Category Archives: Japan
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Birthday Boys – Keisuke Ito and Philipp Von Siebold
Leave a commentFebruary 18, 2013 by James Calbraith
Two very important people were born on February 17th and February 18th. Important for Japan, for science – and for …
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All work and no play… January projects.
Leave a commentJanuary 26, 2013 by James Calbraith
January so far is proving one of the busiest months. Apart from finishing Draft 3 of “The Rising Tide” I’ve …
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Yaldā Advent Calendar 2012 – Day 18 – a visit to Chinzei
1December 18, 2012 by James Calbraith
Another photo gallery today, from my “research trip” to Kyushu. This time it’s various places that show up in the …
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Yaldā Advent Calendar 2012 – Day 11 – a visit to Kiyo
1December 11, 2012 by James Calbraith
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Japanese Adventure :)
Leave a commentOctober 24, 2012 by James Calbraith
Finally! After rather failed experiments with Google Books and Rakuten Kobo, my books are properly available in Japan!Starting today, Amazon Kindle Store is open in Japan. I found all my books there already. KDP-side of the business is not open yet – I can’t see any rankings or can’t set the prices. It’s nice to see the automatically set prices are rounded up to hundreds of yen. I think 300 JPY is a fair and competitive price
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Suntory 2011 Earthquake Message CM – all versions
1August 23, 2012 by James Calbraith
Once in a while the Japanese release a public service commercial that is simply breath-taking in its sincerity and pure …
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The Dragon King’s Blessing
Leave a commentJuly 10, 2012 by James Calbraith
I was standing on the threshold of a cold, dark cave. The Pacific roared mercilessly against the rocks below and …
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明けましておめでとうございます!!
Leave a commentDecember 31, 2011 by James Calbraith
It’s the year of the Dragon! Which, for reasons remaining secret, is a VERY good omen for me
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Learning Japanese
Leave a commentDecember 17, 2011 by James Calbraith
When I first started learning French, the book we’ve been using started with description of what B.C.B.G. is. Not the …
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Day 9 – Radiation!
Leave a commentOctober 14, 2011 by James Calbraith
This is what happens when you let people run loose with geiger counters. Radiation is everywhere. In bricks. Bananas. Cigarettes. …
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