Rilakkuma rims add 16 bearpower to your car
Casey Baseel
Generally, customizing cars is a guy thing, and most guys are into power. When it comes to aftermarket wheels, the two biggest camps are those who want performance-boosting lightweight versions, or the largest, most blinged-out set available to advertise the driver’s financial status.Now, though, there’s a third option beyond looking sporty or wealthy: cute wheels.
Going on sale next month are these Rilakkuma wheels, featuring the adorably lazy character of the same name.
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Units of the Sony PlayStation 4 game console sold in the first two days of its release last month$10.6 billion
Amount of overseas development assistance disbursed by Japan in 2012, a 2.6 percent drop from 2011, according to the finance ministry
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By Tim Kelly and Nobuhiro Kubo
Being a soldier in Japan after World War Two was seen as a job for failed police recruits and unemployed youth from depressed rural towns. But as tension with China chips away at Japan’s postwar pacifism, the military is regaining its prestige – helped by a blitz of television dramas, movies and anime.Patriotic zeal is now a more compelling reason to enlist. A decade ago, around one in 10 candidates said they wanted to be a soldier for love of country. These days it’s closer to one in three, according to recruitment data obtained by Reuters.
Film directors, animators and TV producers have delivered a bumper crop of military-themed content, much of it with help from the Ministry of Defense.
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