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Rabbit-kun garbage bag + friends

(via www.pinktentacle.com) 2 days ago

Rabbit-kun garbage bag + friends

Meet Rabbit-kun, a plastic trash sack with pink eyes, an X-shaped mouth, and a pair of bunny ears that double as handles. Designed by Tokyo-based creative group MAQ, Inc., Rabbit-kun aims to inspire a more responsible ...

Tags: japanese, people, tokyo, group, life, home, series, free, online, children, cute, art, collection, peace, winner, beach, activist


The Great Gaming Divide

(via www.nt2099.com) 6 days ago

The Great Gaming Divide

In a recent Mainichi Daily News column, Miki Yosuke writes, "As the writer of the five-part "Children and Games" series (from July 22 to 26), I was honestly surprised at the ubiquity and massive influence of computer...

Tags: world, home, series, games, children, record, game


Would you like to be in a Manga?

(via otakuinternational.com) 10 days ago

Would you like to be in a Manga?

Would you like to be a character in a Manga? Chances are you will never get the opportunity unless you are good friends with a Manga artist, however this is no longer the case. Sakura Comics has debuted a service that allows...

Tags: japan, love, children, cute, artist, book, manga, aid, wedding, sakura


Riffing on tatami

(via ampontan.wordpress.com) 10 days ago

Riffing on tatami

HERE'S GOOD NEWS for fans of traditional Japanese home furnishings: science has proven that tatami mats have medicinal benefits.

Tags: japan, japanese, china, new, people, tokyo, video, us, song, life, fans, website, home, international, live, style, children, market, culture, band, cover, car, singing, baby, photo, dancing, shoes, farmers


Learn Chinese Writing Tshirts

(via www.oneinchpunch.net) 13 days ago

Learn Chinese Writing Tshirts

Hong Kong's NSBQ created a Learn Chinese tee. Along with a calligraphy template, which young children use to practice their Chinese character stroke, the shirt features a front writing of Ning Si Bu Qu or NSBQ.

Tags: chinese, hong kong, fashion, children


Ways of beating malaria without using DDT

(via search.japantimes.co.jp) 14 days ago

Malaria continues to be endemic in the developing world, causing more than 1 million deaths every year, mostly among children living in Sub-Saharan countries.

Tags: new, world, children, new york, health, population, deaths, disease


The Tanabata Festival

(via xorsyst.com) 14 days ago

The Tanabata Festival

On August 7th, Asagaya Tokyo held its annual Tanabata festival. Tanabata means "Evening of the seventh" and is one of the Japanese star festivals. Pingmag was there to capture all of the great floats that filled the streets.

Tags: japanese, tokyo, us, anime, star, school, festival, children, river


Thai gang kidnaps five children, kills one

(via www.channelnewsasia.com) 14 days ago

BANGKOK: A gang headed by a policeman kidnapped five children in eastern Thailand as they were being driven to school, killing one girl so she would not identify them, a top police official said Sunday.

Tags: girl, police, school, children, thailand, thai, bangkok


ACDC Crew : the Battle is over, but the WAR is not.

(via www.channelapa.com) 15 days ago

ACDC Crew : the Battle is over, but the WAR is not.

It's been about a week since the The Biggest Online Dance Battle in YouTube History went primetime. ACDC and Invisible Children have been paired up from the beginning to help raise awareness and money for...

Tags: world, girls, online, money, children, dance, war, youtube, history, water, charity


Ueto Aya to play Paris Hilton-like character

(via www.nt2099.com) 15 days ago

Ueto Aya to play Paris Hilton-like character

Japantoday.com reported, "Actress Aya Ueto, 22, will play a celebrity who is the daughter of a hotel chain owner in her new TV drama "Celebrity and the Poor" on Fuji TV's network. In the drama, Ueto's character gets married to...

Tags: new, man, tv, actress, children, drama, celebrity, poor


Japanese Honorific Titles. When do you use Chan, Kun, San, Sama?

