* Thanks for taking the time to write!

* Vitamin E may prevent skin disease eczema

* KHI seals Washington subway deal

* Inax develops 'golden' toilets for Shanghai Expo

* JVC to end Japan production of camcorders

* Court hits sex bias in burns suit

* Great Japan Beer Festival 2010

* Australia to take Japan to court over whaling

* Peter Bethune pleads guilty in Tokyo trial

* Sumo association punishes coaches over distribution of tournament seats to yakuza

* Narita airport to ban smoking in all restaurants

Music Courtesy of Garageband

* Japan, by In Blue River

* Japanese Airline Stewardess, by Los Paranoias

* In Between Your Suicides, by The Blast

Links of Interest

* Great Japan Beer Festival 2010

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store

Contact: japantalker@gmail.com

* Arizona, my defacto home state

* Immigration laws

* A novel concept

* Japan to require disposable lighters to have safety devices

* Reference guide of useful Japanese phrases

* French become first Japanese archery world champs

* H-2A rocket blasts off with Venus climate orbiter aboard

* Photographer indicted for nude photo shoot in cemetery

* Transvestite SDF warrant officer nabbed for indecent exposure

* Japanese man arrested for throwing millions of yen onto highway

* Tape on prints beating fingerprint checks at Japan airports

* New smokeless cigarettes stump lawmakers

Music Courtesy of Music Alley

* Mesa Arizona, by Jeffrey Foucault

* Driving My Toyota, by Todd Chappelle

* Only the Tequila Talking, by Lisa Bouchelle (featuring John Popper)

Links of Interest

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store

Contact: japantalker@gmail.com

* Apologies for missing last week

* On the mend

* “Ghost” set for a Japanese remake

* Japanese government blocks child porn ban

* Tokyo bookstore group to launch magazine titles for iPad in June

* Softbank suspends acceptance of iPad orders

* Japanese ordering iPads from U.S. ending up with empty boxes

* Man ordered to compensate neighbors for feeding stray cats

* $3,400 Gundam figure

* Man arrested for forging documents to marry ex-wife's daughter

Music

* Japanese Girlfriend, by Earwig

* Famous Song, by Ruby James

* Relish, by Little Thom  

Links of Interest

* Bandai Premium website

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store

Contact: japantalker@gmail.com

* Tim Hawkins

* Corrections

* New Japan video blogger list on JAPUNDIT

* New Japan learning resource list on JAPUNIDT

* Tokyo population goes over 13 million

* Tokyo Tsukiji fish market to limit visitor access

* U.K. national part to implement voluntary Japanese tourist tax

* Japan consortium plans robot moon walk within five years

* Full-page anti-Futenma base ad placed in the Washington Post

* Japan abolishes statute of limitations on murder

* Akasaka Prince to fall to wrecker’s ball

* Kewpie Mayonnaise making it big in the U.S.A.

* Just think about it, and it is done

* Ex-yakuza bigwig sentenced for Peko-chan doll thefts   

Music

* The Government Song, by Tim Hawkins

* Day of Reckoning, by Amy Martin

* Mad Cult, by The Volume Brothers

Links of Interest

* Tim Hawkins website

* Tim Hawkins on YouTube

* The Volume Brothers on MySpace

* Amy Martin website

* Gimmeabreakman

* Hikosaemon

* Peko-chan

* Kewpie Mayonnaise

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store

Contact: japantalker@gmail.com