
Japan’s Prime Minister Taro Aso recently met with Barack Obama, following an invitation the US president had extended to him earlier.
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A Chinese high school girl, proclaiming herself “beautiful”, has pursued a unique form of nationalist anti-Japanese protest, by placing anti-Japanese slogans all over her underwear and then posting photographs of the results on major Chinese boards, causing something of a stir.
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A 28 year old Russian man, challenged to a bet that he could not perform for a 12 hour tryst with two women, turned to downing a bottle of Viagra to aid his stamina. The result: minutes after successfully winning the wager, he dropped dead from a sudden heart attack.
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A man whose livelihood and diet appears to be provided by hunting and eating “stray” cats has been the cause of much outrage.
His presence in the town is announced by his practice of skinning the cats he catches, and publicly curing their pelts, with the fur being made into hats, children’s or women’s clothing, etc.
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“Just who will take responsibility for the health of patrons over a 1,000km journey under these conditions, with so much rubbish and a bad atmosphere? We’d certainly like to see the professional attitude of staff improve.”
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A man (43) has been arrested after he kidnapped his wife (36), who had separated from him, and then viciously beat her, breaking each of her arms and legs, and putting out her right eye; he then penetrated her with an iron bar, destroying her uterus and small intestine, leaving her with grievous injuries which she somehow miraculously survived.
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Chinese innovation belongs with the toilet, if the latest outstanding display of the best the Middle Kingdom has to offer is anything to go by. Faucets and sinks are also included.
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Yet another example of some rather extreme architecture, this time found in China. Though the building itself looks relatively sound, one has to wonder what kind of nuisances are present from living so close to the highway, though there is a more pressing question raised by the building’s construction…
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A fourteen-year-old boy was killed after the chair he was sitting on exploded, propelling sharp chair parts into his rectum, causing extensive bleeding, which he succumbed to before medical attention could stem the flow.
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- Author: RaikenTB
- Categories: International, News
- Date: Feb 19, 2009 19:04 JST
- Tags: Glay, Hillary Clinton, J-Rock, Parody, Photoshop, Politics, Shinto, Tokyo, USA

Current US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently paid a visit to Japan to discuss weighty matters with regional leaders; whilst in Tokyo, she saw fit to visit to the Meiji Shrine and took a moment to take in the morning air (or rather, take in a photo opportunity), resulting in a pose reminiscent of popular Japanese band Glay.
Fans were quick to spot this and comparison photos, along with the inevitable Photoshop chaos, soon ensued:
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Men who view pictures of scantily clad damsels experience similar brain activity to when they are using tools, research suggests.
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Hackers can turn our PCs into bombs, killing whomsoever they please at will, we are told. You can read the terrible details of their onslaught in the article above.
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