Japanese business confidence improves

Japanese business confidence improves

(AP, Oct 03)

4 Oct

More and more riders of fixed-gear bikes--racing bicycles without brakes--are being ticketed by police for riding on public roads. Riding a bicycle without brakes on a public road is a violation of the Road Traffic Law. The number of cases in which police have taken action against such bicycles--known as "fixies" in the West and "piste bikes" in Japan--has also increased. "Piste" is a French word meaning race track. Piste bikes have fixed gears directly linking the rotation of pedals to the rear wheel and are primarily used for track racing. (Yomiuri)

3 Oct

Part of a media installation created by a Swiss visual artist has been stolen from the men's room of the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, museum officials said. Police are investigating the disappearance of the piece of artist Pipilotti Rist's work. The installation, entitled "You Renew You," is composed of an altar with an acrylic board and crystals and a video showing the conversion of food and drink within the body into blood and tears. (Japan Times)

Source: http://newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/92312.php

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