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Japan’s Harajuku Station To Be Rebuilt Ahead of 2020 Tokyo Olympics
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East Japan Railway Company today released images of new building designs planned for three stations on two of the city’s popular train lines.
JR East confirmed reports today that it would be renovating three stations on its Tokyo rail network, with upgrades planned for Harajuku Stat...
East Japan Railway Company today released images of new building designs planned for three stations on two of the city’s popular train lines.
JR East confirmed reports today that it would be renovating three stations on its Tokyo rail network, with upgrades planned for Harajuku Stat...
- June 13, 2016
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Archi-Depot Opens First Museum in Japan for Architecture Models
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As reported last year, Warehouse Terrada will officially open Japan’s first architecture model museum in Tokyo on June 18th.
Exhibiting architecture is always difficult. Although there are regular architecture-themed exhibitions at museums and galleries around Tokyo — especially ...
As reported last year, Warehouse Terrada will officially open Japan’s first architecture model museum in Tokyo on June 18th.
Exhibiting architecture is always difficult. Although there are regular architecture-themed exhibitions at museums and galleries around Tokyo — especially ...
- June 10, 2016
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Otani Strong-arms Fighters Past Giants
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THE JAPAN NEWS
The Japan News
It wasn’t a one-man show for two-way star Shohei Otani of the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, but he certainly had center stage all to himself when he fired a 163-kph pitch in an interleague win on Sunday at Tokyo Dome.
The fourth-year player, who got the start on th...
The Japan News
It wasn’t a one-man show for two-way star Shohei Otani of the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, but he certainly had center stage all to himself when he fired a 163-kph pitch in an interleague win on Sunday at Tokyo Dome.
The fourth-year player, who got the start on th...
- June 6, 2016
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Kirin Greeting Namacha Campaign Accused of Racism
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Oh, dear. A big Japanese corporation has done it again: made a marketing campaign that is causing offense to some.
Kirin is promoting its recently relaunched tea product Namacha with a new online campaign called Greeting Namacha.
It is themed around Japanese greetings, which it say...
Oh, dear. A big Japanese corporation has done it again: made a marketing campaign that is causing offense to some.
Kirin is promoting its recently relaunched tea product Namacha with a new online campaign called Greeting Namacha.
It is themed around Japanese greetings, which it say...
- June 4, 2016
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Mie Produce Gets a Global Audience
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The Yomiuri Shimbun
TSU — Many specialties from Mie Prefecture were featured in the dinner served Thursday to participants at the Ise-Shima Group of Seven summit, giving local producers hope that some of their area’s best elements will be promoted to the rest of the world.
The le...
The Yomiuri Shimbun
TSU — Many specialties from Mie Prefecture were featured in the dinner served Thursday to participants at the Ise-Shima Group of Seven summit, giving local producers hope that some of their area’s best elements will be promoted to the rest of the world.
The le...
- June 3, 2016
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S.H. Monster Arts Kou Kyou Kyoku Godzilla 1989 Recreates Rare Kaiju Look
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As we get closer to the release of the new Japanese Godzilla movie, Godzilla Resurgence, this summer in domestic theaters, expect a heap of tie-in merchandise.
So far, the best we have seen is the S.H. Monster Arts Kou Kyou Kyoku Godzilla 1989 by Tamashii Nations.
Part of the K...
As we get closer to the release of the new Japanese Godzilla movie, Godzilla Resurgence, this summer in domestic theaters, expect a heap of tie-in merchandise.
So far, the best we have seen is the S.H. Monster Arts Kou Kyou Kyoku Godzilla 1989 by Tamashii Nations.
Part of the K...
- June 2, 2016
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Running For Fun, Fitness: Former Olympian Gives Pointers for Comfortable Workout
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The Yomiuri Shimbun
Running is fun and can help you stay fit — and what’s more, you don’t have to be a sporty or a young person to enjoy it.
Deciding on what to wear is the first step to finding your ideal workout, and fashionable running apparel can make beginners feel like a to...
The Yomiuri Shimbun
Running is fun and can help you stay fit — and what’s more, you don’t have to be a sporty or a young person to enjoy it.
Deciding on what to wear is the first step to finding your ideal workout, and fashionable running apparel can make beginners feel like a to...
- June 1, 2016
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Tokyo Government Launches Campaign For Young Voters
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This summer there will be an Upper House election in Japan and for the first time, those aged 18 and 19 can vote.
To raise awareness of this new enfranchisement, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government has launched a new website called TOHYO-to. Meaning “vote capital”, the semi-animated ...
- June 1, 2016
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Young Oysters Up-and-coming Sanriku Stars
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The Yomiuri Shimbun
MINAMI-SANRIKU, Miyagi — Farmers in Minami-Sanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, are cultivating rare unspawned oysters called Amakoro-gaki, aiming to sell them as the town’s brand oyster and thereby restore the oyster farming industry that was heavily damaged by the Gr...
The Yomiuri Shimbun
MINAMI-SANRIKU, Miyagi — Farmers in Minami-Sanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, are cultivating rare unspawned oysters called Amakoro-gaki, aiming to sell them as the town’s brand oyster and thereby restore the oyster farming industry that was heavily damaged by the Gr...
- May 31, 2016
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World’s Only Michelin-starred Ramen is Getting an Instant Noodle Convenience Store Version
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Famous Tokyo restaurant teams up with Circle K and Sunkus chains.
Most people would say that the pages of the Michelin dining guide and the shelves of a convenience store represent the two opposite endpoints of the scale of culinary quality. But Japan is always eager to find delicio...
Famous Tokyo restaurant teams up with Circle K and Sunkus chains.
Most people would say that the pages of the Michelin dining guide and the shelves of a convenience store represent the two opposite endpoints of the scale of culinary quality. But Japan is always eager to find delicio...
- May 28, 2016
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