Japanese Princess Aiko, 8, attended elementary school again March 8, the first time since she stopped going to school March 2 after complaining of being bullied by some boys at school. Princess Aiko is in the second grade at Gakushuin Primary School in Tokyo. Princess Aiko is the only child of Crown Prince Naruhito and
Stylish Masks Cool, Steam, and Fit Lips and Noses news item – Slowly but surely, swine flu continued to spread Friday, including to the ranks of the United States military, and across the globe the number of confirmed cases rose from 257 to 331, the World Health Organization in Geneva reported.(New York Times, May 1, 2009
Doctor busy extracting Prime Minister Aso’s foot from Aso’s mouth …..2:1 Doctor napping on emergency room bed….4:1 Victim’s screams of pain in ambulance below official decibel reading for hospital admittance….5:1 Ineligible emergency according to Japan government’s My Big Book of Officially Approved Emergencies….6:1 Paramedic not the tenth caller. Hang up and try again……..8:1Doctors busy watching
Bye Buy Butter Thirty-five years ago, it was toilet paper. Now, consumers and bakeries are hunting butter as Japan is suffering a butter shortage. Supermarkets are limiting butter to one per customer. At OK Mart, Hokkaido butter brand was available, up 100 yen from it’s previous price of 199 yen. Buyers were allowed only one
