Welcome to Japan Days!

Welcome to Japan Days. Some of my fondest memories are from my days in Japan, therefore I have started this website. Originally, I had most of this content on another site, but the theme of the content was inconsistent with the theme of that site. For that reason, and also because I am an incurable geek who loves to experiment with code, I decided to open Japan-Days.info, dedicated to my days in Japan.

The site is for anyone with an interest in Japan. Members of the US Armed Forces and their dependents who are either currently stationed, previously stationed, or about to be stationed in Japan, are very welcome here. The time that I spent there as a member of the USAF in the 1970's changed my life, and my hope is that any of you who have the opportunity to go there can find information in here that will enable you to better enjoy your tour in that wonderful, fascinating country. and that will help you to make the most of this great opportunity to experience a most amazing country and culture.

I hope that you enjoy the website, and please check back often as I add more content.

--Bob

Some Random Photos
Japan pics Mouseover the image to pause the slideshow.

Currently, the picture gallery from which the random pics are selected include photos that we took in 2005.

As I develop more of the site, I plan to add more pictures to the gallery, and I plan to enhance the function that dynamically builds the slideshow to select photos by category, with categories being defined and selected for content relevancy.

Japan, Asia, and Travel News
News On Japan
NewsOnJapan.com
Experts warn of ugly side to makeup for children
Yomiuri  2012-05-19 20:00:54
Each morning before going to school, a 9-year-old fourth-grader in Yokohama curls her eyelashes with a metal curler. The girl does it to make her eyes appear larger--and she says her friends do the same thing. Her 42-year-old mother is perplexed by this behavior. (Yomiuri)
Poverty stalks the land - and its long-term victims will be today's young
Japan Times  2012-05-19 19:52:39
Open any Japanese newspaper, listen to the radio, watch television or keep tabs on any other form of media, social or otherwise, and you are bound to find references to this country's "rapidly aging society." (Japan Times)
Sumo: Kisenosato recovers to set up grandstand finish
Japan Times  2012-05-19 19:50:37
Kisenosato rebounded from back-to-back losses to blast out fellow ozeki Harumafuji, and rank-and-filers Tochiozan and Kyokutenho both pulled off upset wins Saturday to send the title race down to the wire at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament. (Japan Times)
TV: no longer the drug of the people
Japan Times  2012-05-19 19:50:37
Last week, Japan's fifth largest discount electronics retailer, Bic Camera, announced it would soon obtain a 50 percent share of Japan's sixth-largest discount electronics retailer, Kojima, thus making the combined companies Japan's second-largest electronics retailer. (Japan Times)
Japan readies for 'ring' solar eclipse
AFP  2012-05-19 19:44:02
Special darkened glasses were selling out in Japan on Friday as anticipation built ahead of a "ring" solar eclipse above one of the most densely populated parts of the planet. (AFP)
Japanese woman, 73, again oldest atop Everest
Japan Times  2012-05-19 19:38:35
A Japanese woman stunned the mountaineering world Saturday by successfully climbing the world's tallest mountain at the age of 73, setting a formidable record that could stay unchallenged for decades. (Japan Times)