After a few stale weeks in the Japanese news, some pretty entertaining news have emerged. Ok, "entertaining" is perhaps not the right word, but odd and slightly bizarre are probably more suitable, and as if that wasn't enough, the whole ordeal played out... ...full story at Adventures of a Salaryman
from Adventures of a Salaryman on Tue, Nov 03 2009
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