Argentina’s hottest young tennis star, Juan Martín Del Potro was defeated this Saturday by Tomas Berdych in the Japan Open Finals.According to the BBC, Del Potro lost in straight sets to the Czech player, 6-1 6-4, who is only 23, three years older than Del Potro.In the 22nd minute, after losing the first set, Del Potro called for a medical time out to take some pills for his stomach; it was clear that he wasn’t feeling well.However, Del Potro insisted after the match that he had been defeated because of the quality of Berdych’s game, not because of his evident illness.Everyone is hoping that his medical problems will be short lived and that he will be healthy for the approaching Davis Cup Finals in Argentina.

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September 12th, 2008 by A World Vacationer

From our Win a Trip Contest
A travel story by - Patrick M.

This past Spring I had the opportunity to visit my niece who is working with the JET program in Japan as a teacher. She invited her mother (my middle sister) and anyone in the family that wanted to for a visit. I was accompanied by my oldest sister, so the three of us who not gone farther than Canada, Mexico, or the Carribbean in our lives, set out for the long flight to Japan.

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An exhibit entitled “Julio Cortázar:The Infinite Journey” will be on display until December in Cervantes Institute of Tokyo, Japan.According to La Nación, the exhibit consists of photographs, texts, and audiovisual productions that allow the visitors to experience the world from Cortázar’s perspective.One of the great Argentine writers, Cortázar loved to travel and he kept a record of his travels and his thoughts through photography and writing.The Argentine minister to Japan is very pleased that the exhibition is showing in Tokyo.Argentine’s already know thatCortázar was a revolutionary writer, and this exhibit shows that he is one of the great writers of any nation, deserving attention from people from all places.Now making its way around the world, the exhibit in Tokyo is a smaller version of an exhibit that originated in Paris.

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