24 juni 2007

Japanese news 24/6

Dubya Is Coming: President George W. Bush plans to visit Japan in early September for a summit with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. [Link]


Corrupt Colonel
: A Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) colonel under arrest for accepting bribes from a supplier at one point owed consumer credit companies millions of yen in gambling debts. [Link]

Russian Thieves
: Two Russian tourists, suspected of stealing and smuggling more than 100 cars in Japan, have been detained by police in the city of Yokohama. [Link]

Earthquake Near Hokkaido: A moderate earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 struck northern Japan Saturday morning, but there was no threat of a tsunami. [Link]

The Korean Wave Is Dead
: Ampontan reports on how a South Korean newspaper clings to the nationalist dream of the continuation of the “Hallyu Boom” despite the obvious truth that the popularity of Korean drama/films has plummeted in Japan. [Link]


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