John Fountain: Random thoughts on lions, shootings, cops and preachers

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Japanese robot Pepper is launching

Japanese robot Pepper is launching - Business Insider

It's finally come to this: humans are relying on robots for emotional support.

Pepper, Japan's latest robot to join the humanoid ranks, was built by
the the telecom giant SoftBank. A $1,650 consumer version, announced in June, comes with cameras, sensors, and accelerometers that can track human emotion (to a point) and even allow Pepper to produce its own "emotions", the creators say.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/japanese-robot-pepper-is-launching-2015-7#ixzz3hVal0rVY

‘Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War’

‘Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War,’ 

by Susan Southard - The New York Times

There are good reasons for writing a book about the atom bombing of
Nagasaki and its agonizing aftermath. Most people have heard of
Hiroshima. The second bomb — dropped by an Irish-American pilot almost
exactly above the largest Catholic church in Asia, which killed more
than 70,000 civilians on the day and more in the long term — is less
well known.

Mushroom cloud over Nagasaki, Aug. 9, 1945.
Credit
U.S. Army A.A.F. photo/Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division

Empress may have heart ailment

Empress may have heart ailment ‹ Japan Today: Japan News
In this photo provided by Imperial Household
Agency of Japan, Honduras' President Juan Orlando Hernandez, center
left, talks with Japan's Emperor Akihito, left, as Empress Michiko,
right, and the first lady of Honduras, Ana Garcia de Hernandez, center
right, speak during a meeting at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Thursday
July 23, 2015. (Imperial Household Agency of Japan via AP)

Japan Ashes: Creative Ways Of Preserving The Dead

Japan Ashes: Creative Ways Of Preserving The Dead https://t.co/AuP8M4rVKb

— Al Jazeera America (@ajam) July 30, 2015

God's Fingerprints in Japan

Daily Life in Japan - A Rainy day by the tracks

 Romanticized Through the Lens of the Humble GIF

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Japanese Bathrooms are the Best!

TOKYO — Japanese bathrooms, or “ofuroba,” are very different to bathrooms in the West, and in this day and age they also come with a whole host of cool tech. Let’s take a look at a typical modern Japanese bathroom and let the cute little Aika take you through all its awesome characteristics in this fun and informative video.

Walk together with Koshu,Japan

“Koshu-Inden “ originated over four centuries ago in the Koshu region of Japan.
It is a traditional leather craft in which deerskin is embellished with Japanese lacquer.Founded in 1582, INDEN-YA is said to be the originator of the craft of Koshu Inden.Inden adorned the armor of warlords during the Warring States period (roughly 1467-1603), and became a favored accessory among fashionable people and the upper classes during the Edo period (1603-1868).

What Japanese think of Canada

大学生インタビュー・クイズ　(カナダ)

Heart-warming father-daughter Toyota commercial

Published on Jun 12, 2015

父の日に、世界中の親子へ贈る物語。父の目と、娘の目。クルマを舞台に繰り広げられる

­­人生の軌跡を、2つの視点から描き出した新感覚ダブルサイド・ストーリー。その眼差­し­に映し出される、本当の想いとは・・・

This is a story dedicated to parents and children in the world on Father’s Day.
Eyes of father and eyes of daughter.The double-sided story of life time with cars captured from two different points of view will give you new sensation.
What is the true feeling behind those loving eyes?

＜登場車種＞
2人の人生が進むにつれて、乗り継がれていく５台のクルマたちにも注目です。
・２代目セリカXX 2000GT
・６代目マークⅡ 2.0グランデ
・エスティマエミーナ
・２代目プリウス
・新型カローラフィールダー

Metropolis ~ July 10 - 23, 2015

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