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BLOOMBERG: Japan Steel Works Ltd produces components for nuclear reactors from 600-ton ingots.

http://bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aaVMzCTMz3ms&refer=home

On 29th March, as part of the ongoing commemorative events for the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Ireland, the 60th Jubilee Exhibition of the Shodo Geijutsu-In Foundation (the Association of Japanese Calligraphy), co-hosted by the Embassy of Japan, opened at the Atrium, Office of Public Works in Dublin.  read more »

I found another article about Pearl Harbor and particularly liked the way Japanese pilot expressed his view on the historical event:  read more »

Happy Christmas!
I've setup the majority of core site services (like menus, categories, glossary, galleries, user management etc) and now it's time to post some stories to start filling it up. This also will give a good test for the site infrastructure. For next few weeks I'm going to publish few sword-related stories taken from the web.

A new video from Your Tube shows, in super slow motion, a Japanese sword being slowly decimated by machine-gun fire. As the film shows later, the first few rounds are actually sliced in half by the sword's sharp, tough edge.  read more »