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Popular animal subjects in Japanese tattoo designs come from all sorts of categories. They often portray the animals in the Chinese horoscope: the dog, the rat, the rooster, the dragon, the tiger, the goat, the horse, the pig, the ox, the monkey and the snake. In addition to these creatures, Chinese dragons, gibbons, spiders, fish (like the very popular koi fish); birds and foxes are commonly featured Japanese pictures. If you’re looking to make a truly breathtaking design, consider the octopus, a bonsai tree, or cherry blossoms.
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Additionally, many native Japanese words have become commonplace in English, due to the popularity of many Japanese cultural exports. Words such as sushi, judo, karate, sumo, karaoke, origami, tsunami, samurai, haiku, ninja, sayonara, rickshaw (from
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In other investigations at central government levels, a senior Japanese nuclear safety expert said the Tokai accident is casting a harsh spotlight on STA's regulatory sight failures. Unlike the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, which regulates nuclear power facilities, STA has habitually paid little or no attention to nuclear fuel cycle facilities once operating licenses have been issued. In addition, Kyodo News reports STA has kept no resident inspectors at fuel cycle plants, has not required periodic safety reviews, has not established a system for qualifying shift supervisors, and has prepared no severe accident management guidelines or guidance for probabilistic safety analyses.
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