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Ryukyu Golden Kings will be seeking donations for victims of the earthquake and tsunami
Ryukyu Golden Kings and Ryukyu Jusco Co., Ltd. will be seeking donations to help earthquake and tsunami victims in the north east Japan. Monetary donations will be accepted in donation boxes located in all AEON and Max Valu stores in Okinawa from March 13 to March 31. Members of the Kings family to include Players…
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Tokyograph: GACKT launches earthquake relief fund
Singer GACKT is using his influence to help earthquake relief efforts, establishing a new emergency donation fund called ‘SHOW YOUR HEART.’ The fund was organized with cooperation from popular online gaming portal Hangame, and a special webpage has been launched for the fund. […] The donations, which are being accepted through a Sumitomo Mitsui bank…
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American Red Cross Text Donations: Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami
Txt REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation to #Japan eq & Pacific #tsunami relief. http://bit.ly/eZJDoJ — American Red Cross (@RedCross) March 11, 2011 More info on texting your donation can be found on this American Red Cross page. (Received word that my family in Okinawa as well as my cousin and her family…
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Web: Japan Update launches Okistyle.com, a guide to Okinawa
Japan Update recently launched a new website that they bill as a guide to Okinawa called OkiStyle. So far, they only have information for housing in Okinawa so it’ll be exciting to see the other things they come up with for the site. OkiStyle Follow them on Twitter too: @japanupdate.
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Tokyograph: Morning Musume’s Niigaki Risa cast in ninth “Twilight File” omnibus
An audition announcement has revealed that Morning Musume member Niigaki Risa (22) is set to appear in a movie tentatively titled ‘Bad Days Reason,’ part of the omnibus ‘Twilight File IX.’ Specific details about the film are not yet known, but shooting is scheduled to start in fall 2011, presumably for a 2012 release. […]…
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Okinawans are lazy, exortionists? Shame on Maher. (via Grits and Sushi)
Some of you readers may have already heard the news about U.S. Diplomat Kevin Maher's racist remarks about Okinawans to a group of students at the State Department. Maher was head of the Japanese Affairs Office and Former Consul General in Okinawa which makes his comments even more a tragedy for Okinawans and the US.…
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Jetpack to the WP.com Cloud (via Jetpack)
No one really gets the distinction between the two things called WordPress at first, the dot-com and the dot-org. On dot-com in just a few clicks you're set up on a web-scale centralized platform that constantly gets new upgrades and features. And you never have to worry about it because it’s completely hassle-free and completely…
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Yuki Chikudate from Asobi Seksu
I’m a fan of Asobi Seksu’s music (own all of their albums except for their latest, “Fluorescence”) and I didn’t even know that singer Yuki Chikudate is Uchinanchu! Bad on me. Bad. On. Me. http://twitter.com/#!/asobi_seksu/status/45277678147870720 Anyhoo, according to her tweet, Yuki wants to do a concert in Okinawa! Hopefully if this happens, they’ll stop in…
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YouTube: Namie Amuro feat. Tomohisa Yamashita “Unusual”
[updated] Video is no longer available since Avex pulled it. Hopefully, Avex will release an official version that fans can view. PV of Namie Amuro’s song “Unusual” (featuring Tomohisa Yamashita) from her upcoming best collaboration album “Checkmate!” which will be released on March 23, 2011. (Via @fyiMango.)
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YouTube: 北谷TV takes a look at how Chatan Chourou awamori is made
My favorite awamori. 🙂
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