News, and other snippets from Japan that may raise one or even both yor eyebrows. http://www.JapanUnveiled.com/RemarkableNews.html Japanese researchers have successfully cloned what is believed to have been the progenitor ox of Gifu Prefecture's "Hidagyu" beef. Hida beef is considered.... http://www.JapanUnveiled.com/RemarkableNews/2009/January2009.html The Japanese passion for sushi is apparently immune to the global economic crisis. A plump tuna on Monday fetched 9.6 million yen .... http://www.JapanUnveiled.com/RemarkableNews/2009/January2009.html The spirit of Murasaki Shikibu, author of “Tale of Genji,” abounds in Kyoto, as at a purification ceremony with period costumes at the Jonengu shrine. Considered by some to be the world’s first novel, “Genji” evokes particular pride in Japan’s ancient capital. http://www.JapanUnveiled.com/RemarkableNews/2009/January2009.html Japan's imperial family on Wednesday paid respects at the tomb of the country's wartime emperor, Hirohito, who died 20 years ago. http://www.JapanUnveiled.com/RemarkableNews/2009/January2009.html Jpan's hotline for people considering killing themselves is stretched to its limit, with the economic crisis feared to be worsening the country's suicide problem, its director said on Wednesday. More than 30,000 ... http://www.JapanUnveiled.com/RemarkableNews/2009/January2009.html Japan Airlines (JAL) on Friday carried out the world's first successful test flight of a Boeing aeroplane run on biofuel made primarily of a non-food energy crop called camelina. http://www.JapanUnveiled.com/RemarkableNews/2009/January2009.html Resource-poor Japan just discovered a new source of mineral wealth -- sewage. A sewage treatment facility in central Japan has recorded a higher gold yield from sludge than can be found at some of the world's best mines. http://www.JapanUnveiled.com/RemarkableNews/2009/January2009.html Two Japanese boys brought a World War II bomb to class, flustering teachers on the island of Okinawa which was the scene of the Pacific conflict's bloodiest battle http://www.JapanUnveiled.com/RemarkableNews/2009/January2009.html Known as Mitsukurina Owstoni, the goblin shark is truly an odd and lonely creature. Identified mainly by the unusual shape of its head, or snout, which is much longer than other sharks, and ... http://www.JapanUnveiled.com/RemarkableNews/2009/January2009.html Seven Japanese have fallen ill with one in a critical condition after eating the testes of blowfish, renewing public fears over ... http://www.JapanUnveiled.com/RemarkableNews/2009/January2009.html Overwhelmed by a growing number of misbehaving tourists, Tokyo fishmongers banned all visitors from one of the city's most popular tourist destinations — the pre-dawn tuna auctions at the world's largest seafood market... http://www.JapanUnveiled.com/RemarkableNews/2009/January2009.html Members of the international whale body are negotiating a compromise to let Japan hunt whales near its shores in exchange for cutting back its Antarctic hunts. http://www.JapanUnveiled.com/RemarkableNews/2009/January2009.html Musou Tsuribashi, known as “Japan’s Scariest Suspension Bridge”, is extremely narrow and precarious. Located in the Southern Japanese Alps, also known as the Akaishi Mountains, the bridge dates back ... http://www.JapanUnveiled.com/RemarkableNews/2009/January2009.html Launched in December, the "Nioi-bu," or Smell Club, has registered more than 160 scents around the world, ranging from "steam coming out of a rice cooker" to "used socks in the summer," and pinpointed their locations on a Google map. http://www.JapanUnveiled.com/RemarkableNews/2009/January2009.html A new study has revealed genetic links between people who inhabited northern Peru more than 1,000 years ago and the Japanese. http://www.JapanUnveiled.com/RemarkableNews/2009/January2009.html Police say that more than 2,200 Japanese committed suicide due to work conditions in 2007. The figure represented only a fraction of the problem, some say. They estimate some ... http://www.JapanUnveiled.com/RemarkableNews/2009/January2009.html Canon's camcorder production plant in Japan's lush southwestern prefecture of Oita is not only closed to the public, it's not accessible to anyone outside of the company other than .... http://www.JapanUnveiled.com/RemarkableNews/2009/January2009.html Japan's apparent attempts to rewrite its wartime past has reignited a row amid reports that new school textbooks will not state that the military coerced civilians into mass suicides .... http://www.JapanUnveiled.com/RemarkableNews/2009/January2009.html The number of people who made New Year's visits to major shrines or temples in Japan this year has reached a record high. According to the statistics, ... http://www.JapanUnveiled.com/RemarkableNews/2009/January2009.html Injury-weary Mongolian grand champion Asashoryu is set to make his return to the raised ring at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament kicking off in Tokyo this weekend, ... http://www.JapanUnveiled.com/RemarkableNews/2009/January2009.html Japan has led the way in the field of robotics and in keeping with this tradition has become the first country to begin mass-producing a robot that will ... http://www.JapanUnveiled.com/RemarkableNews.html