Plane That Survived Pearl Harbor Coming Home To USA

A P-40B Warhawk, which was in a hangar being repaired during the attack by the Japanese.

Shipwreck Blog: Japanese I-400-Class Submarine, 1946

2300 feet down, near the coast of Hawaii.

It would have looked similar to this:

It was taken as a war prize by the US at the end of WWII and apparently was sunk to prevent the USSR from having access to its technology.

Island Born In Fire

Nijima, a volcano in the Pacific Ocean south of Japan.

Yer REAL Hunger Games

Kimono vs. Komodo:

"Woman with a slab of meat tied to her has to outrun giant lizard in bizarre Japanese TV show."

Pic:

Donald 'Duck' Dunn, 1942-2012: R.I.P.

The bass player for Booker T. & the M.G.'s and the Blues Brothers has died in his sleep while on tour in Tokyo.

He was 70 years old.

Here's Duck and his musical partner Steve Cropper playing the classic Green Onions, the signature song of Booker T. & the M.G.'s:

Meanwhile, On Sotobanari Island...

...a Japanese man has been living as a hermit, naked, for 20 years.

Click the link to see video and the story. He spends much of the time in the video scratching himself like an ape would. And, lest you think he's self-sufficient, let me make it clear: he's supported by funds from his brother, which allows him to journey to buy groceries once a week. Still, I'm sure he appreciates the solitude and comparative autonomy.

h/t Robert Langham.

Use the Force, Luke!

A Japanese swordsman has managed to split a .177 pellet fired at him from 70 feet away.

Video:



Still, hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side:

7.2 Richter Earthquake Off Japan

Heard it on the radio just now. Dear gods, haven't those poor people suffered enough?

Those Are OUR Rocks!

Japan and South Korea can't agree on who owns rocks formed by the peak of a volcano in the sea between the two countries.

Japan: Where Have All Our Centenarians Gone?

They appear to have misplaced 200 of them.

“It is impossible to keep a check on who is alive or dead, unless somebody registers a person’s death,” said Midori Kotani, a senior research director at Dai-Ichi Life Research Institute Inc. “The pension system is founded on the premise that people are good, not that they kill family members at home, and bury them.”

Meanwhile, In Japan...

...the Japanese Prime Minister, Yukio Hatoyama, is turning heads with his distinctive shirt worn at a barbecue:





Unusual and handsome, isn't it?