Steve Jobs tried to carry ninja stars on a plane. Do ninjas really use those?
Security screeners at a Japanese airport made Apple CEO Steve Jobs throw away his ninja stars before boarding a private plane in July, according to Bloomberg News. Apple denies the incident occurred, but the case of the contraband stars (legit or not) raises all sorts of questions, answered herewith. Do ninjas still exist? Yes and no. The original ninjas were the losers of a 12th-century Japanese
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In Japan, a Billboard That Watches You - Slashdot
Posted by kdawson on Tuesday December 16, 2008 @03:34AM from the don't-look-now dept. An anonymous reader writes "At a Tokyo railway station above a flat-panel display hawking DVDs and books sits a small camera hooked up to some image processing software. When trials begin in January the camera will scan travelers to see how many of them are taking note of the panel, in part of a technology test b
Top 60 popular Japanese words/phrases of 2008 ~ Pink Tentacle
Publishing company Jiyu Kokuminsha has released its annual list of the 60 most popular Japanese words and phrases of the year. This diverse collection of expressions highlights many of the events, trends and people that caught the attention of the Japanese mass media in 2008. From this list, a panel of judges will select the 10 trendiest Japanese words of 2008 and announce the results on December
In Japan, a 900 Gigabyte Upload Cap, Downloads Uncapped - Slashdot
Raindeer writes "While the Broadband Bandits of the US are contemplating bandwidth caps between 5 gigabyte and 40 gigabyte per month, the largest telco in Japan has gone ahead and laid down some heavy caps for Japan's broadband addicts. From now on, if you upload more than 30 gigabyte per day, your network connection may be disconnected. Just think of it ... if you're in Japan and want to upload t
Japanese telco institutes upload caps... of 30GB... daily
Bandwidth caps are coming to Japan, but not in the way to which North Americans are accustomed. OCN, operated by NTT Communications, has decided to impose a daily upload limit beginning on August 1. The limit? 30GB per day. Upstream. According to the company, the limit is being implemented to address a "small number" of users who apparently upload far more than that on a day-to-day basis by runnin
High-Tech Japan Running Out of Engineers (Published 2008)
TOKYO � Japan is running out of engineers. After years of fretting over coming shortages, the country is actually facing a dwindling number of young people entering engineering and technology-related fields. Universities call it “rikei banare,” or “flight from science.” The decline is growing so drastic that industry has begun advertising campaigns intended to make engineering look sexy and cool,
Japanese Pay Less for More Health Care
Japan produces cars, color TVs and computers, but it also produces the world's healthiest people. It has the longest healthy life expectancy on Earth and spends half as much on health care as the United States. That long life expectancy is partly due to diet and lifestyle, but the country's universal health care system plays a key role, too. Everyone in Japan is required to get a health insurance
Japan, Home of the Cute and Inbred Dog (Published 2006)
Chihuahuas are popular in Japan; this one was bred to have a blue hue.Credit...Hidekazu Kawanabe for The New York Times TOKYO, Dec. 27 — Care for a Chihuahua with a blue hue? Or how about a teacup poodle so tiny it will fit into a purse — the canine equivalent of a bonsai? The Japanese sure do. Rare dogs are highly prized here, and can set buyers back more than $10,000. But the real problem is wha
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