This Tuesday Japan will begin fingerprinting and photographing non-Japan travelers through immigration. They say it’s necessary to prevent terrorist from striking in Japan. A perfect example of this possible danger is when Japan’s Justice Minister, Kunio Hatoyama, told reporters that a “friend of friend” is a member of al-Qaida and sneaked into […]

The new “Nihonkai Engan Kosoku Doro” (Sea of Japan Coast National Highway) from Yurihonjo city (a.k.a. Iwaki) north to Noshiro in Akita Prefecture opened on the 17th of this month. Before the newly established highway, locals had to solely rely on Highway Route 7 which is still a one lane highway hugging the coast of […]