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105 Year Old Sprinter World Record Holder
105 Year Old Sprinter World Record Holder
105 Year Old Sprinter World Record Holder
He is sometimes called “Golden Bolt’ but his real name Hidekichi Miyazaki and he is the Guinness World Record holder as the oldest competitive sprinter.
V-J Day, Japan Surrenders to the U.S. 70 Years Ago
V-J Day, Japan Surrenders to the U.S. 70 Years Ago
V-J Day, Japan Surrenders to the U.S. 70 Years Ago
Today, August 14th is V-J Day. The day Japan surrendered to the United States and officially ended WWII. It is called "Victory In Japan Day or "Victory Over Japan Day". There are three dates that relate to V-J Day, confusing but here what happened.
Tokyo 2020 Olympics Looking at New Sports to Add
Tokyo 2020 Olympics Looking at New Sports to Add
Tokyo 2020 Olympics Looking at New Sports to Add
The Tokyo 2020 Olympics have a deadline of the end of this week to take submission for Olympic sports wannabes. These are sports that are not Olympic sports but would like to be included in the 2020 games.
Oldest Women in the World Dies
Oldest Women in the World Dies
Oldest Women in the World Dies
The oldest person in the world has passed away at 117 years old. Misao Okawa ‘was’ the Guinness World record holder until her death on the morning of April 1st.
Tear-Free Onions
Tear-Free Onions
Tear-Free Onions
The days of crying over cut onions may be over. In Japan they have developed a tear-free onion. The substance that is emitted from an onion that makes you cry has been isolated and removed.
Pearl Habor, December 7th, 1941
Pearl Habor, December 7th, 1941
Pearl Habor, December 7th, 1941
This Sunday is the 73rd anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7th, 1941. This is the day President Franklin Roosevelt said would be the day that 'lived in infamy'. It's the date that threw the United States into the World War.
Japanese Company Offers Insulting Clothing Sizes
Japanese Company Offers Insulting Clothing Sizes
Japanese Company Offers Insulting Clothing Sizes
Typical sizes of clothes are small, medium and large but there is a Japanese company that has sizes that are rather insulting. Fatyo offers sizes in Twitch, Skinny, Fat and Jumbo and the company says they’re not trying to be insulting.
Hamster Butts the Latest Trend in Japan
Hamster Butts the Latest Trend in Japan
Hamster Butts the Latest Trend in Japan
The latest trend in Japan is hamster butts. Two books dedicated to nothing but hamster butts have sold 40,000 copies already. It is what it sounds like, pictures of nothing but the butt of hamsters.
Pearl Harbor Day, December 7th, 1941: ‘A Day That Will Live in Infamy’ [VIDEO]
Pearl Harbor Day, December 7th, 1941: ‘A Day That Will Live in Infamy’ [VIDEO]
Pearl Harbor Day, December 7th, 1941: ‘A Day That Will Live in Infamy’ [VIDEO]
Today, we solemnly remember the start of the war that culminated with the dropping of the first atomic bombs, World War II. It began with the Japanese attack on Pear Harbor at approximately 0755 local time on that terrible day. Following is Franklin Delano Roosevelt's speech to the American people in the aftermath of that attack...
Hot Soda Comes to Japan
Hot Soda Comes to Japan
Hot Soda Comes to Japan
Canned hot tea and canned hot coffee are popular in Japan and the latest ‘hot’ canned item that is all the rage is ‘soda’. It is the first soda to be served hot not cold. Drinking warm soda may not sound good to us but in Japan they like hot things in a can. The first soda to be served this way will be Canada Dry Hot Ginger Ale which Coca Cola has spent four years developing.

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