A horrible story that I'd forgotten about until now. If there's anything good in this story, it's that hopefully people will be more careful with these deadly chemicals.

Japan's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that 50-year-old photographer Kenji Nagai was shot dead in Yangon. Pictures smuggled out of the country showed him taking photos with a small camera even as he lay dying on a street near Sule Pagoda, a focus of the protests in the capital.

What photographers will do to get a good photo, huh?

Abe-san's successor has been chosen. I just hope he faces a brighter future. We'll see.

Sorry supporters, but considering the decline of dolphin populations worldwide, this is really disturbing. The world will judge this behavior for years to come.

For anyone that thought he was acting.

The world's oldest man celebrated his 112th birthday with two bashes at his home in southern Japan on Tuesday, then declared that he wants to live forever.

All that good food I guess.

Keeping you posted as to the situation in Japan with the upcoming elections.

Keeping you posted as to the situation in Japan with the upcoming elections.

Whether you liked him or not, and I realize that many Japanese are strongly divided on him, it's sad that he's going out this way. You have to believe that it was, at least partly due, to the pressures of the office he's held. Not an easy job.

This is going to be interesting to watch. And it could get a little heated. The world will find out with this election which way the Japanese people are planing to move forward politically.

I'll keep you posted.

Chomsky says building, not bombing, the best way to fight terror

Gotta love the way he thinks. At one time, he was the most quoted man in history, replacing Shakespeare. Not sure now, but he's obviously still a great thinker.