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Japan Train Rescue

In japan, about fourty japanese train passengers pushed a 32-ton train carriage away from the platform to free a woman who had fallen into the 20 centimeter gap between the train and platform.

Norihiro Shigeta/AP/SIPA

In Japan Railway Minami Urawa Station in Saitama, near Tokyo, at Monday July 22, train passengers and railway staff push a train car inordert to rescue a woman in her mid-30s who fell and got stuck between the car and the platform while getting off at .

Fortunately, The victim was taken to hospital but she didn't have any injuries and the train left after just an eight-minute delay.

2nd memorial of the March 11

Today, Japan marks the two-year anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami which killed nearly 19,000 people in 2011.

Junishi Japanese Zodiac

The Japanese zodiac system is called "Jyuunishi" which refer to the 12 year cycle of animal years.With the Japanese zodiac we can calculate not only a person's age but also to indicate one's character or personality based on what year the person was born, which makes the Japanese zodiac system interesting.

The Japanese zodiac Signs consist of 12 kinds of animals : Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Boar.

Japanese Zodiac Signs by Birth Year:

Rat: 1900, 1912, 1924, 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008...

Ox: 1901, 1913, 1925, 1937,1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009...

Tiger: 1902, 1914, 1926, 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010...

Rabbit: 1903, 1915, 1927, 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011...

Dragon: 1904, 1916, 1928,1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012...

Snake: 1905, 1917, 1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013...

Horse: 1906, 1918, 1930, 1942, 1954,1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014...

Sheep: 1907, 1919, 1931, 1943,1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015...

Monkey: 1908, 1920, 1932, 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016...

Rooster: 1909, 1921, 1933, 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017...

Dog:1910, 1922, 1934, 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018...

Boar:1911, 1923, 1935, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019...

I was born in the year of the Horse which is said that people born in this year are cheerful, talented, they love to dress well and adopt new ideas and concepts. They are good with their hands and attracted to art and are really more cunning than intelligent, popular, and diplomatic.(Glad to hear that and i guarantee that it's totaly me! )

Japanese Dragons

The dragon has significant meaning in Japanese culture it represents guardianship and protection. It can also mean strength, power, and wisdom. It have three toes (claws) compared to Chinese dragons which have five. Most Japanese dragons are associated with rainfall and bodies of water.

Japanese New Year: Bell ringing

At midnight on December 31, Buddhist temples all over Japan ring their bells a total of 108 times (じょやの鐘 joyanokane) to symbolize the 108 human sins in Buddhist belief, and to get rid of the 108 worldly desires regarding sense and feeling in every Japanese citizen. Japanese believe that the ringing of bells can rid off their sins during the previous year. After they are done ringing the bells, they celebrate and feast on soba noodles.

By the way, Soba noodles is a very popular fast food in Japan and they are often served drained and chilled in the summer, and hot in the winter with a soy-based dashi (is a class of soup and cooking stock used in Japanese cuisines) broth.

Kanji of the year 2012 (金）

The Kanji of the year (今年の漢字 ) is a kanji chosen by the Japanese Kanji Proficiency Society through a national ballot in Japan. It began in 1995. The character with the most votes is selected to represent the events of that year, and is announced in a ceremony on December 12 (Kanji Day) at Kiyomizu Temple.

‘Gold’ chosen as Japan’s Kanji of the Year 2012