Not to be outdone, the Japanese maritime self-defence force are developing their own new systems of 'aerial locomotion', with the aim of 'putting a sailor into orbit' within the next three years. 新型空中移動装置です。

Greater Co-Prosperity Airlines has announced a new service to Harbin, with one-way tickets starting at 500 sen. It is proving especially popular with young female 'OL' office workers, looking for an inexpensive getaway, and the opportunity…

In 3D, so they say! Looking happy. Before they tried to assassinate him, that is. Well, they thought about it, anyway. You can read about that here: ] 五・一五事件の前日にはイギリスの喜劇俳優のチャールズ・チャップリンが来日し、事件当日に犬…

...reads this anymore? And... Ou sont les pagodes d'antan? そして、心弾んだ過ぎし日の仏塔はどこに脱出しましたか？ I like that word, 'antan' in French, by the way. It's a bit literary, so I suppose I read it in Racine, or some such like. In…