When ya'll get the chance, check out Tri's new Project Pink
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Days til Brandon & Thuy are in Japan: 04
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Woke up at: 07:15
Mood: Little tired
Listening to: Learn Chinese by Jin
Weather Report: Today started out a little bit cloudy, then it rained, then it was the best weather I've seen in like 2 months! Nice and cool, sunny, blue skies, no humidity....it was the best.
Japanese Food: Tsunagi = Chicken gizzard
Japanese Word/Phrase of the Day: zen zen .... = not at all; used with the negative form a verb. For example: Zen zen wakaranai = I don't understand anything.
Japan News: The government will pay China about 100 million yen after deadly gas leaked from chemical weapons abandoned by the Imperial Japanese Army in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang Province, China, during the closing days of World War II, sources said Monday.
According to the Cabinet Office and the Foreign Ministry, which are working out details of the payment, the government is considering offering the money to:
-- Support local medical teams.
-- Pay families of those who died and those who were injured by the gases.
-- Pay for victims' hospital fees.
-- Seal the weapons and prevent further poisoning.
The money likely will be sourced from the Foreign Ministry's 30.7 billion yen-budget for disposal of abandoned chemical weapons under the Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the sources said.
The Qiqihar city government asked the government to compensate it for expenses caused by the leak. Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi, however, said the city government had no right to do so as China gave up claims for war reparations in the 1972 Japan-China joint statement.
The government, therefore, decided to offer to support Chinese medical activities and financially support the victims as part of the ministry's project to dispose of abandoned chemical weapons under international law, which is a separate issue to war reparations, the sources said.
Five drums of chemical weapons were found at a construction site in Qiqihar on Aug. 4. Dozens of people were poisoned after coming into contact with a gas that leaked from the drums. According to the Foreign Ministry, 43 people had been poisoned as of Aug. 21.
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Fantasy Football Update (as of 09.04.03):
I'll be updating this completely when the season starts.
Nothing new to post...season starts in today!
Week 1 matchup: Spam Jam (Tri)
Tri's is gonna feel the wrath of the Sakamoto Samurais!!!
Fantasy Baseball Update (as of 09.03.03):
WTF!!! I had -2 pts today!!! Only about 150 pts separates me from the 4th Jookies! Have no fear, my team will come thru for me....I hope...
