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BBC fast:track in Tokyo

Posted on July 3, 2009 by Jamaipanese

While checking out BBC World News recently I saw a very interesting episode of their travel program called Fast Track. I’ve seen Fast Track at random times before as it covers news and recent developments in travel industry but when … Continue reading →

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Japan’s Shinkansen – The Bullet Train

Posted on April 10, 2009 by Jamaipanese

The BBC’s website has been a very important resource for me over the years for not only news related to Japan but through some interesting features, photo galleries and more recently videos I have been exposed to many things I … Continue reading →

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BBC website offers a touch of Japanese

Posted on March 27, 2009 by Jamaipanese

I recently surfed into an unexpected but interesting and very useful Japanese learning resource on the BBC website called A Touch of Japanese. Don’t expect a zillion pages of learning material, but the few pages and examples (with audio) there … Continue reading →

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Tokyo’s gadget heaven – Akihabara

Posted on September 18, 2008 by Jamaipanese

I enjoy browsing through the “in pictures” feature of BBC.com daily and the last feature that related to Japan that I blogged about was Robot Menagerie which speaks about Japan’s vibrant robotic industry and one of the pioneers of robotics … Continue reading →

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2008 G8 Summit in Toyako Japan

Posted on July 7, 2008 by Jamaipanese

Each year the leaders of the world leading industrialized nations meet. The countries that make up the Group of Eight are France, United States, United Kingdom, Russia, Germany, Japan, Italy and Canada. Various other leaders of developing countries are also … Continue reading →

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Media Immersion Pods – Social Escape Hatch

Posted on May 17, 2007 by Jamaipanese

Of course I would want to experienced being in one of these “pods”, surrounded by technology, music and manga, isn’t that what heaven is like? Media Immersion Pods – described as “drug dens for internet addicts” – are the latest … Continue reading →

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University Of Tokyo student creates cloak of invisibility

Posted on October 20, 2006 by Jamaipanese

Harry Potter and Capt. Kirk would be proud. A team of American and British researchers has developed its own cloak of invisibility. Well, OK, it’s not perfect yet. But it is a start, and it did a pretty good job … Continue reading →

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Japan by Hiroji Kubota – pictures on bbc.com

Posted on August 2, 2006 by Jamaipanese

While doing my usual browsing on the net I stopped over at BBC.com like I usually do to check out the latest world news especially out of Asia. They have this little “in pictures” feature that I find very interesting … Continue reading →

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