Japan is a country marked by contrast between old and new. The country values its complex and ancient cultural tradition.
Japan -- Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition - 0 views
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The islands of Japan form an arc that stretches about 1,500 miles (2,400 kilometers) from northeast to southwest.
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Much of Japan's original vegetation has been replaced by farming or by plant species brought in from other countries.
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"Artist" Leaves Dog To Die on Exhibition Display - Killing Animals as Form of Contempor... - 0 views
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A man who calls himself an artist ties a dog to a wall inside an art gallery. No, you heard me correctly - we're not talking about the night janitor who caught the starving animal littering the front steps of the gallery and decided to vent a lifetime of frustration by pulling off a ridiculously cruel stunt. We're talking about a man who calls himself an artist. His name is Guillermo Vargas Habacuc and the year is 2007. Guillermo is one of the artists taking part in an art exhibition that takes place at a Costa Rican gallery - pompously called "Centro Nacional de la Cultura" (National Center for Culture). He pays a bunch of kids to catch the street dog, which he cruelly baptizes "Natividad" (Spanish for "birth"). His aim is to make an artistic statement about the fragility and the misery in which all dogs - indeed, all human beings live, and he achieved just that by letting the dog starve to death tied to a wall, in plain view of the exhibition visitors, some of whom demanded futilely that the dog be released.
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