Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama resigned June 2 after going back on his promise to move a U.S. Airbase in Okinawa. As strange as it seems relocating a Marine base is a lot easier said (or promised in this case) than done. PM Hatoyama (.... or should i say EX- Prime Minister) thought it would be a cinch of a job to move the base to a more recommended location yet had a vague idea of how complex the political system worked in favor of what got him in office which was that promise he made to relocate that base, but thats not the only reason he resigned!!!

Google is popular for turning its main page title into interesting artworks that pay homage to major culture impacting subjects. This time around Google celebrates 30 years of Pacman , the widely known and extensively iconic game from Namco. The game first appeared in Japan on May 22 1980 and in the US in October of that year. The game was a smash hit selling over 100,000 units in the first year alone (this was the world of warcraft of back then ,.... so chill) which also inspired an animated TV show as well as a hit song.

Floppy disks in the U.S. were a huge computer staple towards the end of the 20th century. Ofcourse this technology was long made obsolete by CDs DVDs and hi capacity thumb drives. Although floppy disks are still used in those rare applications they're now mostly a thing a of the past and a common item of nostalgia to the general populace in the U.S. They're not even being made anymore , But guess whos finally calling it quits for the old relic?

In Tokyo , 31 year old fitness expert , Takafuji Ukon , has created a new workout that involves medieval Japanese katanas. The workout was initially meant to attract men to the workout sesh but to Takafuji's great surprise he found women enthusiastically flocking to the martial workout."I thought it would be great if I could bring exercise and Japanese traditional performing arts together to help people have fun and lose weight,"said Ukon.