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The Towering Sea Wall Legacy Of Japan's 2011 Tsunami

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JAKARTA POST
 
The Japanese town of Taro had sea walls that were supposed to be able to survive almost anything the ocean could offer up, but the 2011 tsunami still brought utter destruction.
A decade after the deadly waves unleashed by one of the most powerful earthquakes in recorded history, th...

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Japan Reportedly Won’t Allow Overseas Visitors To Attend Tokyo Olympics

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THE POINTS GUY
 
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Robot Pets Help Ease Virus Isolation In Japan

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Nami Hamaura says she feels less lonely working from home thanks to her singing companion Charlie, one of a new generation of cute and clever Japanese robots whose sales are booming during the pandemic.
Smart home assistants such as Amazon’s Alexa have found success worldwide, but t...

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Japan Billionaire Offers Space Seats to Moon

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VOA NEWS
 
It's the sort of chance that comes along just once in a blue Moon: a Japanese billionaire is throwing open a private lunar expedition to eight people from around the world. 
Yusaku Maezawa, an online fashion tycoon, was announced in 2018 as the first man to book a spot aboard the lunar...

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Twin Sisters Score Japan’s Hottest IPO By Making Games For Women

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BLOOMBERG
 
To the growing list of things that make gaming startup Coly Inc. unusual, it can add one of the best market debuts in recent Japanese history.
Co-founders Anna and Mizuki Nakajima -- they’re twins -- took their seven-year-old mobile games studio public Friday, and the stock doubled, t...

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Sakura-Studded Sky

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Cherry blossoms have arrived early this year, at least digitally, in a special event that began at the Konica Minolta Planetarium Tenku in Tokyo Skytree Town on Monday.
Photographs and computer-generated imagery of “someiyoshino” cherry blossoms have filled the planetarium’s dome...

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TEPCO Completes Removal Of Spent Fuel Rods From Fukushima No. 3 Reactor

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO), the operator of the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, said Monday it had successfully removed spent uranium fuel from a damaged reactor building in a key step in its clean up of the site after a nuclear disaster a decade ago.
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50 LDP Lawmakers Urge Local Members To Oppose Separate Surnames

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Lawmakers from Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party have urged local members to shun a move that supports a legal revision allowing separate surnames for married couples, party sources said.
In what could be construed as applying pressure, a group of LDP lawmakers sent a ...

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Oppo A54 5G Surfaces In Japan, Will Be Released In June

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GSM ARENA
 
Oppo's quest to launch as many affordable 5G phones as possible is still ongoing, and the latest device that has that honor is the A54 5G. This model has been listed by Japanese carrier au, and we have to say it looks a lot like the already announced Oppo A93 5G.
The key difference we...

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Japan Increases Protection For US Military Amid 'Severe Security Environment'

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CNN
 
Japan's military performed 25 missions in 2020 in defense of US ships or planes, a sign of the growing integration of two of Asia's most powerful armed forces.
The number of what Japan calls "asset protection" missions was up from 14 in 2019 amid a "severe security environment," according t...

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