A pro-Tibet protester in Japan. Photo credit: Toru Hanai/Reuters.
Entries Tagged 'Japan' ↓
Photo of the Day: Nagano, Japan
April 25th, 2008 — Japan, Tibet
The Olympic Torch in Japan
April 18th, 2008 — Japan
The torch is going to be snubbed by Buddhist monks according to the Kyoto News Agency (via GMA).
Kyodo News agency reports that a major Japanese Buddhist temple is refusing to host the Olympic torch relay.
Richer Countries, More Medals?
March 13th, 2008 — Beijing Olympics, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan
Do we really need a study to tell us that richer countries win more Olympic medals? My mom will tell you that such a study is a waste of resources because the answer will obviously be, “Of course richer countries win more Olympic medals.”
Now, the good folks at the Lingnan University in Hongkong obviously disagree with my mom (re: the usefulness of such study) so they set out to do an “econometric analysis of the Olympic Games“. They whipped out their calculators, pored over Olympic medal records, examined the different countries’ material wealth, did their statistical analysis thing, and came up with the following conclusion:
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