Demand for meat replacement brings bullish prices The prices for American “Minced Cod” which is the basis for “Kamaboko”, “Chikuwa” and other processed boiled fish paste products are expected to become bullish. The demand for a replacements arising out of … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2005
News Marathon 1: Kitakyushu Police officer on vacation looks away while driving, hits and kills 2
Nikkei: Fukuoka Pref. Tagawa Precinct 2nd Division Security Section Chief Patrol Officer Uchigata Daisuke (30 of Fukuoka pref. Tagawa-shi, Nara) hit 2 men crossing Prefectural Road 2 of Numamoto-cho, Ogura-minami-ku, Kitakyushu in his car at 2am May 29th. Araki Hakafumi … Continue reading
The best advertisement for learning martial arts ever
This short video (about 10 seconds) on a Russian news website is just amazing. I can’t read a word of Russian, but according to Babelfish, To robber they broke neck (VIDEO) not always the attempts to select in those surrounding … Continue reading
Arrival in Taipei
I’m dead tired. I arrived in Newark airport at about 10pm New York time tuesday night. Boarding at 12.30 Five hour flight to Seattle. Two hour wait. Twelve hour flight to Taipei’s Chiang Kai Shek airport, arrival 7.30am. Bus to … Continue reading
Highlights From Today’s State Department Press Briefing
I went to another State Dept. briefing today. I even got to ask a question: MR. BOUCHER: Okay, we’ve got one more in the back. That’s it? QUESTION: (Inaudible.) [ed: they censored where I said I’m from West Japan Daily] … Continue reading