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Masami Nagasawa Plays a Wolf in Bright Clothing
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THE JAPAN NEWS
Often cast as a bubbly heroine with a big smile in youth dramas and films, actress Masami Nagasawa said she tends to be seen as a naive, innocent person.
“I guess people see me as someone who is carefree and easily fooled rather than as someone who fools others,” she said.
In “Th...
Often cast as a bubbly heroine with a big smile in youth dramas and films, actress Masami Nagasawa said she tends to be seen as a naive, innocent person.
“I guess people see me as someone who is carefree and easily fooled rather than as someone who fools others,” she said.
In “Th...
- May 9, 2018
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Micro Drone Video Provides Unique View Into Life of Japanese High School Students
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JAPAN TRENDS
YouTube channel Katsu FPV has uploaded amazing footage of a micro drone filming the daily life of female high school students in Japan. The precisely shot and choreographed results, which have gone viral in Japan and beyond, feel incredibly detailed and intimate as the drone expert...
YouTube channel Katsu FPV has uploaded amazing footage of a micro drone filming the daily life of female high school students in Japan. The precisely shot and choreographed results, which have gone viral in Japan and beyond, feel incredibly detailed and intimate as the drone expert...
- May 9, 2018
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A Rugby ‘Conversion’
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THE JAPAN NEWS
Higashiosaka municipal government employees work in rugby shirts at their office on Tuesday, the first day of the “Cool Biz” campaign at ministries, agencies and companies.
The campaign encourages people to put on lighter clothes to save energy. Located in Osaka Prefecture, Higas...
Higashiosaka municipal government employees work in rugby shirts at their office on Tuesday, the first day of the “Cool Biz” campaign at ministries, agencies and companies.
The campaign encourages people to put on lighter clothes to save energy. Located in Osaka Prefecture, Higas...
- May 2, 2018
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Manga Realistically Portrays Fashion Industry
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THE JAPAN NEWS
The fashion industry is the setting of the manga “Runway de Waratte” (Smile at the runway), which is being serialized in Shukan Shonen Magazine, a weekly manga magazine for boys.
It is very rare for such a magazine to carry a work about fashion.
The manga, which started its run i...
The fashion industry is the setting of the manga “Runway de Waratte” (Smile at the runway), which is being serialized in Shukan Shonen Magazine, a weekly manga magazine for boys.
It is very rare for such a magazine to carry a work about fashion.
The manga, which started its run i...
- April 28, 2018
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Designed by Kengo Kuma, Ace Hotel Kyoto to Open at Historical ShinPuhKan Location in 2019
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JAPAN TRENDS
The American chain Ace Hotel will open its first branch in Japan with a stunning new hotel, designed by Kengo Kuma and located on the site of the ShinPuhKan mall in central Kyoto.
“A friendly place, continually new” is the slogan of the Portland-based Ace Hotel chain, which will ho...
The American chain Ace Hotel will open its first branch in Japan with a stunning new hotel, designed by Kengo Kuma and located on the site of the ShinPuhKan mall in central Kyoto.
“A friendly place, continually new” is the slogan of the Portland-based Ace Hotel chain, which will ho...
- April 17, 2018
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Bizarre Construction Project Features Giant Godzilla with Roller Coaster Running Through Mouth
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ROCKET NEWS
Combining urban innovation and entertainment in epic proportions, Japanese netizens are hoping developers make this a reality.
Aside from Godzilla’s head peeking out from atop a Shinjuku skyscraper and a couple of statues of its likeness scattered about Tokyo, the iconic monster doe...
Combining urban innovation and entertainment in epic proportions, Japanese netizens are hoping developers make this a reality.
Aside from Godzilla’s head peeking out from atop a Shinjuku skyscraper and a couple of statues of its likeness scattered about Tokyo, the iconic monster doe...
- April 6, 2018
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Meet COLORFUUUL, Japan’s First All-Foreign Male Idol Music Group
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JAPAN TRENDS
“Diversity” is a popular buzzword in Japan right now. All eyes are on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics that the media and government policy-makers think will be a game-changer of sorts. Tokyo will, albeit briefly, become a “global city.”
That being said, with the birthrate continuing to de...
“Diversity” is a popular buzzword in Japan right now. All eyes are on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics that the media and government policy-makers think will be a game-changer of sorts. Tokyo will, albeit briefly, become a “global city.”
That being said, with the birthrate continuing to de...
- April 4, 2018
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U.S. to Deploy CV-22 Ospreys to Yokota Base This Week Ahead of Schedule
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO - The U.S. forces in Japan said Tuesday that five Air Force CV-22 Osprey aircraft will arrive at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo later this week, with their planned deployment brought forward from the previously announced U.S. fiscal year through September 2020.
The tilt-rotor aircra...
TOKYO - The U.S. forces in Japan said Tuesday that five Air Force CV-22 Osprey aircraft will arrive at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo later this week, with their planned deployment brought forward from the previously announced U.S. fiscal year through September 2020.
The tilt-rotor aircra...
- April 3, 2018
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Ohtani Singles in First Career At-bat As DH; Pitches Sunday
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THE JAPAN NEWS
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani got off to a perfect start at the plate.
The two-way newcomer from Japan quickly put aside a rugged spring training, hitting a single in his first real at-bat for the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday.
Batting eighth as the designated hitter, Oht...
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani got off to a perfect start at the plate.
The two-way newcomer from Japan quickly put aside a rugged spring training, hitting a single in his first real at-bat for the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday.
Batting eighth as the designated hitter, Oht...
- April 2, 2018
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KANTA ON MANGA / Black Winter Stories That Strike a Chord
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THE JAPAN NEWS
The manga this week
Sanju Mariko (Eighty-year-old Mariko)
By Yuki Ozawa (Kodansha)
Chisako Wakatake is a newcomer to the literary world, winning the Akutagawa Prize for literature in January at the age of 63. She categorizes her award-winning work “Ora ora de Hitori Igumo” as a “...
The manga this week
Sanju Mariko (Eighty-year-old Mariko)
By Yuki Ozawa (Kodansha)
Chisako Wakatake is a newcomer to the literary world, winning the Akutagawa Prize for literature in January at the age of 63. She categorizes her award-winning work “Ora ora de Hitori Igumo” as a “...
- March 30, 2018
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