Japan's synchronised swimmers can keep their nose pegs and sparkly costumes but will be banned from having brightly decorated fingernails or dying their hair.
Japanese officials have expanded their ban on swimmers to synchronised and diving disciplines under a policy that formally begins on April 1, local media reported on Saturday.
Read more »Ordinary web users in China will be banned from surfing sex-related medical and research websites from next month, amid an Internet crackdown on pornographic online content, according to new regulations.
Read more »Foreign tourists planning to visit Tibet have been told by travel agencies that the region has been closed to outsiders until the end of March.
The month marks the 50th anniversary of the escape into exile of the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.
Read more »Chinese raccoon dogs and other exotic animals are in danger of being butchered in greater numbers following a European Union ban on the trading in cat and dog furs that came into effect on January 1, activists say.
Read more »China appears to have banned a number of foreign websites, including the BBC's Chinese language news site and Voice of America in Chinese.
Read more »The Japanese Government is trying to outlaw the sale of Japanese used school girl panties. They are so popular that they are sold in vending machines, individually wrapped with a picture of the school girl who allegedly wore them. Wrong on so many levels.
Only a few months after China was ripped for having a nine-year-old lip synch a song during the Olympic opening ceremonies.
Read more »In face of a string of scandals, including the beating death of a young wrestler during training and accusations that bouts are regularly fixed, the Japan Sumo Association (JSA) has moved to take bold steps aimed at reform. . . By making it harder for spectators to throw cushions at the upcoming Kyushu Tournament when a yokozuna (Grand Champion) loses!
The Japanese Association of Psychiatric Hospitals has asked Gamecock Media Group’s Interchannel to pull the Nintendo DS game "Dementium: The Ward" from distribution. "Dementium" is a first person shooter that takes place in a psychiatric hospital where various human science projects come after you, and you blow them away.
Read more »You cannot kick the referee in the head!
Cuban competitor banned for life after taking out his frustration on an official.
Read more »And I hope elves come in tonight and finish all of my work before I get up in the morning...
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