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Archived Japan related articles in the media
Best Inventions: Infoscope.
Two years ago, IBM researcher Ismail Haritaoglu found himself at a Tokyo train station, unable to make heads or tails of the kanji lettering in the posted routes and timetables. Next time he'll be ready. His InfoScope snaps a picture of a street sign and ships it over a wireless network to a remote computer that extracts the text and beams back a translation — all in less than 15 seconds. Haritaoglu is working on a similar service for GPS-equipped cell phones that would offer travel tips
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Can You Say Adios in Ainu?
There are 6,000 languages in the world, and 3,000 of them are headed toward extinction, a new study says. Ainu, spoken on Japan's Hokkaido Island, may be enjoying a slight revival, however
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Japanese students offered free flights and trips to join courses.
Japanese students are being offered free flights, computers and overseas trips to sign up for courses. Universities are locked in an increasingly competitive battle to attract students. Japan's falling birth rate means there aren't enough students to fill places
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UK's National Sea Life Centre takes out £1 million insurance against "giant crab attack".
Staff and visitors have been insured against injury by the aquarium's latest attraction - five Japanese spider crabs which are expected to grow to "the size of a small car," says The Sun's Andrew Parker
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Coming to a School near you?
The "first robot pet that lives in water" is Japan's latest craze, despite its £280 price tag, reports The Times. "Takara plans to export the portable jellyfish to the United States and Britain, but has expressed concern that the water quality might not be quite right"...
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John Lennon honoured by Japanese museum dedicated to his life and works.
"John Lennon had so much love for this country. His son, Sean, is half-Japanese and we somehow felt that we were bridging the gap between East and West" - Yoko Ono, quoted in The Telegraph...
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Japanese Language Resources
!Baby Wow! Excellent Baby and Toddler CD-Rom (Learn 8 languages)
Center for Languages
The Human Languages Page
International Language Development
Japanese Grammar - A Quick and Dirty Guide
Japanese Language Information
Jeffrey's Japanese-English Dictionary Gateway
Japanese Dialect - Kansai Ben
Japanese Language Dewa Dialect
Traveler's Japanese With Voice
Other languages - Internal Link
Examples of Japanese and Japenese related Sites
Asahi Shimbun Magazine Japan
Elle Magazine Japan
Excite Search Engine Japan
Fuji Evening News Japan
Ginza Store Japan
Goo Search Engine Japan
Hara Museum of Contemporary Art Japan
Institute of Fine Arts Nezu - Tokyo, Japan
Japanese Contemporary Art Hara Museum
Japanese Embassy - London
Japanese Gardens Morikami Museum
Japan Magazine Association
JWave 81.3FM Radio Japan
Kirin Brewery Company Japan
Lycos Japan
Mode Fshion School Gakeun Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya
Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens
Mitsukoshi Shopping Japan
NHK TV and Radio Japan
Nikkei Sangyo News Japan
Nishikawa Traditional Japanese Dance School, Japan
Osaka Sogo College of Design
Shiseido Store Japan
Sogo Store Japan
Tokugawa Art Museum - Japan
TV Asahi Japan
Wired Magazine Japan
Yahoo Directory Japan
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