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The Tokyo Diamond Industry: A Documentary
Tokyo diamond syndicate and the East Asian jewelry market Tokyo Diamond Syndicate: VICE INTL (Japan) from Vice
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News Headlines for May 11, 2015: Greece Penalizes ATM Withdrawals, Kurds Drive ISIS Out of Village, People’s Republic of China Prepping for Drone Warfare
Brazilian lawmakers to protect Amazon rain forest, Kurds drive ISIS out, Osama bin Laden assassination story controversy emerges in the United States, Greece announces ATM fees to curb cash withdrawals Rise of the Superbug – Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria: Dr. Karl Klose at TEDxSanAntonio Brazilian Lawmakers Announce Plans to Nationalize Amazon Rain Forest Kurds Drive ISIS Out […]
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Breaking News: Tokyo Chosen For 2020 Olympics
The 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires declared Tokyo, Japan the site of the 2020 Olympics because of its dependability and immediate capability in hosting the international games. [Boston.com]
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Japan Launches 2 Intelligence Satellites Amid Tensions with North Korea
Japan launched two intelligence satellites, an operational radar satellite and an experimental optical probe, into orbit. Both of the satellites were launched atop the Japanese-produced H-IIA rocket and were planned long before North Korea’s latest missile test and international provocations. Japan’s intelligence satellite program began in 1998 after North Korea successfully launched a […]
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Kyary Pamyu Pamyu (きゃりーぱみゅぱみゅ), PONPONPON
- January 16, 2013
- 1993
- Asia
- Dance-pop
- East Asia
- Electro House
- electronic dance
- electropop
- Harajuku
- House Music
- J-Pop
- January 29
- Japan
- Japanese Culture
- Japanese pop music
- Jpop
- Kiriko Takemura
- Kiriko Takemura aka Caroline Charonplop Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
- Kyary
- Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
- Oh My God Harajuku Girl
- PONPONPON
- Pop Music
- Tokyo
- viral video
- Youtube
- きゃりーぱみゅぱみゅ
- 竹村 桐子
When someone says that J-Pop is an acquired taste they are likely thinking of artists like Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. Undoubtedly bizarre, PONPONPON is nonetheless mindless and catchy. The accompanying music video mixes the absurd with the surreal and is almost a piece of art by itself. It isn’t for everyone but if you’d like to take […]
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The Quest for the Perfect Melon in Tokyo
The varied cultures of the globe each have their own unique way of commemorating special occasions, whether personal, religious, or national in nature. Typically accompanying such events are expressions of love, gratitude and kinship between people in the forms of traditional gifts, feasts, and festivals. In Japan, it is customary to give the gift of […]
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The Fukushima Disaster: Nightmare Scenario.
Recently released data from Tokyo Electric Power Company about the Fukushima Dai-Ichi disaster paints a grim picture of a narrowly missed catastrophe. Global Post reports that Tepco has released information showing that nuclear fuel in its plasma state was within centimeters of escaping its steel outer casing and into the environment. It is believed that […]
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Japan to Build New Capital.
After the devastation of the earthquake and tsunami disaster in March of this year the Japanese government has begun to seriously consider plans to build a new, backup central government location to be used in times of national emergency or in case the city of Tokyo were to be destroyed by a natural disaster or […]
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Japanese Politician Taro Aso Proclaims Japan Should Allow Elderly to ‘Hurry Up and Die‘
Ever controversial, Japan’s newly-appointed Liberal Democratic Party Minister of Finance, Taro Aso, addressed Japan’s elderly care problem in a press conference January 21 in Tokyo by stating that the elderly should be allowed the right to end their lives rather than have the state of Japan waste billions of yen on their care. Taro Aso, […]
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