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Sushi Restaurant Offers Traditional Japanese Meal of Dirt-cheap Chicken and Whiskey

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ROCKET NEWS
 
Grab a highball and serving of fried chicken for only 200 yen (US$1.80)! And if you’re feeling really crazy get some sushi too.
The kaitenzushi (conveyor belt sushi) business is a fierce one with chains unleashing gimmicks left and right to compete. Kappa Sushi is one such competito...

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Japan Bullet Train Stops 'Scary' Safety Drills

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BBC
 
A Japanese railway firm has stopped an unusual training drill that required employees to crouch in tunnels while trains rushed past to "feel" the wind speed.
The West Japan Railway said the exercises were designed to improve safety awareness.
Trainee mechanics observed the trains which can ...

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Tokyo Tower in My Room by Sega Toys is Perfect Scale Replica of Tokyo Landmark

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Tourism is booming in Japan right now and looks set to continue that way, at least until the 2020 Olympic Games.
 
One of the prime sightseeing destinations in the capital is, of course, Tokyo Tower, the iconic red and white landmark made in the style of the Eiffel Tower and a symb...

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Freed Hostage Yasuda Had Gut Feeling Captors Wouldn’t Kill Him

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THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
 
Recently freed hostage Jumpei Yasuda said that while he does not know the identity of his captors, he believes that his citing of words from the Koran may have helped with his release.
Yasuda, who spoke about his ordeal to an Asahi Shimbun reporter on a Turkish Airlines flight...

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Japan and China Driven Closer by Trade Tensions with US

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BBC
 
rade tensions with Washington have driven Japan and China into an unlikely friendship.
Tokyo and Beijing have long been at odds over past military confrontations and present territorial disputes.
Yet on a crucial visit to Beijing, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has now hailed a historic ...

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Japan’s Uncle Fist Loses Money Every Week Selling Takoyaki to Kids for Just 10 yen, Doesn’t Care

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ROCKET NEWS
 
Actually, he does care, but about kids from impoverished homes, not about making money from his octopus dumpling business.
During most of the week, 52-year-old Akio Mizuno works as the owner of a roadside souvenir and local foodstuffs shop in Ritto, a town in Japan’s central Shiga P...

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Women Demand Tokyo Medical University Compensate Them Over Entry Test Rigging

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - A group of women is demanding compensation from a Japanese medical university that admitted routinely altering the scores of female applicants to keep them out, lawyers said Wednesday.
More than 20 former applicants are demanding Tokyo Medical University make amends for the ...

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Olympics: Award-winning Director Kawase to Helm Official Tokyo 2020 Film

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THE MAINICHI
 
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese filmmaker Naomi Kawase has been appointed to direct the official film for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee announced Tuesday.
When the games kick off in less than two years, Kawase will document the competition along with b...

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Japanese Twitter User Creates Amazingly Detailed Ship Sculpture Out of Chocolate Biscuit Boxes

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Japan’s long traditions of craftsmanship and so-called monozukuri manifests in the modern age in various ways, from its automobiles to its latte art.
There are some more avenues for that spirit of meticulous technique and commitment to detail that are more maniac than manufacturer,...

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Europe and Japan Send Spacecraft on 7-Year Journey to Mercury

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TOKYO (AP) — European and Japanese space agencies say an Ariane 5 rocket has successfully lifted a spacecraft into orbit for a joint mission to Mercury, the closest planet to the sun.
The European Space Agency and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency say the BepiColombo spacecraft ...

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