanartVideo http://web2announcer.com/go/2044499 unknown@Netscape.com The object of the game is to get as far as possible on the treadmill without falling and being subsequently dumped into water. As you get further along you must eat the cookie which speeds the treadmill up. Thu, 14 Jun 2007 05:44:31 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2044499japantreadmillgameshowwaterrunningNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2043360 unknown@Netscape.com You can always count on Japanese TV for some funny video clips! This is a compilation of different pranks. Enjoy! =oD Wed, 13 Jun 2007 07:54:59 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2043360pranksTelevisionjapanNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2016675 unknown@Netscape.com The Japanese customize vans with Disney characters and lots of aftermarket parts. Tue, 29 May 2007 21:10:32 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2016675japancustomvansDisneyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2009756 unknown@ma.gnolia.com No description for this story Sat, 26 May 2007 07:00:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2009756iconsfreelanceNone assignedreadproductcaptchaDiigo - Thaneshkumar's BookmarkslogosinspirationDesigngraphic design165vectorfreewareSoftwareweb2.0freewaremultiosportalcaptcha recaptcha digitizing textAdobekulercolorthemesphotoshopbloggingpopularityposttorrenttrackerbittorrentcssbackgroundswebdesignsystem:unfiledidentitydigitalidentitydigitallifestylesocialwebflashhumorjapanfunny http://web2announcer.com/go/2008030 unknown@Netscape.com Long standing rumours that the former French president Jacques Chirac holds a secret multi-million-euro bank account in Japan appear to have been confirmed by files seized from the home of a senior spy. Fri, 25 May 2007 04:35:59 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2008030jacquesChiracfrancejapansecretbankaccountNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2002311 unknown@Netscape.com Classified information about a U.S.-developed missile defense system was leaked from Japan's navy to students at a naval academy, a news report said Tuesday, as officials investigated security gaps in military information shared between the allies. Tue, 22 May 2007 09:22:17 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2002311U.S.missiledataleakedjapanNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1916815 unknown@Netscape.com Japan and the U.S. need to boost technological research on intercepting high-flying missiles, such as a new ballistic missile reportedly developed by North Korea , Japan's defense minister said Tuesday. Wed, 16 May 2007 05:02:09 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1916815japanurgesmissiledefensestudyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1638106 unknown@ma.gnolia.com japanese street style Sat, 28 Apr 2007 07:00:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1638106csstablesweb design and developmentwordpressthemeswebservicerubywhytheluckystiffsystemunfiledsystem:unfiledcatwalkblogDesignblogsbloggingmicroformatsaccessibilityartprojects2dojapan http://web2announcer.com/go/1646102 unknown@Netscape.com She's 78 years old, but for Lee Young-soo, life as she knew it ended at age 15 -- when the Japanese government forced her to become a sex slave for its military members during World War II. "I was abducted at age 15 by the Japanese Imperial Army," she said. "I was put on a Japanese naval ship. There were 300 military men there and five girls, including myself." Lee is among a dwindling number of "comfort women" still alive. The term "comfort woman" is used to describe the thousands of girls and women whom Japan forced into sex slavery before and during World War II. Fri, 27 Apr 2007 23:28:27 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1646102SexslaveWWIIjapanComfortwomanwomenNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1619535 unknown@Netscape.com "Thousands of people have been 'fleeced' into buying neatly coiffured lambs they thought were poodles.Entire flocks of lambs were shipped over from the UK and Australia to Japan by an internet company and marketed as the latest 'must have' accessory." Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:23:48 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1619535sheepDogspoodlesjapanNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1615632 unknown@Netscape.com The summit this week between President Bush and Japan's new prime minister, Shinzo Abe, will be a much more sedate affair - for good reasons on both sides of the Pacific. Thu, 26 Apr 2007 06:28:45 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1615632japanShinzoAbebushdiplomacyUnitedstatessummitNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1614014 unknown@Netscape.com Weeks after a warm visit with Chinese leader Wen Jiabao, the Japanese premier heads to Washington, where an alliance is showing signs of strain. Wed, 25 Apr 2007 21:55:22 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1614014japanNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1489478 unknown@Netscape.com The Arrival of a Rival for America Tue, 17 Apr 2007 16:41:35 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1489478warRivalamericachinairanNorthKoreajapantravisgosselinNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1382074 unknown@Netscape.com Japanese brewery Asahi gave away beer-pouring robots to 5000 people who collected 36 stickers from promotional beer cans. Mon, 09 Apr 2007 22:39:20 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1382074weirdasiaNewsjapan http://web2announcer.com/go/1242572 unknown@Netscape.com A fund set up by Japan to help Asian women forced into prostitution by its military during World War II will expire Saturday amid new denials from Tokyo that the government is to blame for putting thousands into sexual slavery. The Asian Women's Fund was created by Japan in 1995 to aid what are euphemistically known as "comfort women." B Sat, 31 Mar 2007 08:57:20 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1242572japanSexslavefundNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1242875 unknown@Netscape.com Japan's government ordered changes to seven history textbooks that said the country's army forced civilians to commit mass suicide at the end of