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Halloween revelers turn Shibuya into garbage dump

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JAPANTODAY
 
With the coming of the dawn in Shibuya on the morning of Nov 1, the area resembled an urban waste dump. Strewn in the streets and sidewalks were beer cans and bottles, PET bottles and plastic bags crammed with waste of all sorts. Discarded paper, dampened by the light rain that fell,...

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USB warming bento box pouch

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JAPANTODAY
“Bento” is now a common word around the world, so many of you might know that bento box means a Japanese-style lunch box. Wouldn’t it make you happy if you can eat a warm homemade lunch anytime you want without using a microwave oven?
 
Thanko’s Bento Box Pouch has USB-powered heaters ...

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Dollar hits 7-year high above ¥115

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JIJI PRESS
 
The dollar hit a seven-year high above ¥115 in Tokyo trading on Thursday, backed by overseas stock market gains following the U.S. midterm elections, as well as by the Bank of Japan’s expanded monetary easing.
 
The U.S. currency jumped to around ¥115.50 at one point around noon, top...

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BANDAI NAMCO, ADK, and Aniplex establish Anime Consortium Japan (ACJ)

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ANIME NEWS NETWORK
 
BANDAI NAMCO Holdings Inc. (Head Office: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, President and CEO, Representative Director: Shukuo Ishikawa), ASATSU-DK INC. (ADK, Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President & Group CEO: Shinichi Ueno), and Aniplex Inc. (Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, President: ...

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Wal-Mart to Close 30 Japan Stores, Expand Fresh Food Business

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MONEY NEWS
 
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will close about 30 outlets in Japan as it focuses on its fresh food offerings and expands its e-commerce business in the world’s third-largest economy.
 
Wal-Mart’s Seiyu unit also will accelerate upgrades to its existing stores as it broadens fresh food and del...

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Japanese cuisine under attack from Western food; chefs fight back with school programs

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ABC NEWS
 
Japanese food is acclaimed around the world but at home the national cuisine is under serious threat.
 
Japanese youth are now eating more Western food but the great chefs of Japan are fighting back and introducing school programs to get kids to eat Japanese again.
 
Japanese food is k...

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These three words could save Japan’s economy

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WASHINGTON POST
 
Whatever it takes.
 
Those are the three most important words a central banker can say. It's simple, really: People don't like to bet against someone who's willing and able to create infinite amounts of money to get what they want. That's why just uttering the phrase can sometim...

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Nuri strengthens to super typhoon, threatens Japan

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THE WEATHER NETWORK
 
Yet another monster storm is heading for Japan, and depending on how it continues to develop, it may end as the strongest storm of 2014.
 
Typhoon Nuri attained Super Typhoon status on Sunday. The Category 5 storm had sustained winds of 287 km/h, with gusts up to 352 km/h, r...

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'Fireball meteor' seen over western Japan

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BBC
 
People in western Japan have reported sightings of a sparkling light racing across the sky on Monday evening.
Experts say it was probably a "fireball" meteor - a piece of an asteroid that ignites upon entering Earth's atmosphere - and any surviving fragments mostly likely ended up in the se...

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5 Things You Need To Know About Japanese Whisky

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TIME
 
A single-malt from Japan has been named the best whisky in the world for the first time. Here's why you shouldn't be all that surprised
 
The whisky world was shocked on Tuesday, when it was announced that the 2015 edition of Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible had named Suntory’s Yamazaki Single Ma...

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