Solar eclipse of July 22, 2009

The rare solar eclipse which  will take place on Wed, July 22, 09 will be a total eclipse of the Sun with a magnitude of 1.080 that will be visible …

These pix of just some of the unsold cars from around the world showed up in my email box this morning.
I am quite thankful that it was only some, for sure as shooting, had I …

Continuing on my journey around Asia’s many countries on this list of countries in Asia, I come to Japan. (How many countries are there in Asia anyway? See the list for the answer.)
There is no …

Concrete jungles – the tall cement buildings and such.
But, what about the highways and biways of Japan? I have been lost on highways in Japan before. You’d think it’d be hard to do since a …

Barack Obama can be found promoting pachinko (upright pinball) in Japan….sorta.
One of the 2,500 rubber masks made by Ogawa Co. was donned by a fellow, presumably NOT the real Obama, who is promoting a local …

A Tokyo university research team has created a bionic bodysuit to assist arm and leg movements. The result, farmers need to exert less energy by 60-70%.
The suit attaches at the shoulders, arms, back and legs. …

How many people will celebrate the coming of the New Year this year?
The U.S. census bureau is predicting the world population will be –
6,750,819,383 on 1/1/09.
Of course, it takes 24 hours for the whole …

What’s happening in Japan?
Business is bad for the most part, but there’s a plan for those companies that start with a To—
Toto Toilets has teamed up with a house maker (Daiwa) to have toilets installed …

The last time the economy turned sour lots of people started turning up in Japan looking for a job. Perhaps it’ll be similar this go round. Jobs in Japan will be harder to find, but …