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RIO DE JANEIRO — Swimmer Rie Kaneto won the gold medal in the women’s 200-meter breaststroke on Thursday at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
The 27-year-old clocked 2 minutes 20.30 seconds in the final.
Born in Shobara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Kaneto made her Olympic debut at the 200...

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RIO DE JANEIRO — Japan won the men’s team gold medal in gymnastics on Monday at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, besting its rivals to grab its first Olympic title since the 2004 Games in Athens.
Rebounding from an error-ridden preliminary round — Japan went into the final as the fou...

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RIO DE JANEIRO — Kosuke Hagino got off to a flying start on Saturday at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, winning the men’s 400-meter individual medley to give Japan its first gold medal at the Games.
Hagino, 21, won with a time of 4 minutes 6.05 seconds, while his longtime rival and ...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Shiseido Beauty Creation Center has announced the results of its street survey on female hair and makeup trends in Tokyo.
It surveyed 300 women aged in their twenties and thirties between late
April and early May this year. The results indicate that the so-called “bushy eyebrows bo...

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TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appointed a conservative ally as defense minister on Wednesday, in a cabinet reshuffle that left most key posts unchanged, and he promised to speed up the economy’s escape from deflation and boost regional ties.
New Minister of Defense Tomo...

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Former Defense Minister Yuriko Koike, 64, was assured of victory in Sunday’s Tokyo gubernatorial election, becoming the first female governor of the capital, according to tallies by The Yomiuri Shimbun.
Koike was set to defeat her main rivals — former Internal Affairs and Communi...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Courier company Yamato Transport has teamed up with DeNA to launch a self-driving car delivery service from March 2017.
The driverless automobiles are branded with the distinctive black cat logo of Yamato, whose green cars, carts, or bicycles are one of the most common sites around...

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ROCKET NEWS
 
But the company has made a puzzling choice about its star character.
After much speculation, a deal has finally been struck to make a live-action Pokémon movie. Variety reports that Legendary Entertainment has secured the rights to the franchise, for an undisclosed amount that Rocke...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
This summer, Tokyo is going mad for ninja (again).
“The Ninja: Who Were They?” is an exhibition at Miraikan, a science museum in Tokyo, until October 10th.
While ninjas might seem a better suited to a history museum, the innovative show lets children (and older visitors) practice t...

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Good news! Tokyo Monorail has announced this week that it will be providing free Wi-Fi on the Haneda Airport Line later this year.
Monorail may become the best mode of transport for tourists coming to Japan with foreigner-friendly free Wi-Fi soon to be available between the Haneda A...

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