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Fujitsu-Siemens to pay per-machine fee for piracy

CNET Asia Jan 5 2005 2:40AM GMT

5-year-old boy rides bullet train alone from Nagano to Tokyo

MAINICHI Daily News Jan 5 2005 3:04AM GMT

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Independent Jan 5 2005 2:57AM GMT

Japanese Stocks Fall on Fed Comments, Higher Oil Price, Led by Bridgestone

Bloomberg Jan 5 2005 2:52AM GMT

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Techs, banks lead Tokyo stocks lower by midsession

Reuters Jan 5 2005 3:12AM GMT

Tokyo stocks lower at midday following U.S. stock losses; dollar higher against

AP via San Francisco Chronicle Jan 5 2005 3:10AM GMT

Techs, Banks Lead Tokyo Stocks Lower

Reuters Jan 5 2005 3:09AM GMT

Japan has their own drums

Happy New Year To All!

Try taiko drums if you ever come to Japan!



These drums are realy fun to play .
If you live in Japan, most cities have public places
you can learn how to play these drums for close to free!

Check out the jackets on they guys playing.
Please know that people do not waer this all
the time.

What you will see are people wearing hip hop cloths
and outfits you would see at home.

Kimonos are hard to see too in Japan.

Not related to Japan but some other links
to check out if you like.
This link is for people to get nice web pages and stuff.
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Oden stew in Japan!

Hello from Japan!

I had to post this photo of oden!

This pic was taken inside a Japanese 7-11 convenient
store.
Oden is popular to eat when it starts getting cold.
Now it?s getting cold in Japan so out comes the oden pots!
Japanese people love this stuff because they love fish
and what you?re looking at in the pot is made from
processed fish then boilded.

The processed fish is shaped into all kinds of shapes
and some of these shapes look like a tub where the
Japanese put a hot dog inside.

Some people call oden a stew.
In the pot you will find eggs, daikon radish, seaweed, fish cakes and dough balls.
Many ingredients are simmered in a kelp stock for several hours.
I tried it and liked it very much and you should give it a try too.