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The dogs that roamed free for over a year are exhibiting the “issues” that you’d probably imagine they have. A study showed that, “The dogs from Fukushima showed significantly lower aggression toward unfamiliar people, trainability and attachment to their caretakers,” Nagasawa and colleagues wrote. “Also, urine cortisol levels in the dogs from Fukushima were 5-10 fold higher than those in abandoned dogs from another area of Japan.” (LA Times – Fukushima dogs)
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He Liesheng. The Eagle Dad forces his son to try and climb Mt Fuji during the off season when it’s closed and gets freezing cold. They climbed over a barrier and went up anyway. His sign reads something like “Diaoyu Islands belong to China”. Yes, fine, take the islands, but treat your son better. “Strong winds set in but they didn’t deter Eagle Dad. It was only when Duoduo was crying and nearly collapsing from altitude sickness that his father admitted defeat, Daily Mail reported. The strict father had only bought a cup of water and a chocolate bar, thinking there would be steps up the mountain and shops along the way.” (Stuffnz – Eagle Dad)
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Japan goings on in NYC. There’s plenty, from art (Photog Eikoh Hosoe at Japan Society), music, food (yes a ramen contest!), NYCC, and more. (Examiner – NYC)
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The production is going down in China falling to 40%. The staff has suspended night shifts. The bonus is for other car makers who are seeing their sales go up! Hurray for them and it does show that car sales continue in one of the largest car markets, but just not for Japanese ones. Yes, the territory dispute continues… “South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co’s China sales climbed 15 percent to 84,188 vehicles last month, while Volkswagen’s Audi boosted sales by 20 percent, BMW by 55 percent and Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz by 10 percent.” (Businessinsider – Japanese Cars in China)
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The Hello Kitty App is available to help guide you in Japan. The app is called, Visit Japan with Hello Kitty, and you can “discover the Japan you didn’t know”. The cool thing, you can shoot photos and Hello Kitty will be on the screen too. You can keep track of your trips, sort of like a FourSquare check in, and that’s about it. The magic word… it’s FREE.
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