World War II, amid moves by Tokyo to soften brutal accounts of its wartime conduct. Sat, 31 Mar 2007 08:56:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1242875japanhistorybookssuicideokinawaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1224366 unknown@Netscape.com The government ordered changes Friday to seven history textbooks describing how the Japanese army forced civilians to commit mass suicide at the end of World War II, the country's latest effort to soften brutal accounts of its wartime conduct. Fri, 30 Mar 2007 18:19:11 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1224366japanRevisebooksWW11SuicidesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1138175 unknown@Netscape.com Japan issued a tsunami warning for the country's Sea of Japan coast after a strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 struck early Sunday. The quake struck shortly before 10 a.m. off the north coast of Ishikawa prefecture, Japan's Meteorological Agency said. Sun, 25 Mar 2007 04:27:28 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1138175japanearthquakeTsunamiNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1103176 unknown@Netscape.com From the article: "Talks on North Korea's nuclear program ground to a halt in Beijing on Thursday, with the North Korean and Russian envoys both leaving for the airport after four days of negotiations went nowhere. North Korea had avoided discussing a February deal to shut its main nuclear reactor by mid-April since the talks began on Monday, demanding that $25 million frozen in a Macau bank first be transferred to a bank in Beijing." Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:40:34 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1103176NorthKoreaNuclearSixnationtalksdiplomacyjapanUnitedstatesrussiaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1091334 unknown@Netscape.com A South Korean activist scaled a wall of the Japanese Embassy on Wednesday and staged a brief protest of Tokyo's refusal to acknowledge it forced Korean and Chinese women to work as sex slaves during World War II. Wed, 21 Mar 2007 18:25:43 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1091334manprotestsSexSlavesjapanembassyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1088253 unknown@Netscape.com Japanese doctors were warned on Wednesday against prescribing Tamiflu to teenagers after several young patients taking the bird flu -fighting drug reportedly exhibited dangerous behavior. Wed, 21 Mar 2007 08:11:44 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1088253japandrugfirmTamifluNotforteensNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1028129 unknown@Del.icio.us.com No description for this story Sat, 17 Mar 2007 10:03:27 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1028129japanrollercoastergreenDesignfun http://web2announcer.com/go/1023697 unknown@Del.icio.us.com No description for this story Sat, 17 Mar 2007 02:34:39 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1023697DesignjapanMagazineblogart http://web2announcer.com/go/1016479 unknown@Netscape.com Japan, the world's second-biggest economy, enjoying its longest expansion in six decades, has been left out of the current art market boom. For collectors, the message is: Buy now. Tokyo's overlooked galleries are attracting a new generation of young Japanese encouraged by skyrocketing overseas prices for established Japanese artists. Fri, 16 Mar 2007 13:15:30 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1016479japaneseartistsjapangalleriesartbuyingNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1002146 unknown@Netscape.com A construction in worker in Japan stole over 4000 pieces of lingerie. Can someone say "fetish?" Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:17:27 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1002146lingerieNewsjapan http://web2announcer.com/go/987337 unknown@Netscape.com From the article: "European stocks have joined a global sell-off, after concerns about the US economy and mortgage industry hurt markets in Asia and dented Wall Street. The UK's FTSE tumbled 103.4 points, or 1.7%, to 6,057.8. Earlier, Japan's Nikkei index closed 2.9% lower and New York's Dow Jones index ended down 2%." Wed, 14 Mar 2007 14:45:44 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/987337stocksEuropewallStreetFTSEjapandowJonesdownNews http://web2announcer.com/go/971456 unknown@Netscape.com From the article: "The prime ministers of Japan and Australia have signed a security pact designed to enhance military co-operation between the two nations.Japan's PM Shinzo Abe said the pact would help to stabilise the region. The defence deal - Japan's first with a country other than the US - includes co-operation on border security, counter-terrorism and disaster relief." Tue, 13 Mar 2007 12:51:30 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/971456AustraliajapanSecuritydiplomacyasiaShinzoAbeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/944823 unknown@Netscape.com Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sought on Sunday to contain fallout from his remarks about women forced to act as wartime sex slaves for Japanese soldiers as the furor threatened to cloud summits with Chinese and U.S. leaders. Sun, 11 Mar 2007 06:35:37 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/944823japanSexSlavesworldwar2ww2soldiersNews http://web2announcer.com/go/944824 unknown@Netscape.com A senior high school in Tennessee which was the first to obtain authorization by the Japanese government in the United States closed Saturday, ending its nearly 20-year-old history, in the wake of a fall in the number of Japanese expatriates. Sun, 11 Mar 2007 06:25:14 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/944824japanschoolUnitedstatesClosing20yearsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/931021 unknown@Netscape.com Strange Japanese Inventions Sat, 10 Mar 2007 16:25:38 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/931021chinaweirdasiajapanNews http://web2announcer.com/go/929425 unknown@Netscape.com Liquor importer Asahi Breweries Ltd. has received reservations for nearly 300 bottles of Louis XIII Black Pearl brandy, which is going for 1 million yen a bottle Sat, 10 Mar 2007 04:36:25 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/929425japanBrandylouisXIIIblackpearlNews