JREF Bulletin II/04

[Maciamo]

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JAPAN REFERENCE BULLETIN II/04 - April 20 2004
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Contents

I. Site News
II. Japan Forum Updates
III. New Links in our Directory

I. SITE NEWS
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o New gallery sections for Idols, J-pop, Manga & Anime drawings, Humour and members's private pictures. Admission restricted to registered users with at least 20 posts. More details here : http://www.jref.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8210

o New articles :

Culture

- Japanese Food (by Maciamo)
=> http://www.jref.com/culture/japanese_food.shtml

- Japanese Swords (by Mandylion)
=> http://www.jref.com/culture/sword.shtml

Entertainment

- In avex we trust (by Ron Sampson)
=> http://www.jref.com/entertainment/avex.shtml

Language

- Foreign words used in Japanese that do not come from English (by Maciamo)
=> http://www.jref.com/language/non_eng...gn_words.shtml


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II. JAPAN FORUM UPDATES
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- Member information (avatars, post count...) on the left of the posts instead of top, like on the "old forum".
- Similar threads options now showing automatically at the bottom of each thread
- New smilies have been uploaded.

Threads posted most recently

Title : "3 Japanese Hostages in Iraq - HUGE news in Japan " (posted 09-04-04, by Mandylion)
o 51 replies, 766 views, last post: 14:06, 19-04-04 by playaa
o http://www.jref.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8007

Title : "Japan's agonised wrestling with its past" (posted 18-04-04, by Maciamo)
o 0 replies, 13 views
o http://www.jref.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8169

Title : "Japanese girls and brand bags" (posted 31-03-04 by nzueda)
o 29 replies, 818 views, last post: 06:49, 20-04-04 by playaa
o http://www.jref.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7845

Title : "Can you tell the difference between different brands of rice?" (posted 16-04-04 by kirei_na_me)
o 14 replies, 153 views, last post: 13:53, 20-04-04 by Gaki
o http://www.jref.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8129

Title : "Recipe : easy and tasty japanese dish " (posted 16-04-04 by Maciamo)
o 6 replies, 57 views, last post: 05:35, 17-04-04 by Haivart
o http://www.jref.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8134

Title : "Recipe : easy and tasty japanese dish " (posted 16-04-04 by Maciamo)
o 6 replies, 57 views, last post: 05:35, 17-04-04 by Haivart
o http://www.jref.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8134

Title : "Japanese and Western intermarriages" (posted 24-12-03 by Uygurlar)
o 45 replies, 984 views, last post: 13:12, 20-04-04 by nzueda
o http://www.jref.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6019

Title : "JETs - Unite! " (posted 05-04-04, by Mandylion)
o 26 replies, 181 views, last post: 13:35, 18-04-04 by Mandylion
o http://www.jref.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7926

Title : "Cheap places to stay in Tokyo/Osaka/Kyoto/Hiroshima" (posted 12-04-04, by Nadnerb)
o 11 replies, 134 views, last post: 03:49, 17-04-04 by playaa
o http://www.jref.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8065

Title : "Japan's bad reputation for being expensive" (posted 11-04-04, by Brooker)
o 27 replies, 324 views, last post: 00:03, 15-04-04 by budd
o http://www.jref.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8038

Title : "Slave descendants to sue Lloyds" (posted 29-03-04, by Rachel)
o 73 replies, 611 views, last post: 00:03, 14-04-04 by Keeni84
o http://www.jref.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7795


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