ROCKET NEWS
 
Producer gives tentative timetable while promising Studio Ghibli is doing “things we were never able to do in the past.”
A lot of people in Japan are expecting 2020 to be a very big year. With Tokyo serving as the host city for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, the world’s eyes wil...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
MELBOURNE (AP) — Japan star Keisuke Honda has signed for Melbourne Victory as a marquee player for the club in the 2018-19 Australian A-League season.
The Victory confirmed the signing Monday, making the 32-year-old Japanese international the club’s biggest signing in its 13-year...

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Shining Monday initiative sounds great for anyone who likes to party on Sunday night, or just would rather not be working on Monday morning.
Here’s a strange aspect of adult life. Even though Sunday is a day off for most people, Sunday night often is often the low point, in terms of...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - A university in Tokyo decided Monday it will dismiss two former coaches of its American football team over a dangerous late tackle by one of its players during an intercollegiate game in May that injured an opposing player.
Nihon University's decision comes after the governi...

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BBC
 
A powerful storm has hit central and western Japan, injuring at least 21 people and cutting power to tens of thousands of homes.
Typhoon Jongdari (or "skylark" in Korean) brought torrential rain and winds of up to 180km/h (110mph).
It made landfall on the country's main island, Honshu, at 0...

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Number of executions now equals that of Tokyo subway gas attack deaths.
Japan’s Ministry of Justice has announced that on the morning of July 26 six members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult, the organization behind the 1995 Tokyo sarin gas attack, were executed. As is customary in Japan, t...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Jose Abreu appears to be coming out of his slump.
The All-Star slugger homered and drove in two runs, leading Lucas Giolito and the Chicago White Sox to a 5-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Monday night.
Abreu launched a solo shot in the first innin...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - The Japanese government said Tuesday it will set up a secretariat next month to prepare for a series of imperial succession rites related to the emperor' abdication and his son's enthronement in 2019.
The secretariat to be launched on Aug. 1 will be tasked with the overall c...

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ASAHI SHINBUN
 
Free Wi-Fi will be offered on most Shinkansens across Japan by 2020 in time for the Tokyo Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Japan Railway companies are mounting efforts to introduce the service in response to demand from foreign tourists and other passengers.
Work to roll out t...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
The mercury hit 32 degrees at 7:30 a.m. Sunday in central Tokyo, prompting the Meteorological Agency to issue warnings for high temperatures across much of the nation after at least 11 people died of suspected heatstroke the previous day.
A heat wave that has gripped most of the cou...

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