We’ve seen the media’s coverage of the massive earthquake in Japan, but what about the people that were actually caught in the middle of it? Imagine the terror of seeing your entire house shake as object shake and fall from the shelves.  Imagine being in the middle of a department store when the whole building [...]

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You’ve probably never heard of Natsumi Hayashi.  You’ve also probably never seen photos quite like the ones she enjoys taking. You see, one day, Natsumi decided to take a few self-portraits – of herself levitating.  Nowadays, she can be seen in and around Tokyo, with camera and self-timer in hand. When she feels inspired, she [...]

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A Japanese man suspected of killing young British teacher Lindsay Ann Hawker in 2007 has written a book about the nearly three years he spent on the run before his arrest in 2009. Tatsuya Ichihashi, 32, wrote the book during 14 months following his arrest after some two years and seven months on the run. [...]

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French model Isabelle Caro, best-known for posing naked in an anti-anorexia marketing campaign that ran during Milan Fashion Week in 2007, has died at the age of 28. Although news of her death just broke within the last few hours, Caro died on November 17 after being treated for an acute lung infection in Tokyo, [...]

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Something smells fishy.  Maybe it’s that giant bluefin tuna. The enormous fish snagged 16.3 million yen ($177,000) in an auction held today at largest wholesale fish market in the world, located in Japan. The tuna weighed 513 pounds and was the most expensive fish sold since 2001, when a 440-pound tuna sold for a world [...]

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Chicago is out.  Rio de Janeiro is in. The Brazilian city was chosen Friday afternoon to be the host of the 2016 Olympic Games, defeating Madrid in the final vote by the IOC. Chicago was eliminated in the first round in one of the most stunning upsets in IOC history.  Tokyo was then given a [...]

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UPDATE: Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Summer Olympics.  Read details here. In what has to be a shocking upset, Chicago has been eliminated from the first round of International Olympic Committee voting for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Tokyo, which was an underdog from the very beginning, was then eliminated in the second round. [...]

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