Feb 05, 2026

Police rescue Chinese student who ignored ban to climb Mt. Fuji

A 20-year-old Chinese student who ignored a winter climbing ban on Mt. Fuji had to be rescued by police after injuring himself, sparking debate in Japan about charging for such rescues.

The student, enrolled at a vocational school in Shinjuku, Tokyo, illegally ascended the mountain via the Fujinomiya trail on January 18. While descending, he fell and fractured his right leg at the eighth station, prompting an emergency call at midday.

Shizuoka prefectural police dispatched a 10-11 member mountain rescue team. They located him around 8:30 pm in severe weather with strong winds and poor visibility. The team sheltered overnight in a mountain facility before carrying him down on foot the next day...

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Feb 05, 2026

U.S. flips food pyramid upside down. Yay!

The U.S. Health and Human Services has unveiled a new U.S. food pyramid, with officials calling it the "most significant reset of federal nutrition policy in history."

The new dietary guidelines emphasize whole, nutrient-dense foods, prioritizing protein, dairy, and healthy fats while discouraging highly processed foods, refined carbohydrates, and added sugars. This updated pyramid aims to guide Americans towards healthier eating habits based on modern nutrition science.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a simple, clear message: "Just eat real food."

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Feb 05, 2026

Elvis songs sung by Japanese pro singers

These amazing guys shared their vocal talents at a special singing party in Tokyo on Jan. 12, 2026 in celebration of Elvis' 91st birthday!

I loved listening to these guys & hope to hear them again in the future... 🎵🎶🎼🎹🎤🎸🪕🎻

(click link to watch 2 great singers singing 'Unchained Melody' & 'What'd I say?')

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Jan 10, 2026

Beautiful Mt. Fuji in winter

I just love it when Fujisan puts on her beautiful winter white coat, as I offer prayers in advance for any idiots (as in years past who sadly met their maker) who might consider attempting to scale her in winter. 😉🙏

Taken by good friend Rob from the train while passing over the Tama River, Fri. 1/9 at 10 a.m.

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Jan 08, 2026

US cuts the number of vaccines recommended for every child

Federal health officials today outlined sweeping changes to the U.S. childhood immunization schedule.

The changes create a new framework that keeps all currently recommended vaccines available and fully covered while moving several vaccines into a category designed to emphasize shared decision-making between families and clinicians.

The new recommendations reduce the number of vaccines recommended as routine for all children to 11 from 17, a move The New York Times called a “seismic shift” in federal vaccine policy.

Mary Holland, CEO of Children’s Health Defense, called the change “the most significant change in U.S. vaccination policy in recent history.”

HHS said the change follows a directive from President Donald Trump, who issued a presidential memorandum on Dec. 5, 2025, instructing the agency and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to review whether other developed nations protect children more effectively.

After what HHS described as a “comprehensive, evidence-based assessment,” the department concluded that the U.S. recommends more routine childhood vaccine doses than peer countries without achieving higher vaccination rates or greater public trust...

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Jan 04, 2026

Tokyo New Year Countdown to 2026

2026 in Tokyo arrived 14 hours before the east coast of the United States!! Here's how they celebrated the New Year countdown with colorful projection mapping against the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building (Tochō, 都庁), featuring Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike (小池 百合子) (in her long white coat).

And may 2026, the Year of the Fire Horse bring you good health, happiness, & prosperity!! 🎊🎆🧨🎍🎎🥂🗻🎉🍾⛩

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Dec 30, 2025

Mt. Fuji Climber Dies After Slipping, Falling; Police Responded to Call Stating ‘I Can’t Move’

A 44-year-old mountain climber died after slipping and falling while descending from Mt. Fuji on Monday, Shizuoka prefectural police said. According to the police, the man made an emergency call to the local fire department and asked to be rescued, saying, “My right leg hurts so much I can’t move.”

The police’s mountain rescue team searched for the man in response to the call and found him in cardiac arrest. He was taken to a hospital but later confirmed dead. The man began climbing Mt. Fuji with two friends on Sunday. He slipped and fell at 11 a.m. on Monday. The rescue team found him about 200 meters southeast of Goraiko-sanso mountain lodge at the seventh station at 4:15 p.m.

