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Kabuki Livens Up Pre-Flight Safety Demonstration Videos For ANA
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JAPAN TRENDS
This is certainly a novel way to get people’s attention.
Japan’s leading airline ANA has turned to kabuki to liven up the standard pre-flight safety demonstration.
As you would expect when kabuki is involved, the results are visually stunning and hilarious incongruous — after all, ...
This is certainly a novel way to get people’s attention.
Japan’s leading airline ANA has turned to kabuki to liven up the standard pre-flight safety demonstration.
As you would expect when kabuki is involved, the results are visually stunning and hilarious incongruous — after all, ...
- March 20, 2019
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Non-Japanese People Are Poorly Represented In Japanese Media: That Needs To Change
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JAPAN TIMES
For almost a decade, the Japanese TV show “Why Did You Come to Japan?” has operated on the premise of finding foreign tourists and asking them the titular question. It might seem like an innocent query at first, but in fact this show and its ilk embody everything that is wrong with ...
For almost a decade, the Japanese TV show “Why Did You Come to Japan?” has operated on the premise of finding foreign tourists and asking them the titular question. It might seem like an innocent query at first, but in fact this show and its ilk embody everything that is wrong with ...
- March 18, 2019
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Abe Suggests He Won't Seek 4th Term As LDP President
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe suggested Thursday he has no intention of serving another four-year term as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party when his third term expires in September 2021.
Abe's remarks came after some LDP heavyweights hinted at the possibility of c...
TOKYO - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe suggested Thursday he has no intention of serving another four-year term as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party when his third term expires in September 2021.
Abe's remarks came after some LDP heavyweights hinted at the possibility of c...
- March 15, 2019
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Japanese Wife Rewards Hubby With $250 And A Day Off For Being A 'Hardworking Dad'
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ASIAONE
It's been said that it takes a village to raise a child.
So, imagine the Herculean responsiblity that parents shoulder daily and how stressful it must be -- even with two people at the helm.
Hence, when partners shower each other with gratitude and appreciation for their contribution to...
It's been said that it takes a village to raise a child.
So, imagine the Herculean responsiblity that parents shoulder daily and how stressful it must be -- even with two people at the helm.
Hence, when partners shower each other with gratitude and appreciation for their contribution to...
- March 13, 2019
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Japanese Schoolgirl Kimono Roomwear Line Expands With New Color Options For Old-School Comfort
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SORA NEWS
Don’t know how to tie a kimono sash? No problem, because the clever designof these garments means you don’t have to.
While the modern Japanese schoolgirl uniform is usually either a sailor suit or blazer with skirt, that wasn’t always the case. During the Taisho period, which started ...
Don’t know how to tie a kimono sash? No problem, because the clever designof these garments means you don’t have to.
While the modern Japanese schoolgirl uniform is usually either a sailor suit or blazer with skirt, that wasn’t always the case. During the Taisho period, which started ...
- March 8, 2019
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Eight Years After Triple Meltdown, Fukushima No. 1's Water Woes Slow To Recede
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JAPAN TIMES
This is the first in a series examining how the northeast and the nation are progressing with efforts to deal with the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis.
OKUMA, FUKUSHIMA PREF. - Nearly a thousand storage tanks are scattered across the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power p...
This is the first in a series examining how the northeast and the nation are progressing with efforts to deal with the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis.
OKUMA, FUKUSHIMA PREF. - Nearly a thousand storage tanks are scattered across the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power p...
- March 8, 2019
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Kyoto Temple Creates Android Version Of Buddhist Goddess Of Mercy
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JAPAN TRENDS
The old capital of Kyoto is associated first and foremost with classical culture, but what about androids?
The temple Kodaiji in Kyoto has installed Mindar, the world’s first android version of Guanyin (known in Japanese as Kannon).
On display from March 8th to May 6th at a hall in...
The old capital of Kyoto is associated first and foremost with classical culture, but what about androids?
The temple Kodaiji in Kyoto has installed Mindar, the world’s first android version of Guanyin (known in Japanese as Kannon).
On display from March 8th to May 6th at a hall in...
- March 7, 2019
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City Of Bags Pursues Novel Product Development Plan
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THE JAPAN NEWS
TOYOOKA, Hyogo (Jiji Press) — The city of Toyooka in Hyogo Prefecture, the nation’s top municipality in terms of bag shipments, is coming into the limelight for its moves to develop unique items using specialties from other parts of the country as materials.
In an effort to make ...
TOYOOKA, Hyogo (Jiji Press) — The city of Toyooka in Hyogo Prefecture, the nation’s top municipality in terms of bag shipments, is coming into the limelight for its moves to develop unique items using specialties from other parts of the country as materials.
In an effort to make ...
- March 7, 2019
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Former AKB48 Star Atsuko Maeda Gives Birth To Baby Boy
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THE JAPAN TIMES
Atsuko Maeda, an original member of all-girl pop group AKB48, has given birth to a baby boy, her first child, her husband said Monday.
“I’d like to report that a baby boy was safely born the other day,” 32-year-old actor Ryo Katsuji, Maeda’s husband, posted to his Instagram acco...
Atsuko Maeda, an original member of all-girl pop group AKB48, has given birth to a baby boy, her first child, her husband said Monday.
“I’d like to report that a baby boy was safely born the other day,” 32-year-old actor Ryo Katsuji, Maeda’s husband, posted to his Instagram acco...
- March 6, 2019
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Amuro Namie Wins 'Artist Of The Year' At The 'JAPAN GOLD DISC AWARD' For The Second Consecutive Year
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TOKYO HIVE
The�Recording Industry Association of Japan�(RIAJ) has announced the winners of�"THE 33rd JAPAN GOLD DISC AWARD."
Awards are based on�sales number, and the winners of this year were chosen from data compiled between�January 1, 2018 and December 31, 2018.
The 'Artist of the Year' aw...
The�Recording Industry Association of Japan�(RIAJ) has announced the winners of�"THE 33rd JAPAN GOLD DISC AWARD."
Awards are based on�sales number, and the winners of this year were chosen from data compiled between�January 1, 2018 and December 31, 2018.
The 'Artist of the Year' aw...
- March 4, 2019
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