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China, the Birthplace of Marijuana!

(via www.8asians.com) 13 days ago

China, the Birthplace of Marijuana!

The most recent issue of the esteemed academic journal, the Journal of Experimental Botany,  has a very interesting article with the rather dry title: Phytochemical and genetic analysis of ancient cannabis from Central Asia.

Tags: china, people, chinese, star, asia, photo, culture, record, trade, russia


Japan's Nissin to bring instant noodles to Russia

(via news.yahoo.com) 13 days ago

Japan's Nissin to bring instant noodles to Russia

Japan's Nissin Foods, the inventor of instant noodles, said it would spend nearly 300 million dollars on entering Russia, where it eyes a growing market for its fast food meals.

Tags: japan, food, market, russia


Man found guilty of sharing copies of foreign movies before their Japan release date

(via www.japanprobe.com) 21 days ago

A man who created and shared a Japanese-subtitled video file of the movie "Wanted" has been found guilty of violating copyright law...

Tags: japan, japanese, video, korea, man, movie, release, film, india, hong kong, south korea, foreign, taiwan, court, movies, law, philippines, thailand, singapore, uk, prison, indonesia, software, canada, pakistan, copyright, russia


2008 Bribe Payers Index report

(via www.japundit.com) 25 days ago

PGermany, Japan and the United Kingdom placed fifth with scores of 8.6. Australia ranked eighth with a score of 8.5.

Tags: japan, china, 2008, russia