Japan
"Green" Ziggurat In Japan
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ACROS is an amazing mixed use building in Japan that is worth checking out. From one side it looks like the usual glass covered city building. The other side is a difference of night and day. Five thousand plants let the building blend into the park below.
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Developing Nations Bribed By Japan To Support Whaling
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A Japanese whistle blower has admitted that he was sent to developing nations to bribe them to support whaling. These nations were bribed with a currency of development projects. Japan already sells a lot of whale meat they have acquired through "research". Can they be stopped?
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Australia Taking Action Against Japan For Their Illegal Whaling
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We've heard before that Japan kills hundreds of whales every year for "scientific research". Now, Australia is planning to lodge formal proceedings against Japan at the International Court of Justice in the Hague.
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Grow Rice In Your Bra
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If you live in an area where it would be difficult to start a garden, you can now grow rice in your bra! A Japanese company has invented a bra you can grow plants in complete with gardening gloves, shorts and a garden hose for a belt. However it looks like you would have to have a fairly small bust.
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New Substance, "Elastic Water", Invented In Japan
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Tokyo University researchers have invented a new substance called Elastic Water. Incredibly it's made of 95% water and a small amount of other organic materials. Researchers say that it self repairs and can be use to stick human tissue together.
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Sea Shepherds-1, Japanese Whaling Fleet- 0
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The Japanese whaling fleets have now returned to Japan with the lowest catch in years, 507 of the expect 850 they hoped to kill, and directly blame the Whale Protection group Sea Shepherds for the reduced catch.
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Japan Says "Whateva" to Tuna Fishing Ban
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Japanese fishing negotiator Masanori Miyahara says that Japan will ignore United Nations protection of the critically endangered Blue Fin Tuna, even though current practices will cause the fish to disappear in just three years
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Sea Shepherd Releases Video of Whaling Ship Ramming Their Batboat
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The Anti-Whaling organization Sea Shepherd has released a video countering Japanese claims that their protest ship, the Ady Gil, rammed a Japanese whaling vessel and then sank. Sea Shepherd routinely harasses Japan's whaling fleet who they say flout the "research" clause of whale protection laws in order to hunt whales, and their Batman-styled boat was on one of these protests when it was sunk
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Not Just a Boombox Maker, Sanyo to Make Solar Homes
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The Japanese company Sanyo will begin marketing ENTIRE HOUSES built to run entirely off solar power, constructed by the company, that will also earn the owner government subsidies.
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Japan Goes Wild for Insight
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The Honda Insight has just become the top selling vehicle in Japan, becoming the first Hybrid Vehicle to achieve that status in the country
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