http://web2announcer.com/go/929426 unknown@Netscape.com The abrupt end to normalization talks between Japan and nuclear-armed North Korea is casting a shadow on US-led efforts to halt the Stalinist state's nuclear weapons drive. Sat, 10 Mar 2007 03:55:46 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/929426japanKoreausNews http://web2announcer.com/go/900237 unknown@Del.icio.us.com No description for this story Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:04:35 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/900237Sexjapanweirdblogfun http://web2announcer.com/go/898036 unknown@Netscape.com Japan and North Korea chose the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, as the venue for their delicate talks on normalising relations after decades of hostility. Wed, 07 Mar 2007 19:50:41 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/898036vietnamjapanNorthKoreaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/885122 unknown@Netscape.com From the article: "Bilateral talks between North Korea and Japan aimed at normalizing diplomatic relations - a key part of Pyongyang's agreement to shut down its nuclear program - have been canceled, the North Korean Embassy said Wednesday.The embassy did not provide a reason for the abrupt move, which came hours after the start of the talks." Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:34:10 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/885122japanNorthKoreatalksdiplomacyasiaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/836037 unknown@Netscape.com He was one of two doctors specializing in rheumatism. We feared that if he was punished and resigned from the hospital, it would adversely affect our patients. We regret our decision," an official of the organization branch said Sun, 04 Mar 2007 03:14:43 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/836037japanPedophiledoctorNews http://web2announcer.com/go/840344 unknown@Netscape.com South Korea again criticized Japan's prime minister Saturday for disavowing his country's responsibility for using Asian women as sex slaves for Japanese troops in World War II. Sun, 04 Mar 2007 02:49:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/840344japansouthKoreawarbrothelNews http://web2announcer.com/go/829946 unknown@Netscape.com Complete with an aerodrome, railway line, barracks, dungeons, laboratories, operating rooms, crematoria, cinema, bar and Shinto temple, it rivalled for size the Nazis' infamous death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau. 3,000 to 12,000 men, women and children were murdered in Unit 731. But the atrocities committed there were physically far worse than in t Sat, 03 Mar 2007 21:31:39 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/829946torturehistoryWWIIjapanNews http://web2announcer.com/go/813438 unknown@Netscape.com Sushi culture is mysterious and the etiquette complex, but fortunately we have this entertaining video by Japan Culture Lab to explain it all. A must-see for anyone who has ever wondered why Japanese feet smell like vinegar. Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:53:27 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/813438sushijapanfoodNews http://web2announcer.com/go/808485 unknown@Netscape.com Girl students with hairstyles that headteachers believed were too long, were expelled from class at a middle school in Guangzhou, the Southern Metropolitan News reported Wednesday. Thu, 01 Mar 2007 21:53:01 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/808485weirdasiaNewschinajapan http://web2announcer.com/go/807241 unknown@Netscape.com An elderly man in Jiaxing, Zhejiang, is widely admired in his neighborhood for his physical ability: he did 1,002 push-ups in one stretch. Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:31:10 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/807241weirdasiaNewschinajapan http://web2announcer.com/go/808480 unknown@Netscape.com Japan had one of its warmest winters since 1899, from which the oldest relevant data are available, the Japan Meteorological Agency said Thursday. Thu, 01 Mar 2007 15:53:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/808480weatherglobalwarmingjapan1899meterologyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/798026 unknown@Netscape.com A man in Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi Province, does his morning exercises accompanied by a wren-babbler that sings on his shoulder. Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:22:16 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/798026weirdasiaNewschinajapan http://web2announcer.com/go/784694 unknown@Netscape.com Japan's Health Ministry urged medical experts on influenza on Wednesday to warn people that patients with the virus could show abnormal behavior or psychiatric problems Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:04:34 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/784694japanabnormalbehaviorNews http://web2announcer.com/go/776009 unknown@Del.icio.us.com No description for this story Wed, 28 Feb 2007 05:34:53 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/776009japanemoticonsculturejapanesereference http://web2announcer.com/go/783099 unknown@Netscape.com A monkey owner grimaces when getting beaten by his monkey during a monkey show at a temple fair in Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu Province on February 26. The monkey angered after being enraged by the performer. Tue, 27 Feb 2007 22:57:53 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/783099weirdasiaNewschinajapan http://web2announcer.com/go/764041 unknown@Del.icio.us.com No description for this story Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:32:36 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/764041photographyarchitectureartDesignjapan http://web2announcer.com/go/761899 unknown@Netscape.com Taiji, Japan- Despite protests from international environmental organizations, Japanese fishermen, with government approval, are currently conducting an annual dolphin hunt that kills thousands of the aquatic mammals. Hideki Moronuki, spokesman for the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry, said 16,000 to 17,000 dolphins are killed on aver Mon, 26 Feb 2007 19:19:18 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/761899dolphinsjapankillingNews