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(THU) January 15th, 2026

8:52 p.m. Another cancel in my work schedule. Never mind as I can spend that time on analyzing Keisei-hai.

As Keisei-hai runs on Nakayama turf 2000m just like Hopeful Stakes, it's basically friendly to inner post drawers and front runners. It would also be better to have a fast record of the last three furlongs. All of the high performers in the past ten years have finished above third place in either their previous race or the one before. Because the horses are still young and fresh, careers reflect potential.

Horses with European background including the Roberto line are doing well. This race demands the horses to climb the Nakayama hill twice, so toughness is required. Perhaps one shouldn't trust horses that have won their previous race impressively on Tokyo 1800m with some gaps. Such kind of horses probaly don't perform well in a race that requires toughness.

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Pocketchange - How to charge your left-over Yen to digital money

If you are ready to leave Japan but have your pocket heavy with leftover Japanese Yen, why not empty your pockets and feel light with Pocketchange?

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Holidays of January

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Cream Anmitsu
Cream Anmitsu

Fed up with the heat? Here's a nice cold Japanse-style sweets to cheer you up! Cream Anmitsu is a delux version of Anmitsu, Kanten(Japanese gelatine) jelly and fruits with ice cream topping and Kuromitsu caramel sauce poured over it. And what's great, it's low calorie!

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Manned flight by oxyride dry-cell batteries project

The Tokyo Institute of Technology in cooperation with Panasonic, has led the project 'Manned Flight by Oxyride Dry-cell Battery' into the world's first success. On July 16th this year (2006), they made success in a trial of manned flight using commercially available oxyride batteries, in a project that they had been bringing forward together.