Archive For April, 2009
Here’s some information on the days of the week that those with a cursory knowledge of Japanese may find interesting. Now, these are the days of the week in Japanese (literal translation of kanji in parenthesis): 月曜日 (Day of the Moon) = Monday 火曜日 (Day of Fire) = Tuesday 水曜日 (Day of Water) = Wednesday [...]
For the purposes of modern television sets, TV networks in Japan broadcast via four systems. Two are terrestrial (analog and digital), and two are via satellite (BS and CS, both digital). If you happen to be interested in how Japan’s ISDB standard differs from the North American digital standards of ATSC, there are the Wikipedia [...]