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The Type of Manga Based From Readers

Japan, yes Japan! Who is not familiar with Doraemon's country of origin, country of cherry blossoms is already known almost all over the world in making a manga (Japanese comics). This Japanese comics do tend to loved by many because it offers a lot of interesting stories that deserve to be read and enjoyed.

In Japan, comics are divided based on the target audience, such as kodomo (children), shoujo (young women), shounen (teenage boys), Josei (adult female), and seinen (adult male). The division of a Japanese comic has long been applied in this country, making it easier for readers to buy it. Yet many people ignore or do not know about this. Therefore, you should begin to recognize more about the types of Japanese comics as follows:

Type Comics Children (Kodomo)
In Japan, comics genre of children is very easy to recognize because the story is light and usually displayed in the character of children. The plot was more likely mild and usually themed friendship and sometimes mild adventure. Examples of Japanese comic children who may we know is Doraemon, Ninja Hatori, Arale, Kobo-Chan, P-Man and many more.

Type Comic Young Women (Shoujo)
Young women are the target of the comic genre is teenage girls. This is because the story is shown by this comic is more likely to tell you that most of the main characters are women.

The main character is usually involved in a love story in school life, sometimes in small intrigues paint that touches the hearts of readers. Examples of Japanese comics teenage girls that we know is Fruits Basket, Esper Mami, Sailormoon, and so on. In addition, Shoujo comic is also often packaged in a beautiful series of comics that do not consist of long episodes.

Japanese comics Adult Women (Josei)
Comic genre of women today is almost similar to the comic glimpse of shoujo, but the plot is more complicated and complex that a little difficult to understand by female teens. Josei comics stories that appear more inclined to take the on-campus setting, the world of work, home, and so on. However, there are also limits also making settings in high school and remained in the complex storyline and still romantic.

An example of this genre is the comic Hana Yori Dango, Perfect Girl Evolution, Glass Mask, and so on. And one more, Josei comics is not reluctant to show scenes of "adult" explicitly so the comic producers in Indonesia usually give the label "adult" on the cover of the comic.

Young Japanese comics Men (Shounen)
The goal of shounen comics are adolescent boys. It can be seen from the main character is male, and more likely to be involved in an exciting adventure that characterized the intrigues fights, magical battles, sword fighting, dueling between robots, and so on. Examples of this teen comics, among others, Naruto, Bleach, Bakuman, Yu-Gi-Oh, Hunter x Hunter, Captain Tsubasa, Samurai-X, Slam Dunk, One Piece, Dragon Ball, and so on.

Adult Male Japanese comics (Seinen)
Comics this one has targeted the men who have a more complex storyline than shounen comics. Seinen comic glance is similar to shounen, but intrigue story displayed tend to be more severe, rough, adult humor, and requires more complex thinking. Examples of this adult male comic genre, including Gantz, Initial D, Otoboke, Kariage, and so on.

In addition, Crayon Shinchan comic was included in the seinen genre featuring a story line because it contains adult humor and it was the more likely to teach adults to understand children's thinking.

So, have you know the type that is divided based on the Japanese comic readers? Thus you will not go wrong again to determine a suitable comic for yourself and the children. This is because, grooves and goals of each comic has a level of complexity that is different. Is not that so? Let's be wise in choosing!

Did You Know About Shimonoseki City?

Shimonoseki is a city on the island of Honshu in Yamaguchi district in the southern part.

Shimonoseki produce a lot of fish and also a city of industry (machinery, steel) which has a close relationship with the major industrial city of Kitakyushu in the northern tip of the island of Kyushu.

Shimonoseki city is also a historic city. In 1863 bombed by American ships, France, Britain, the Netherlands, to be opened as an international trading port.

In this city also signed a peace treaty that ended August 17, 1895 Japan-China war.

Did You Know Showa?

Showa is the name of the reign of the emperor (Tenno Heiko) Hirohito, hence it is also known as Emperor Showa. Showa period began when he took the throne on December 25, 2936.

Japan rocket ferrying supplies to space station

TOKYO – A Japanese rocket carrying supplies for the International Space Station successfully lifted off from a remote island Saturday on a mission designed to help fill a hole left by the retirement of NASA's space shuttle program.

The unmanned rocket was carrying a payload of nearly six tons of food, water, clothing and experimental equipment to the astronauts in orbit in the space station, an international project involving 15 nations. The rocket also was carrying cargo for NASA.

After docking with the ISS, dropping off its cargo and being loaded up with waste material, the rocket's transfer vehicle, named "Kounotori2," will be detached and burn itself up upon re-entering Earth's atmosphere. Kounotori means white stork in Japanese.

Applause broke out at the control center on Tanegashima Island as officials announced that the launch phase was a success. Tracking was switched to a center in Guam as the vehicle moved rapidly away from Japan.

Kounotori2 is expected to reach the ISS on Jan. 27.

JAXA, Japan's space agency, hopes the project will help it build expertise for similar low-cost ferrying missions and push forward manned flights of Japan's own.

Cargo missions for the ISS have become more important now that the United States has scaled back its ability to launch supplies. Since 2009, the ISS has been manned by six astronauts, but keeping them fed and supplied has become a bigger challenge because of the retirement of the U.S. space shuttles.

NASA is linking up with commercial companies to launch future cargo expeditions.

JAXA officials say they are studying the possibility of reconfiguring the Kounotori vehicle — which is about the size of a large passenger bus — for manned flight.

Japan's space program has yet to attempt manned flight. Japan has a module attached to the space station that can be used by astronauts, but has relied on the United States to get them there. A Russian Soyuz is to take the next Japanese astronaut to the ISS in May.

Japan sent cargo on its first unmanned carrier to the ISS in 2009.

Money, more than technology, is generally seen as Japan's biggest hurdle.

JAXA's budget for last year was 180 billion yen ($2 billion), about one-fourteenth of what the U.S. spends on space exploration and less than half of what the EU spends, according to Japanese government estimates.

Even so, Japan boasts a reliable booster rocket in the domestically produced H-II series — the rocket used Saturday — and was one of the leaders in launching satellites.

But its program in recent years has been marred by setbacks.

Last month, a Japanese probe to Venus failed to reach orbit. Officials said they have not completely given up hope and are trying to reprogram the probe to try again in another five — or if that fails six — years.

Japanese scientists had been hopeful of success with the Venus probe after the country brought a probe back from a trip to an asteroid.

Japan has never succeeded in an interplanetary mission. It launched a mission to Mars in 1998 that was plagued by technical glitches and finally abandoned in 2003. Russia, the United States and the Europeans have successfully explored other planets.

Japan has also been overshadowed in recent years by China, which sent its first astronaut into space in 2003 and carried out its first spacewalk in 2008.

source : news.yahoo

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How is driving in Japan different?

There are some differences on driving in Japan that tourists should know. Motorists drive on the left side of the road and the steering wheel is on the right, like in the United Kingdom.

In areas where the cops are few, people routinely speed 30 km over the speed limit (50 kph), and taxi drivers are notorious for their aggressive driving. The pedestrian always has the right of way, and drivers can not turn on a red light.