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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...
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...
- November 2, 2018
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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...
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...
- October 29, 2018
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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 ...
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 ...
- October 27, 2018
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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...
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...
- October 26, 2018
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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 ...
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 ...
- October 25, 2018
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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...
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...
- October 24, 2018
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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,...
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,...
- October 23, 2018
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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 ...
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 ...
- October 20, 2018
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Plastic Piling Up in Japan After China Waste Import Ban
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO - The government said Thursday it was facing a growing sea of plastic waste with limited capacity to process it after China stopped accepting foreign waste imports.
The environment ministry said about a quarter of major regional and municipal governments surveyed reported seei...
TOKYO - The government said Thursday it was facing a growing sea of plastic waste with limited capacity to process it after China stopped accepting foreign waste imports.
The environment ministry said about a quarter of major regional and municipal governments surveyed reported seei...
- October 19, 2018
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Yoshito Sengoku, Cabinet Member During Democratic Party of Japan Administration, Dies at 72
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JAPAN TIMES
Yoshito Sengoku, who served as the top government spokesman and an administrative reform minister when the now-defunct Democratic Party of Japan was in power, died of lung cancer last week, the Lower House secretariat said Tuesday. He was 72.
Sengoku concurrently served as the minis...
Yoshito Sengoku, who served as the top government spokesman and an administrative reform minister when the now-defunct Democratic Party of Japan was in power, died of lung cancer last week, the Lower House secretariat said Tuesday. He was 72.
Sengoku concurrently served as the minis...
- October 17, 2018
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