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Pretty Japanese fashion model and TV celebrity Moe Oshikiri 押切もえ was spotted earlier this summer in policewoman cosplay in the Harajuku district of Tokyo.   The 30 year old AneCan magazine model wore a fitting black blazer, hip hugging skirt with heels and a cute police lady hat to complete her transformation as she was chosen as an honorary police station caption for a day for the Tokyo Metropolitan police.

Moe-chan’s appointment as honorary police captain was to increase awareness of traffic accidents in the area.

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Angela Baby アンジェラベイビー (Angela Yeung Wing 杨颖, 楊穎 ) is a Chinese fashion model from Shanghai and Hong Kong who is making waves in Japan.  Like Jessica Cambensy, her sexy and cosmopolitan looks have earned her a modeling contract with Avex and she has since been operating from Japan over the few months.  Angelababy started modeling at the age of 17 when she was discovered in Hong Kong and been modeling for the past 7 years.

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The soon to be tallest building in Japan will be the  Tokyo Sky Tree 東京スカイツリーwhich is slated for completion in the Spring of 2011.  Long discussed, the tower is being constructed by a group of six terrestrial broadcasters (including NHK) who will use it to transmit digital television signals.

When completed, the 634 meter tall tower will stand out in Tokyo’s skyline  and the tower’s observatory will be open to the public in the spring of 2012.

Construction has been ongoing for the last few years and you can view the building works via the webcam  here.  Read more...

It was just a matter of time before the Japanese scientists combined a skateboard and a robot into a robot skateboard!  Developed by the Shibaura Institute of Technology in Tokyo, the robo skateboard prototoype weighs 15kg, is 30cm wide, 60cm long and 25cm tall.

This mean machine can tool you around the streets of Tokyo without you breaking a sweat. You simply lean forward or back to get it to move, and it can truck along at up to 6mph.  Its speed and direction can be controlled by shifting your body weight. For example, when you put your weight on either one of your feet, the skateboard will automatically accelerate. There are load sensors on all four corners of the board, motors (and wheels) on the sides and a control computer unit in the middle.  Read more...

Pretty Japanese fashion model Yuri Ebihara 蛯原友里 and her twin sister Eri Ebihara 蛯原英里 were  seen at the airport on their way to Yuri’s wedding in Paris. Ilmari was walking by  himself in an effort to attract less attention.

Is hot Japanese lingerie model Jessica Michibata 道端ジェシカ single again?  According to various new British tabloid reports that will make most guys happy,  the pretty Jessica Michibata is no longer with race car driver Jensen Button ジェンソン・バトン.

According to British tabloid reports it was Button, 30, who decided to end the 18-month relationship with Michibata, 25, just after the Monaco Grand Prix due to problems in maintaining a long distance relationship, according to the Sun newspaper.

In another report, the Daily Mail said with her living in Tokyo and him all around the world to race, she was constantly flying out to meet him.  Read more...

Last month, Japan’s government passed a stunning new initiative in this year’s budget that gives parents cash for having kids. It’s a drastic move for a huge problem as the country has the world’s fastest aging population, and one of the lowest birth rates. By 2050, experts estimate a whopping 40 percent of the country’s population will be over age 65.

The measure calls for the government to pay families $150 per child each month, so a couple with two children would receive $300 a month.

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There was a collective sigh by all the male fans of pretty Japanese fashion model Yuri Ebihara 蛯原 友里, (Anecan and CanCam) on hearing the news that she married a member of  Jpop group RIP Slyme, Ilmari (イルマリ)  real name  Keisuke Ogihara  荻原イルマリ恵介.

Ebihara and Ilmari had been seeing each other for a year before tying the knot in secrecy. Sources say the pair submitted their marriage registration earlier this year at a ward office in Tokyo and soon after began living together in a condo.  The celebrity couple have plans to hold a ceremony in a Paris church on June 16 in front of 50 friends and relatives.  Read more...

According to an estimate released last month by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, the population of Tokyo has surpassed 13 million for the first time!   The population for Japan’s capital city  calculated by using the 2005 population census and it’s resident registry numbers, stood at a whopping 13,010,279 in April.

Even Tokyo residents have noticed more people in the capital and Tokyo’s population surpassed 12 million in 2000, meaning it has grown by around 1 million in the last decade.

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The Ainu (アイヌ) (also called Ezo in historical texts) are the little known indigenous people of  Japan who were only officially recognized as Japan’s indigenous people in 2008.  The Ainu have suffered  a long history of discrimination and cultural suppression with land annexed and laws imposed banning their language, hunting and religious practices.

Like the American Indians, Australian aborigines, the Japanese Ainu have had to their fight for cultural survival and acceptance over the last century but some change is in the air for the Ainu.