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Japanese Government’s Newest Plan to Fight Overwork: Give Employees Monday Morning Off
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ROCKET NEWS
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...
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...
- August 2, 2018
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University to Fire Ex-coaches Over Player's Dirty Tackle
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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...
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...
- July 31, 2018
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Typhoon Jongdari: Japan Storm Cuts Power to Thousands
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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...
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...
- July 30, 2018
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Japan Executes Six Aum Shinrikyo Cultists, Bringing Hanging Total to 13 This Month
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ROCKET NEWS
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...
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...
- July 27, 2018
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Abreu’s HR, Hit Muffle Ohtani Blast
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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...
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...
- July 25, 2018
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Gov't Gears Up Preparations for Imperial Succession Rites Next Year
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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...
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...
- July 24, 2018
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Free Wi-Fi To Be Installed in Most Shinkansen Trains by 2020
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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...
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...
- July 24, 2018
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Japan’s Heat Wave Claims 11 More People, Mostly Seniors, In a Single Day
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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...
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...
- July 23, 2018
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Tokyo Electric Power Company Airs First Commercial Since Fukushima Disaster, Creates New Mascot
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ROCKET NEWS
After a seven-year self-imposed TV ad suspension, company shows images of relaxed families and offers cute bunny character merchandise.
Ever since the Fukushima nuclear disaster caused by the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in 2011, the Tokyo Electric Power Company’...
After a seven-year self-imposed TV ad suspension, company shows images of relaxed families and offers cute bunny character merchandise.
Ever since the Fukushima nuclear disaster caused by the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in 2011, the Tokyo Electric Power Company’...
- July 20, 2018
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Nearly 70 Percent of Young Japanese Women Self-identify as Otaku in Survey
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ROCKET NEWS
Seven out of ten say they enjoy anime and manga, and over 15 percent spend more than 90,000 yen a year on their otaku hobbies.
When most people hear the word “otaku,” the mental image they get is of a guy. Maybe he’ll be sporting one of the other stereotypical otaku visual cues, lik...
Seven out of ten say they enjoy anime and manga, and over 15 percent spend more than 90,000 yen a year on their otaku hobbies.
When most people hear the word “otaku,” the mental image they get is of a guy. Maybe he’ll be sporting one of the other stereotypical otaku visual cues, lik...
- July 18, 2018
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