Saturday, January 12, 2008

NEWS FROM JAPAN

From Metropolis magazine
Japan's No. 1 English magazine
January 11, 2008

Nintendo announced that it will launch a movie download service for its DS Lite game console starting in March.

Spying on your coworkers just got easier after NEC Japan announced a “security” camera that draws power directly from overhead fluorescent lights.

Toshiba announced that it had developed an industrial battery that can be recharged in five minutes and has a life cycle of ten years.

A 2-year-old Tokyo boy was believed to have been shot in the chest and killed by his 5-year-old brother after their father left them alone in a room with his four rifles.

A 13-year-old boy who bashed his sleeping father with a baseball bat said he wanted to kill his dad because “he’s always telling me off and [beats] me about once a month.”

It was announced that, for the third year in a row, “Hina” was the most popular name for baby girls in Japan. “Hirota” was the most popular for boys for the second consecutive year.

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