Utada Hikaru

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This article is about Utada Hikaru the famous Japanese singer and song writer. I choose this article because I am a fan of her music.

The 27 years old, Utada Hikaru had announced on her blog on the last Monday that she will suspend her music activities for infinity period of time. This is very shocked her fans around Japan and also around the world. She has a many hit single that in the bill board chart such as come back to me , merry hhristmas Mr.Lawrence(FYI).

I also shocked about this news also. However, I did understand her because she start her work when she was teenage at the age 16, and had a very busy and hard life. Maybe she just need some rest and live like normal people.

Giant Panda Gave Birth a Twin for Second Time

This news is about the Panda in Japan and I think many people like a Panda. The nine year old panda, Rauhin gave birth to a female and a male baby pandas on Wednesday at Adventure World Zoo in western Wakayama, after mating naturally with a panda that brought from China. This is her second time after she gave birth a twin two years ago by conducted artificial insemination.

However, this time the new babies were born by natural mating by Rauhin and Chinese male panda. And this is very difficult to happen because giant pandas usually have a mating season only about three days a year.

Right now are only 10 giant pandas in Japan, and eight of them are in the Adventure World. They all belong to China.

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UFO video from Japan surfaces

The reason that I choose this topic because I interesting in UFO and supernatural things. This article is about UFO in Japan. Japanese guy saw strange object on the sky and he caught it by his camera phone. They said that the picture of UFO are getting more and more every day. Also, the picture or a video of UFO quality today is getting better that ever because of a technology in camera today. However, no official expose of UFO files has occurred in Japan yet. I think maybe it not an UFO. Maybe it's just a weather balloon or a strange looking plane from Japanese government.

This is the link of UFO in Japan (video)

http://newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/83530.php

Japan Woman Has the Highest Longevity

The government has reported that Japanese woman has the longest life of the world for 25 years straight. According to the statistics of the year 2009 by the Ministry of Health showed that the average life of Japanese woman is 86.44 years which is expand almost 5 month from the last year. Made it be the new record. Meanwhile the average life of men in Japan also rose up (79.59 years for men) almost four months compared to the previous year.

The increase of people in Japan longevity reflects that Japan have a good medical treatment that reduced mortality from cancer, cardiac disorders and strokes. The three main causes of death in Japan. One of the main reason is the quality of food. Another reason is a standard of life which is a part of long life.

Women in Hong Kong came in second in longevity rankings at 86.1 years. France was third, at 84.5, followed by Switzerland at 84.4 years. Qatar is the number one ranking at 81 years.

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Oldest Ainu-Japanese dictionary found at temple

The oldest Ainu was a Japanese dictionary made by a Buddhist monk about 300 years ago has been found at Fumon-ji Temple in Fukui's Minamiyama-cho district. It is the oldest Ainu-Japanese glossary. It was created by Buddhist monk in 1704 when he visited Ezo.

"It contains a wide variety and number of vocabulary. Few ancient documents written in Ainu are available today, and it is one of the most important historical materials," a researcher said.

It was found by Toshiyuki Kunisaki. He is a chief priest at Gokuraku-ji Temple in Usa. They said that it was in bad condition when they found it with edges burnt in a fire, but it still able to read.

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AC Milan 'very close' to signing Japan star Keisuke Honda

The reason why I choose this topic because I interesting in sports. Moreover, Honda is a wonderful player and do a wonderful job in World Cup 2010.

AC Milan are closer to signing Keisuke Honda from CSKA Moscow. AC Milan made an offer of £10.9m (€13m) on Thursday. And according to sources Rossoneri are very confident of getting Japanese star to his team.

"We are very close to signing Honda, the clubs are very close to finding an agreement," said the source." [Milan coach Massimiliano] Allegri likes him a lot and wants to see him playing alongside Alexandre Pato and Ronaldinho."

The 24 year old, Honda, was very popular and have many team that interesting in him such as Arsenal, Liverpool, Birmingham City, Everton, Atletico Madrid, Deportiva La Coruna and Valencia, among others. That because of hid impressive performances for CSKA Moscow in the 2009-10 Champions League, followed by a superb World Cup in Africa.

I think he is going to do very well in AC Milan because he got an amazing skills. Also,, he has a lot of experience and strong physical, which fit in Italy football league. He already prove him self in the World Cup 2010 that he good enough.


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Nicolas Cage sends fans wild in Japan

Nicolas Cage arrived at Tokyo where he was greeted by hundreds of screaming fans. He came to Japan for promote his latest movie "The Sorcerer's Apprentice." He signed autographs for fans as he made his way out of the terminal. He arrived just hours after Leonardo DiCaprio.

Both stars arrived in Tokyo today for the Japanese premieres of Inception and The Sorcerer's Apprentice. There were more than 100 screaming fans waiting for Nicolas Cage. But while only dozens of fans waited for Inception star DiCaprio at Narita International Airport. Which proved that Nicolas Cage is the film fans’ favorite over Leonardo DiCaprio in Japan.

Cage spent more than 10 minutes at the airport posing for photos and signing autographs for his fan. Both films premiere in Japan later this week.