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On May 12th 2008 in the Sichuan province in china there was an earthquake that took the lives of 69,196 people. This tradgedy makes its mark in the history books as the 19th most deadly eartquake of all time. The most deadliest earthquake of all time was Tangshan China in 1976 with 242,419 dead.

≡ Category: Features | Author: Ichigo | ≅ 1 Comment

Welcome to the AP news team Fazman.  He is our first non-host member of the news team and will be posting Japan and Industry related news.  Join me in welcoming him.

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Full day #2.  I decided to spent more time in Akihabara this time.  So I headed over there in the morning.  I spent a lot of time just browsing the stores, played a bit more of the Gundam game.  I have decided that yesterday must have been a fluke, because this time I got my [...]

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 Ian Condry [45:02m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This is Ian Condry’s panel from Anime Boston. Many thanks to Rangiku for recording this panel.

≡ Category: Japan | Author: Ichigo | ≅ Leave a Comment

A man who allegedly issued a death threat June 19th on 2ch against 水樹奈々 (Mizuki Nana) was arrested the day prior to her July 5th LIVE FIGHTER concert in Yoyogi (between Harajuku and Shinjuku in Tokyo).

Part of the threat posted on 2ch was 「お前ら安心しろ。水樹奈々と水樹信者はダガーナイフと２ｔ（トン）トラックを使って、俺が代々木で皆殺しにしてやるからよ」. This roughly reads “You can all relax. I will use a 2 ton truck and a dagger to kill Mizuki Nana and her fans in Yoyogi.”