The Parting Shot for April 22, 2013
Aogashima Island, Japan. An inhabited island which is actually a volcano within a volcano. 200 people actually inhabit the Japanese volcanic island of Aogashima, with only one school and a […]
Bagelheads | Japan’s Hot Trend of Injecting Saline in Forehead for that “Bagel” Look
For the last 20 years Ryoichi ‘Keroppy’ Maeda has been documenting the underground rise in Japanese extreme body modification. Keroppy learned saline infusions in 2003 and brought the idea to […]
Sometimes the right song makes all the difference | Cat Fail Video
I cannot stop laughing nor watching the Chive’s version of this “cat jump fail” video. The original video was uploaded in Japan on Dec. 16, 2011, without any music (shown […]
Japan | Photos One Year Later
One year ago on March 6, 2011, a trifecta of disasters hit Japan. First was a 9.0 earthquake which caused a massive tsunami to hit the shore. A tsunami so […]
Scientists test sick Alaska seals for radiation
According to Reuters, scientists in Alaska are investigating whether local seals are being sickened by radiation from Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. Scores of ring seals have washed up on […]
2011 in Review | Extreme Weather
What a year 2011 was when it came to weather. Blizzards, tornadoes, flooding, droughts and hurricanes. Here is a photo journal through the extreme weather of 2011 shown in chronological […]
Ring of Fire strikes again. 7.3 magnitude quake off the coast of Japan
Image below from March 11th, 2011, tsunami A powerful earthquake struck off Japan’s northeastern coast on Sunday, July 10, 2011. Tsunami advisories were issued following the Japan earthquake, Tokyo Breaking News reported. The alert […]
Close-up underwater footage of Fukushima reactor spent fuel pool in debris
TEPCO released footage for the first time on Wednesday of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant Unit 3 reactor’s spent fuel pool. The fuel rods, covered in debris from the […]
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