(via otakuinternational.com) 19 days ago

Japanese Honorific Titles. When do you use Chan, Kun, San, Sama?

I know for many of you out there, these honorific titles may be a very simple thing for you. Especially for those who are constantly watching Anime or reading Manga series. However, don't go assuming that everyone ....

Tags: japan, japanese, people, us, anime, girls, series, family, children, manga, female, parents, poor, student, teacher, jobs, blogs, crash


Parents stark warning after tragic loss of daughter

(via www.theasiannews.co.uk) 20 days ago

THE parents of a 'beautiful' two-year-old girl who died after her dress caught fire have warned of the peril of leaving children unsupervised.

Tags: girl, children, beautiful, parents, fire, warning


Jackie Chan to star in Spy Next Door

(via www.nt2099.com) 22 days ago

Jackie Chan to star in Spy Next Door

CRIEnglish.com reported, "Jackie Chan is taking his martial-arts high jinks to the neighbors, signing on to star in the action comedy "The Spy Next Door.""

Tags: us, man, star, children, baby, secret, comedy, jackie chan


Shibukawa belly button festival

(via www.japanprobe.com) 24 days ago

Shibukawa belly button festival

Children and adults, many of them sporting painted stomachs, took part at the annual Belly Button Festival in Shibukawa, north of Tokyo, where dancing in the streets is compulsory.n"The belly button is traditionally....

Tags: japan, japanese, tokyo, festival, children, dancing


China quake school critic receives one-year sentence: group

(via www.reuters.com) 24 days ago

A teacher from China's earthquake-hit southwest was sentenced to one year of detention after photographing some of the schools that toppled, killing thousands of children, a rights group said on Wednesday.

Tags: china, group, beijing, school, children, earthquake, rights, teacher


Oricon Top 10 CD Singles / Daily Charts - Mr. Children takes the #1 spot (7.30.08)

(via www.nt2099.com) 25 days ago

It's new release Wednesday. Which artist or band took the #1 spot on the Oricon CD Single Daily Charts?

Tags: new, group, single, anime, release, children, artist, band, project, comedy


Natalie Portman Goes Bollywood

(via www.asianweek.com) 26 days ago

Natalie Portman Goes Bollywood

These days, everyone and their mother are going for Bollywood Gold. Snoop Dogg is already on his way, and snapping close on his heels is indie folk rocker Devendra Banhart, who was recently seen squiring Natalie....

Tags: japanese, new, people, video, music, love, asian, album, movie, tv, girl, star, american, fans, film, release, actress, live, family, music video, death, couple, children, concert, artist, new york, art, culture, future, hollywood, mother, baby, funny, ceremony, gold, celebrities, vietnamese, bollywood, banned, africa, hindu, nyc, yoga


Flash flood in Kobe

(via www.japanprobe.com) 26 days ago

Flash flood in Kobe

Video camera footage from a recent flood in Kobe provides a scary reminder of the fact that urban rivers can be very dangerous...

Tags: people, video, children, water, river, flood


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Something You'll Never Find In Asia!!

(via www.unusualgenius.com) 29 days ago

Something You'll Never Find In Asia!!

WOW 0_o do kids really have to grow up that fast??? Really something you would never find sold in Asia that's for sure! You can even read the book in Thai if you visit the site... WOW!!! Scary stuff!

Tags: drugs, kids, books, children, story, childrens books, weird, offbeat, strange, sad


Fake Mickey Mouse Olympic statues in Beijing

(via www.pinktentacle.com) 29 days ago

Fake Mickey Mouse Olympic statues in Beijing

The Yomiuri Online has posted a photo of some new Olympic-themed statues on display in Beijing's financial district. The statues — which appear about one year after Disney cried copyright infringement in response to a....

Tags: new, chinese, beijing, online, children, olympic, olympics, design, photo, fake, copyright