- Typhoon Jose slightly weakens as it continued its path toward the northern parts of the Philippine Area of Responsibility.
- Japan mulls launching their own military space force within the next 5 years that would initially be tasked to protect their satellites from dangerous debris orbiting the Earth. It was aimed at strengthening Japan-US cooperation in space and comes after nations pledged to boost joint work on monitoring space debris, including asteroids.
- About 381 people were reportedly killed from a massive earthquake in Zhaotong, China, and rescue ops are underway.
- DID YOU KNOW...That in Japan, wearing the wrong shoes can fail a driver's license test?
- Berjaya Auto Philippines, the Philippine distributor of Mazda, warns Haima seller that the Japanese automaker definitely has no involvement with Haima products.
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| Haima 2 |
- KEPT YOU WAITING, HUH? Metal Gear Solid's Solid Snake has infiltrated the Nendoroid range...as a Nendoroid of himself! Set for November release, Nendoroid Solid Snake is a must have for fans of Metal Gear!
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| Nendoroid Solid Snake |
- This August only, participating Pokemon Centers from all over Japan will be offering customers a special Poke Ball-pattered Vivillon (the one we saw in France last June) to use on the Pokemon X/Pokemon Y game on the 3DS. The special Poke Ball Vivillon is in Level 12 and it comes with a Classic Ribbon.
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| Vivillon (Poke Ball pattern) |
Remember, don't do anything stupid to get one of these if you're living outside Japan, especially via GTS or Wonder Trade or whatever you're doing to have a Vivillon of a different pattern.
- YOU'VE WAITED BUT HERE IT IS!!! The anime version of the browser game, Kantai Collection (KanColle), is set for January 2015 airing. This was announced at a special event at the Pacifico Yokohama yesterday. Is this a must-watch for you, KanColle fans?
TTFN!!!
