
Australia Challenges Japan Over Antarctic Whaling
Australia has launched proceedings in The Hague’s International Court of Justice to try and stop Japan from whaling in the South Pacific, as part of UN legal action initiated by Australia in 2010.
Written by Chris White
Lawyers representing...

Italy 4 / Japan 3
Japan only narrowly defeated by Italy: http://www.viralbucket.com/italy-4-japan-3/

Nikkei Falls To 6 Week Low
Last Monday the Nikkei 225 index fell by 3.7% to a 6 week low of 13,261.82. It has fallen by 15% since hitting a five-and-a-half year high last May.
Written by Chris White
The fall was partly due to a collapse in Japanese shares on foot of weak...

Is Bestiality Legal?
Bestiality or ‘zoophilia’ (sex with animals) is completely legal within 17 different countries, which are: Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Mexico, The Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia,...

Squashed Beetle Art
Indonesian artist Ichwan Noor has turned a 1953 yellow Volkswagen Beetle into an unblemished sphere as a modern art work which he has simply called “The Beetle Sphere”.
Written by Chris White
The Jakarta-based modern artist he spends his...

Stimulus Crumbling as China Slows Down
World stock markets tumbled today after Chinese production for the first time in seven months and as Ben Shalom Bernanke announced that the Federal Reserve was preparing to scale back on bond-buying as the US economy maintains full growth moment,...

US Condemns Japanese
The US State Department issued a statement yesterday strongly condemning remarks made by Mayor Toru Hashimoto of Osaka City, when he defended the use of sex slaves by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II as “necessary”.
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Kim Jong Un: Muppet
North Korea loves to threaten to start World War III. In the last week alone, it has warned Japan that it might launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike against it and released a video detailing its plan for a three-day invasion of South Korea.
The...