N.U.’s no-smoking policy is part of a trend in Japan to end smoking in public. There are now bans(禁令)in many public places, including restaurants and bars. There are many areas in Tokyo and Kyoto where people cannot smoke on the streets. The number of people who smoke in Japan ...
Japanese artists followed the example of American gangsta rappers, detailing issues of guns, violence and drugs. But these lyrics weren't necessarily authentic to Japanese audiences living in a country where guns are illegal to carry, and the homicide rate is2000 percent lowerthan t...
Though there are manydefinitions of the term “continent,”it is generally used to identify large distinct landmasses that make up our planet’s surface. The world’s land in total has over 57 million square miles of land according to the National Geographic Society. What we know as earth’...
Generally speaking, these fake wasabi products will only have a tiny amount of real wasabi in them, around just 1 to 3 percent. This small amount of hon-wasabi is mixed with colored European horseradish instead to make it more affordable. What does wasabi taste like? Real wasabi vs. ...
Japan is home to ten percent of the world’s active volcanoes, so it’s a great place to experience one of these living mountains first-hand. Where else could you see an eruption in progress, a bubbling crater lake, buildings half-buried in lava, and mountain peaks that didn’t even ex...
Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony nearly 80% complete TOKYO -- Chief executive creative director Mansai Nomura said here on Friday that they have completed nearly 80 percent of the work for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Tokyo Olympic Games. xhne.ws/134Y2■...
When his The Seven Percent Solution came out in 1974, I nabbed it. I had never heard of Nicholas Meyer. I followed him to The West End Horror two years later. I can’t remember if I read his third, The Canary Trainer, but after The Wrath of Khan (the best Star Trek movie), I ...
The United States has less than five percent of the world's population. But it uses about twenty-five percent of the world's oil. More than half of the nation's oil is imported. Most of it goes to transportation. But festival organizers say progress in technology is making it possible ...
Seventy percent of the merchant ships were sunk or damaged. As a result, Britain lost the sea supremacy (霸权). Though victorious, Britain came out of the war with a huge national debt. Business was slack (萧条的),many factories were closed down and taxes soared. The Great Depression from...
For example, about 25 to 30 percent of carrots don't make it to the store because of their 6. looks. So try to buy ugly food next time, since it is 7. just as good as “normal” food. Many Chinese restaurants are telling people to 8. order dishes by using the “N-1” formula...