Tag: Japan - Page 8

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  Monkeys Catapult Themselves Out of Primate Research Institute

  At a primate research institute in Japan's Kyoto University, recently a group of inventive monkeys managed to escape their enclosure despite the 17 foot tall electric fence in place to keep them in. With no obvious means of escape

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  Sea Shepherd's Captain Pete Bethune Given Suspended Sentence by Japanese Authorities

  Pete Bethune, captain of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's now-sunken Ady Gil, has been given a two-year suspended sentence for boarding the whaler Shonan Maru #2 in an attempt to make a citizen's arrest of the

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  Honda Fit to Become the Cheapest Hybrid on Market

  Around $16.5k in JapanHonda seems to have figured that if it isn't going to win the hybrid war on technology, it should at least try to win based on price. The first salvo was the Insight hybrid V2.0, which was about $3k less than the 3rd

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  Japanese Gov't Urges the Extinction of Night Owls

  While the environmental impact from fuels like gas and coal are well-known, Japan has now set its sights on folks who burn the midnight oil. In hopes of reducing the nation's carbon output, the Japanese Environment Ministry

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  Whaling 'Peace Plan' Talks Fall Apart - Japan Unwilling to Say When It Will Stop Killing Whales

  It's rare that a whaling peace plan falling apart could be a good thing, but for considering that the one being negotiated in Morocco, which would effectively sanction the actions of whaling nations Japan, Norway, and Iceland,

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  Japan Buys Off Developing Nations' Whaling Support: Whistleblower

  Just as the International Whaling Commission is about to get together to try to break the impasse between non-whaling nations and the trio of scofflaws (most prominently Japan), another Japanese whistleblower has come forward.

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  Japanese Whalers Building Homes, Buying Cars With Illegally Sold Whale Meat: Former Whaler

  Critics of the legitimacy of Japan's whaling fleet's claims that they are conducting scientific research and not just conducting a covert commercial whale hunt have long said that whale meat was being sold on the sly. Now a former whaler--calling himself

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  Japan Accused of Bribing Nations to be Pro-Whaling

  On the heels of an International Whaling Commission meeting slated for later this month to discuss the future prospects of commercial hunts, conscience and moral imperatives may not be the only thing influencing the countries

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  The Cove Screenings Canceled in Japan as Protests Mount (Video)

  After working diligently to raise money to translate The Cove into Japanese, and advocating like crazy to get it allowed into theaters in the country, the team behind the ground-breaking documentary is finding it is being met with little enthusiasm.

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  Australia Makes Good on Threat to Take Japan to Court to Stop Whaling

  Whale meat on sale at the Tsukiji fish market in Japan, photo: Stefan Powell. Threatened for some time now, Australia has begun legal action against Japan to stop whaling in the Southern Ocean. Formal proceedings will begin in The Hague next week and

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  DIY Electric Car Breaks World Record Going 624 Miles on One Charge

  Photo: Japan Electric Vehicle Club The Daihatsu Mira EV Broke Its Own Record An electric car went 623.76 miles (1,003 kilometers) on one charge, and on top of that it was a conversion done by the Tokyo-based Japan Electric Vehicle Club (link in

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  Reversible Destiny Doesn't Work Out as Planned: Designer Arakawa Dead at 73

  Japanese artist and designer Arakawa (no first name) and his partner Madeline Gins believed that their house could keep them alive and fit. In our post in 2008 she said "It's immoral that people have to die."

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  Extreme Container Gardening: Grow Rice In Your Bra

  Japan's Triumph International has done it again. Each year, we see some seriously crazy ideas for bras. In the past, it's been everything from saving energy with a breast-warming bra to turning your bra into a reusable shopping

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  Scary, Ancient, Jelly-like Sea Squirt Found Off Oregon Coast

  An ancient, jelly-like invasive organism from Japan has been discovered along Oregon's coast. It's being called "very, very scary" by an invasive species specialist and can smother shellfish beds and coat boat hulls, docks and water

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  Pacific Bluefin Tuna Population Shrinking at 'Alarming Rates' Due to Continued Overfishing

  The bulk of the focus on the plight of the bluefin tuna has been on the Atlantic population. Understandable considering that at current fishing levels the iconic species will be extinct within a couple of years.

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  International Whaling 'Peace Plan' Moving Forward

  A whaling 'peace plan' proposal attempting to bridge the gap between Japan, Norway, and Iceland, which all object to the international ban on whaling, and the rest of the

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  The New Mushroom Treatment: Keep Them In the Dark, Add Lots of Manure, and Give Them A Jolt

  Outside of Remy in Ratatouille, we have not considered the intersection of mushrooms and lightning, but the rat was on to something. In Japan, farming folklore that suggested that lightning made mushrooms grow faster; now scientists have tested the

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  Sea Shepherd Harassment Cuts Japanese Whale Catch in Half

  Say what you like about their tactics, but the efforts of Sea Shepherd to