Japanese actress Aki Higashihara writes a blog—a blog that has been nicknamed the "Death Blog". It's called the "Death Blog" after Japanese manga Death Note » 11/13/12 7:30am 11/13/12 7:30am, because her track record has not been good. Well, it's been good at causing bad things, such as the .

Nearly a week ago, Japan's Kaori Matsumoto took Olympic gold after defeating UK judoka Sarah Clarke » 8/06/12 4:00am 8/06/12 4:00am judoka Corina Caprioriu. Matsumoto's spirited judo and her ensuing Olympic win have spawned a meme online in Japan that compares the gold medal winner to Neon Genesis Evangelion —the unit piloted by hero Shinji Ikari.