JAPAN TRENDS
 
Renowned Japanese streetwear designer Hiroshi Fujiwara has chosen an unusual new brand for his later collaboration: Pokémon.
The Nintendo franchise will team up with Fujiwara for the Thunderbolt Project, which will launch at Hypefest, an event organized by Hypebeast on October 6th ...

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ASAHI
 
NAHA--Early voting in the governor race here is surging as rumors swirl online that employers are pressuring workers to vote for certain candidates and provide photographic evidence of their choices at the ballot box.
Some Internet users have posted allegations of such interference, inclu...

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ROCKET NEWS
 
New play features Godot’s stage debut, with new character designed by Tatsurō Iwamoto
Super Eccentric Theater announced on Friday that it is producing a new stage play based on CAPCOM‘s Ace Attorney games titled Gyakuten Saiban -Gyakuten no GOLD MEDAL– (Ace Attorney -Turnabout GOLD ...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency (FRA) will work together with Google and others to operate a system to monitor poaching at sea, as an increasing number of foreign ships fish illegally in waters around Japan.
The move aims to step up efforts to investigate marine...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The number of people aged 100 or older in Japan is expected to reach a record-high 69,785 on Saturday, up 2,014 from the previous year, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry announced Friday ahead of Respect-for-the-Aged Day, which falls on the third Monday of September.
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JAPAN TODAY
 
ATSUMA, Hokkaido - More than 200 volunteers arrived Saturday in Atsuma town, Hokkaido, which was the area hit hardest by an earthquake on Sept 6. At least 400 more are expected to arrive by the end of the day, disaster relief officials said.
Because Monday is a national holiday, man...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Naomi Osaka made history on Thursday, becoming the first Japanese woman to reach a Grand Slam final by beating American Madison Keys in straight sets at the U.S. Open.
The 6-2, 6-4 semifinal win sets up a final against Osaka’s childhood hero Serena Williams, the 23-time major winner...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
 
TOKYO - Every year in August, a pack of Pikachus gathers in Yokohama for the annual Pikachu Outbreak. But at just about the same time as the event’s 2018 iteration, Pikachus will also be appearing in homes across Japan…and in addition to appearing, they’ll be talking.
 
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JAPAN TRENDS
 
It’s still several weeks until the cosplay madness of Halloween is upon the city but it seems that Tokyo is already getting into the spooky mood with some help from Google.
The tech giant opened a haunted house on August 25th, running until September 2nd in the Omotesando area of c...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan braced on Monday for the arrival of strong typhoon Jebi as the storm churned north towards the islands, the latest in a series of harsh weather events to strike Japan this summer, meteorologists said.
Jebi - which means "swallow" in Korean - strengthened to super-typhoon statu...

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