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One bonus of living in Japan is that it's cheap and easy to get everywhere by public transportation. The down of this fact is that, of course, is that everyone else knows this too. So, if you don't want to buy a car, and don't want to be jammed into a train with all the other sardines, your next best bet it to get a bike. As in a bicycle! A lot of people seem to be taking up this "eco" option lately, so the cops have started cracking down on the scourge of bicycle crime - and not just limited to their registration-checking harassment. So, here is the JZ list of...
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Ay-O's three-dimensional work "Rainbow Environment No.7+Rainbow Ames Box" from 1969 (Kazumasa Nishioka) ANALYSIS: Restarts of Oi reactors hinge on new safety standards The Japanese government's push to restart nuclear reactors now depends on the establishment of provisional safety standards, but even that may not be enough to win over local governments and residents. (April 5) [more] Government holds off on decision to restart reactors (04/05)
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As you may already know, this year, Ramadan stretches along August. I wish you a blessed, healthy and fruitful Ramadan!! Ramadan is also the month when the Qur'an was revealed. In honor of this revelation, it is custom to read the Qur'an during Ramadan. Interestingly, the very first word that was revealed is " Read! ".My son is now 1 year old!!! Time flies... He now goes to nursary (I have returned to work). He cried a lot first, but now he knows the teachers and friends well, and enjoys the time there. He can stands by himself for a few seconds, loves sweets, loves music and shakes his body forward and backward when he hears it.