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Dec 22, 2025

Don't ever stop working!

"Most of us spend our entire lives chasing the dream of having enough. What happens when that goal is met? Do we stop or is there reason to keep working anyway? If you have more to look back on than you have to look forward to, then you're telling your mind, body, and spirit to shut down... that they're no longer needed. We see this a lot after people retire when they immediately suffer health problems or even die. Don't ever stop working. If you stop the flow of money through you, your life will deteriorate."

—Dan Miller, author of "48 Days to the Work You Love" and founder of 48days.com—

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Dec 12, 2025

CDC Vaccine Panel Votes to End Universal Hepatitis B Vaccine for All Newborns

Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this morning voted to end a decades-long recommendation that all infants born in the U.S. receive the hepatitis B vaccine within 12-24 hours of birth.

Instead, for babies born to mothers who test negative for hepatitis B, the committee recommends that families determine whether to give their child the Hep B shot at birth through individual decision-making with their physician.

For infants who don’t get the birth dose, the committee recommends the initial dose of the vaccine not be administered until infants are at least 2 months old. For mothers whose hepatitis B status is unknown or who test positive, the birth dose recommendation remains in place.

Dr. Monique Yohanan, senior fellow for health policy at Independent Women, told The Defender there was never “a good science-based reason to have a universal vaccination that 99% of babies born in the United States are not at any risk,” and that the vote was “good news for babies.”

FINALLY! Praise the Lord!

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Dec 12, 2025

The 2025 Fall Colors (紅葉) season...

...in Tokyo has finally arrived in earnest. This kind of beautiful scenery brings a lot of childhood joy to folks like myself, even after 3 decades here, as there is nothing even close to this in my home state of Texas. Japan is indeed one beautiful country. Our Creator has a pretty magnificent paintbrush, doesn't he? :-)

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Dec 12, 2025

A Japanese monkey waitress?! Really?!

All those new Japanese robot waiters popular these days in restaurants like Gusto & Saizeriya have become commonplace. So how 'bout being served by a MONKEY instead? :-)

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Dec 12, 2025

Climbing Mt. Fuji - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

The most frequently asked questions about climbing Mt. Fuji, including info on routes, maps, videos, transport access, traffic stats, weather, and climber stories.

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Oct 31, 2025

79% of Studies on Childhood Vaccination and Autism Found a Link

Integrating over 300 scientific communications across epidemiologic, clinical, and mechanistic domains, the landmark McCullough Foundation Report, Determinants of Autism Spectrum Disorder, has delivered the most authoritative, comprehensive, and extensively referenced synthesis to date on risk factors for autism.

Among 136 studies evaluating childhood vaccines or their components, 107 (79%) found associations between immunization and autism or other neurodevelopmental disorders, and 12 studies comparing routinely immunized versus completely unvaccinated children or young adults consistently demonstrated superior overall health outcomes among the unvaccinated, including significantly lower risks of chronic medical problems and neuropsychiatric disorders such as ASD.

The report concludes that autism arises from the intersection of genetic, environmental, and iatrogenic factors — but notably combination routine childhood vaccination early in life constitutes the most significant modifiable risk factor, supported by convergent clinical, mechanistic, and epidemiologic evidence.

As autism prevalence climbs to more than 1 in 31 U.S. children, understanding and mitigating preventable contributors has become a pressing public health priority.

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Oct 21, 2025

56% suspect Covid-19 vaccines caused deaths and one-in-four know one of the victims

More than half of likely US voters say they believe Covid-19 vaccines may have caused a significant number of unexplained deaths.

According to a new Rasmussen Reports poll, 56% say it’s at least somewhat likely that vaccine side effects led to such deaths, including 32% who say it’s very likely and nearly one-in-four say someone they know could be among the victims. Thirty-five percent (35%) say it’s not likely, including 17% who believe it’s not at all likely. These numbers are nearly unchanged from a year ago.

The survey also shows strong support for Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has been openly critical of the government’s handling of the pandemic. Half (50%) of voters say government health officials deserve criticism for their Covid-19 response, while 37% say Kennedy’s criticism is unfair.

Forty-two percent (42%) say some Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) employees involved in the government’s Covid-19 response should be fired. That view rises to 71% among those who believe vaccine side effects likely caused deaths...

