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Nintendo Announces DSi

Posted by: Coyote

Kyōto :: Japan | 3 months ago | Entertainment News

As expected, Nintendo just announced the DSi at its fall presentation -- and it's got dual touchscreens. The company is calling it a "third platform," which means it's complementing the existing DS Lite, not necessarily replacing it. Lookswise there's not...

Spanish King, Queen in Japan

Source: Inquirer.net

Kyōto :: Japan | about 1 month ago | Business News

Spanish King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia arrived in Japan on Sunday for a six-day tour of the nation, which they last visited a decade ago. The Japanese government will hold an official welcome ceremony early Monday, followed by a...

Wii sales booming, Nintendo president says

Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Kyōto :: Japan | 28 days ago | Technology News

Ltd. doubled sales of its Wii game console during the Black Friday shopping week in the U.S., company president Satoru Iwata said Monday. The company sold just under 800,000 units of the console in the week after U.S. Thanksgiving, the...

Crime › Mother sentenced to 6 years in prison for fatally abusing ...

Source: Japan Today

Kyōto :: Japan | 21 days ago | Technology News

A woman was sentenced to six years in prison Tuesday over the death of her 4-year-old daughter, who wasted away due to abuse but was not brought to hospital. Mami Kamioka, 26, repeatedly abused her daughter, together with her boyfriend...

Crime › Police waiting to raid house in hunt for killer of high ...

Source: Japan Today

Kyōto :: Japan | about 1 month ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Police were to begin searching the home of a 60-year-old man on Thursday in their hunt for the person or persons responsible for the death of a 15-year-old girl earlier this year in Kyoto. However, the man’s lawyers filed an...

National › 'Change' voted Japan's character of the year

Source: Japan Today

Kyōto :: Japan | 24 days ago | Political News

Hen,’’ which means ‘‘change’’ in English, has been chosen as the single best kanji to characterize the year 2008, a Kyoto-based kanji promotion organization said Friday. The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation said it received a total of 111,208 entries...

A nation adrift cries out for new visions fired by anger and sorrow

Source: Japan Times

Kyōto :: Japan | 2 days ago | No category

Every era in the life of a country begs for creators to define it and give it momentum for its society to progress. Politicians, economists and bureaucrats seem to believe that culture rides on the wave of the economy —...

Footsteps: Kyoto Celebrates a 1,000-Year Love Affair

Source: The New York Times

Kyōto :: Japan | 3 days ago | No category

This city, known for its shrines, temples and blazing autumn hills, is celebrating the millennial anniversary of Murasaki Shikibu's episodic story of love and loss among the imperial set. Considered by some to be the world's first novel, Genji evokes...

Tourists in Kyoto warned against 'harassing' geisha

Source: NewKerala

Kyōto :: Japan | 5 days ago | Entertainment News

The move follows complaints from a large number of geisha that tourists keen to click their pictures often pursue them down the street, and tug them on the sleeves of heir kimonos Local residents and businesses are said to have...

Blood types — do they shape a personality or mere stereotypes?

Source: Japan Times

Kyōto :: Japan | 6 days ago | Technology News

Scholars say blood type and personality have no apparent correlation. But many Japanese believe there is a link, and such claims are often featured in magazines, books and television shows. This year, four books linking character traits to blood types...