Oct 11 2014

Random Japan

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 Travelers pick the top three destination restaurants in Japan

   Casey Baseel

Between the country’s natural beauty and historic sites, there are plenty of things to see on a trip to Japan. Eventually, though, you’re going to have to take a break from sightseeing in order to eat, and even then you’re in luck, since Japan is a foodie’s paradise.

But while it’s true that Japan is filled with great restaurants, only one can be at the top of travelers’ dining wish list, as decided by users of travel website Trip Advisor in a recent ranking of where they want to eat in Japan.

STATS

    ¥163.5 billion

Amount of unpaid NHK subscription fees that are more than a year overdue, according to the broadcaster

58,820

Number of centenarians in Japan in 2013, according to a health ministry survey

44

Consecutive of years that the number of centenarians in Japan has set a record, according to the survey

CLASS ACTS

All students at Harvard Business School are now required to take a course on the cleaning of shinkansen cars.

A man who lives next door to a preschool in Kobe is suing the facility’s administrators for ¥1 million over noise caused by children.

The newly released annals of Emperor Hirohito reveal that the monarch “had a penchant for writing creative fairy tales in his childhood.”

Demographers say the population of metropolitan Tokyo will likely peak at 13.4 million in 2020 before beginning a “steady decline.”

The Drunk Driving

 Police Officer

The Helpful Professor

  For ISIS Recruitment

Let’s Gamble Away

 Japan’s Future

Tokyo court orders Google to delete data linking man to crime



  NATIONAL OCT. 11, 2014 – 06:30AM JST

A Japanese court has ordered Google to delete search results linking the claimant to a crime he did not commit, the latest in a series of rulings around the world on what search engines should tell users.

The Tokyo District Court this week placed a provisional order that Google delete about half of 237 entries that appear after the plaintiff’s name is entered, the Asahi Shimbun newspaper and other local media reported.

The man requested the injunction in June, arguing that these search results suggest he was involved in a crime and that this constitutes a threat to his current way of life and compromises his privacy, the Asahi said.