Japanese repair quake-ravaged road in just six days. Due to the extensive damage in Japan caused by the massive earthquake and resultant tsunami on March 11, many have questioned if the island nation can recover in a year, much less a few months. If the swiftness with which the Japanese can repair roads is any indication, we wouldn’t bet against the country cleaning up this catastrophe in short order.

Princess Bitch - a very NSFW 1:7 scale parody figure of Princess Peach available for pre-order HERE.

And now, an unusually absurd product description:

• Sexy PVC statue with…a mushroom!
• Well-endowed princess with high heels and a great personality!
• Save the princess in your hands!
• A coy look and a pose that defines subtlety!

This princess is from a totally different castle! This white-hot statue with blonde hair and a pink costume is not appropriate for children, but it might be just the thing for your home office! Perched atop an unusually-formed fungus, the oddly named “Princess Bitch” poses with pride. Princess tiara studded jewelry is true! This 1:7 scale figure measures over 5 1/2-inches tall, and is sure to be an amazing conversation piece no matter where you decide to display her!

This hilariously sexy/weird nonsense can be yours for $150 when it ships this November.

Using a technique that produced a mouse from tissue frozen for 16 years, a scientist at Kyoto University plans to clone a mammoth within the next four to five years.

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII​ is an action role-playing game developed by Square Enix for the PlayStation Portable. First released in 2007, the game is a prequel to the video game Final Fantasy VII and is also the sixth installment in metaseries Compilation of Final Fantasy VII which includes products related to the game. 

Nobuo Uematsu is a Japanese video game composer, best known for scoring the majority of titles in the Final Fantasy series. He is regarded as one of the most famous and respected composers in the video game community. Uematsu, a self-taught musician, began playing the piano at the age of eleven or twelve, with Elton John as his biggest influence.

Hatsune Miku is a singing synthesizer application and its female character, developed by Crypton Future Media. It uses Yamaha Corporation’s Vocaloid synthesizing technology. The name of the character comes from a fusion of the Japanese for first (hatsu), sound (ne) and future (Miku sounds like a nanori reading of future, normally read as “mirai”), referring to her position as the first of Crypton’s “Character Vocal Series”. Her voice is sampled from Japanese voice actress Saki Fujita.

Ayumi Hamasaki is a Japanese singer-songwriter and former actress. Hamasaki has been dubbed the “Empress of Pop” due to her popularity and widespread influence in Japan. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to pursue a career in entertainment. In 1998, under the tutelage of Avex CEO Max Matsuura, she released a string of modestly selling singles that concluded with her 1999 debut album A Song for XX.

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