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Oct 10, 2025

"An Inconvenient Study" film

An ICAN and Del Bigtree Film

THIS COULD CHANGE EVERYTHING

In 2016, journalist Del Bigtree issued a challenge to the head of infectious disease at one of the most prestigious medical institutions in the world: conduct the most thorough vaxxed vs. unvaxxed study that has ever been done. The expert took up the challenge and ran the study to prove Del wrong. That study never saw the light of day... until now.

Join us at the Malibu Film Festival
Global Online Premiere Event
October 12th at 5pm PT (8pm ET)

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Oct 08, 2025

Total number of 2025 Mt. Fuji climbers

The total number of Mt. Fuji climbers on all 4 trails in 2025 was 205,100. This compares to 204,316 people in 2024 and a pre-pandemic figure of 235,646 people in 2019. None of the last 5 climbing seasons have surpassed the pre-pandemic numbers. The Yoshida Trail was the busiest with 59% of the 2025 total, and August was the busiest month, accounting for 51% of the total number of climbers.

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Oct 05, 2025

Texas Bull Riding Champion

Yee hah! "Foat Wuth, aw luv yew!" :-)

Competing in the Texas all-state bull riding championship in Billy Bob's Texas, the world's largest country and western honky-tonk in Ft. Worth, Texas!

And if you believe THAT, I'd like to talk to you about some prime Florida real estate I have for sale, ha-ha! :-)

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Oct 04, 2025

Samm Bennett & Darryl Baker Live at the Grand Arbre French bistro

A special evening of 60s & 70s songs from Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 3, 2025

0:00 Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers
1:54 Jailhouse Rock by Elvis Presley
6:28 Back in the U.S.S.R. by The Beatles
10:00 I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry by Hank Williams
13:44 Come Together by The Beatles
17:21 Bad Moon Rising by Creedence Clearwater Revival

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Sep 28, 2025

Americans' brains being fried by cell towers: New scientific evidence reveals shocking extent of electropollution damage

Exposure to cell phone towers alters brain function in alarming ways, causing a lack of concentration, irritability, difficulty sleeping and lack of appetite. That's the conclusion of a study published by the British Medical Journal.

Many scientists have long suspected that chronic exposure to low levels of EMF pollution (electropollution) may interfere with healthy functioning of the brain and body. This latest research adds yet more support to that alarming idea.

There are currently over 190,000 cell phone towers across the United States.

From another news source, according to Cory Hillis, president of EMF Solutions, "The amount of DNA damage you get from a cell phone will blow people’s minds away. 24 hours on a cell phone is equal to 1600 chest x-rays, according to a study paid for by the European Union & based on participation by 12 institutions across Europe... and that was not even today’s phone… that was a 3G phone... before 4G and 5G​."

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Sep 26, 2025

Japan Press Conference - Evidence of mRNA Vaccine Harm, Demands Immediate Recall!

On September 18, 2025, The Japan Vaccine Issues Research Association (JVIRA), a general incorporated association dedicated to scrutinizing vaccine-related concerns, hosted a press conference. For the first time ever, officials from Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) attended a gathering focused on the potential harms of these novel injections. This wasn't just a symbolic gesture; it signaled a newfound willingness from the government to engage, listen, and potentially collaborate on addressing what many see as a public health crisis.

Led by the formidable Professor Masanori Fukushima—an oncologist, pharmacoepidemiologist, and pioneer in Japan's drug safety education—the event centered on a bold demand: the immediate cancellation of approval and market recall of messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines and their lipid nanoparticle formulations. Drawing from a freshly published peer-reviewed paper in English, the association presented compelling evidence that these vaccines were mishandled during approval, treated as conventional shots when they are, in essence, groundbreaking gene therapies with unpredictable consequences.

As an oncologist, Prof. Fukushima expressed deep concern: "In cancer patients’ tissues, it gets incorporated, or it may even promote cancer growth or carcinogenesis—we don’t know. There are so many unknowns, and now with this disease, I strongly emphasized to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare officials that this is new. If things we’ve never seen before are happening now, we must face them properly and shine the light of science on them."

Indeed, doctors and scientists worldwide are alarmed by DNA contamination in mRNA vaccines, which may lead to cancer.

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