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‘Running Police’ to Wear Video Screen ‘Watches’
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THE JAPAN NEWS
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department on Tuesday revealed a wrist watch-type device to be worn by the so-called running police to prevent a terrorist attack during the Tokyo Marathon on Sunday.
The MPD has dispatched the running police since 2015. Officers run the course while...
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department on Tuesday revealed a wrist watch-type device to be worn by the so-called running police to prevent a terrorist attack during the Tokyo Marathon on Sunday.
The MPD has dispatched the running police since 2015. Officers run the course while...
- February 22, 2017
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Google Word Lens Translates Kanji with Your Phone, Renders Learning Japanese Obsolete
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JAPAN TRENDS
When historians look back on the evolution of the Japanese language, they’ll look to January 26th, 2017 as the day kanji died. Because on that day in history, Google launched Word Lens in Japanese, and schoolchildren throughout Japan slammed shut their textbooks, tossed aside their...
When historians look back on the evolution of the Japanese language, they’ll look to January 26th, 2017 as the day kanji died. Because on that day in history, Google launched Word Lens in Japanese, and schoolchildren throughout Japan slammed shut their textbooks, tossed aside their...
- February 18, 2017
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'Scorpion' Robot Mission Inside Fukushima Reactor Aborted
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO — A “scorpion” robot sent into a Japanese nuclear reactor to learn about the damage suffered in a tsunami-induced meltdown had its mission aborted after the probe ran into trouble, Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) said Thursday.
TEPCO, the operator of the Fukushima nuclear plan...
TOKYO — A “scorpion” robot sent into a Japanese nuclear reactor to learn about the damage suffered in a tsunami-induced meltdown had its mission aborted after the probe ran into trouble, Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) said Thursday.
TEPCO, the operator of the Fukushima nuclear plan...
- February 18, 2017
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10-player Baseball Team Earns Spring Koshien Spot
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THE JAPAN NEWS
MORIOKA — Relying on its batting prowess, an Iwate Prefecture team with just 10 players gained a berth at the 89th National Invitational High School Baseball Tournament at Koshien Stadium, overcoming the disadvantage of limited fielding practices because of the lack of players.
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MORIOKA — Relying on its batting prowess, an Iwate Prefecture team with just 10 players gained a berth at the 89th National Invitational High School Baseball Tournament at Koshien Stadium, overcoming the disadvantage of limited fielding practices because of the lack of players.
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- February 15, 2017
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Kengo Kuma to Design Luxury Hotel in Ginza
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JAPAN TRENDS
Further cementing his place as the top star in Japanese architecture today, Kengo Kuma will next design a luxury hotel in Ginza set to open in early 2020.
In addition to designing the new Yamanote Line station with a bravado combination of wood and glass, as well as the National St...
Further cementing his place as the top star in Japanese architecture today, Kengo Kuma will next design a luxury hotel in Ginza set to open in early 2020.
In addition to designing the new Yamanote Line station with a bravado combination of wood and glass, as well as the National St...
- February 14, 2017
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The Best Part-time Job in Japan? Get Paid Y50,000 per Day to Take Naps
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO — Recently one part-time job has been quickly gaining praise online as the best-part time job in Japan: being paid to take naps.
The part-time job is part of a contest that is being held for the opening of the upcoming anime movie “Hirune Hime” (“Napping Princess”) directed by...
TOKYO — Recently one part-time job has been quickly gaining praise online as the best-part time job in Japan: being paid to take naps.
The part-time job is part of a contest that is being held for the opening of the upcoming anime movie “Hirune Hime” (“Napping Princess”) directed by...
- February 4, 2017
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Nissin’s Matcha Green Tea Seafood Cup Noodle is About as Japanese as It Gets
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These days, it’s not uncommon to find matcha green tea in cookies, cakes and ice cream, but this might be a first for ramen. Yes, you read that correctly: for the Cup Noodle Matcha Seafood Flavor, the storied instant noodle maker Nissin is dressing up one of their most popular Cup ...
These days, it’s not uncommon to find matcha green tea in cookies, cakes and ice cream, but this might be a first for ramen. Yes, you read that correctly: for the Cup Noodle Matcha Seafood Flavor, the storied instant noodle maker Nissin is dressing up one of their most popular Cup ...
- February 4, 2017
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Japan Should Push Back if Trump Takes 'Wrong' Economic Policies: Abe adviser
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO — Japan should push back if President-elect Donald Trump bases trade and other economic policy on “wrong economics,” an adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told Reuters in an unusually direct expression of concern about potential protectionism.
Koichi Hamada, emeritus profes...
TOKYO — Japan should push back if President-elect Donald Trump bases trade and other economic policy on “wrong economics,” an adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told Reuters in an unusually direct expression of concern about potential protectionism.
Koichi Hamada, emeritus profes...
- February 3, 2017
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ANA C-3PO Airplane Starts Domestic Flights in Japan in March
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JAPAN TRENDS
In 2015, ANA generated interest worldwide and a collective jaw-drop when it announced three Star Wars airplanes for its fleet.
Evidently the planes in Star Wars-themed exteriors are popular and proving a good promotional strategy, since ANA has returned with a new Boeing 777 with a...
In 2015, ANA generated interest worldwide and a collective jaw-drop when it announced three Star Wars airplanes for its fleet.
Evidently the planes in Star Wars-themed exteriors are popular and proving a good promotional strategy, since ANA has returned with a new Boeing 777 with a...
- January 30, 2017
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Women at Work / Firms Act to Up Awareness of Unfair Treatment
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THE JAPAN NEWS
Companies are increasing their efforts to raise employees’ awareness of so-called maternity harassment, the unfair treatment of women in the workplace who are pregnant or have children, under a revised law requiring them to take preventative measures against such harassment (see ...
Companies are increasing their efforts to raise employees’ awareness of so-called maternity harassment, the unfair treatment of women in the workplace who are pregnant or have children, under a revised law requiring them to take preventative measures against such harassment (see ...
- January 27, 2017
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