いしだあゆみ ブルーライト・ヨコハマ Blue light Yokohama I tried to translate the lyrics of "Blue Light Yokohama". It means Blue Lighted Yokohama City. Beautiful are the sparkling city lights, Yokohama Blue Light Yokohama You and me, two of…

夏川りみ Rimi Natsukawa 島唄 The mean of this song's lyrics in English (my translation, not official one) The flowers of Deigo had blossomed, they summoned the wind, then the storm (the battle of Okinawa) had arrived. Deigo had been in ful…

Stronger than Ultraman, crueler than devils, more cold-blooded than liquid nitrogen. We call them Chengguan (城管)

The above photo's was taken by kaiunmanzoku today. Tibet Needs You Now! Join our visual petition Over 50,000 of us have pledged to Stand Up For Tibet, now we need to put this pledge into action. Whoever you are, wherever you are, please j…

A Google search for Chinese-language references to chengguan produces literally millions of entries for “chengguan beat people” (城管打人).Public resentment of chengguan abuses and the apparent impunity these forces enjoy have fueled a nu…

The July 2009 Ürümqi riots were a series of violent riots over several days that broke out on 5 July 2009 in Ürümqi, the capital city of Uyghur. In this riot, China deployed People's Armed Police to suppress Uyghur rioters,but two days lat…

Annular Eclipse in Japan on May 21, 2012 A glimpse of the sun among thick cloud between electric wires. The photo was taken by me in Chiba city around 7:30 a.m. The sun disappeared again from view below thick cloud in a minute or two. Mir…

Northeast Asian History Foundation in South Korea announced on March 28, 2012 that they found the old Japanese map which depicted as "Dokdo" was excluded from the territory of Japan in color. However they are so glad to release their preci…

We, the Japanese people, desire peace for all time and are deeply conscious of the high ideals controlling human relationship and we have determined to preserve our security and existence, trusting in the justice and faith of the peace-lov…