JAPAN TIMES
 
The best time to see Ito Jakuchu’s work was back in 2000 or 2006, when there were two major exhibitions that aimed to re-evaluate the underappreciated 18th-century Kyoto painter.
Now that re-evaluation has picked up plenty of steam we are currently experiencing a powerful “Jakuchu B...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
KUMAMOTO (Jiji Press) — Alternative bus services mainly for high school students started in the Aso region in Kumamoto Prefecture on Monday as roads and railways have been heavily damaged by massive landslides caused by a series of strong earthquakes in the prefecture.
With the b...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
One of the things we enjoy doing at Japan Trends is not only observing actual news and trends, but also how trends are reported and generated by the media, both Japanese and international.
What is the making of a “trend”? Well, it’s partly when everyone starts talking about somethi...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
By Yasuyuki Yamada / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer
KAMISHIHORO, Hokkaido — Agricultural production corporation DreamHill became the first corporation or individual in Hokkaido last year to ship over 20,000 tons of milk in a single year.
Under the Trans-Pacific Partnership free tra...

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ROCKET NEWS
 
Bandai is bringing some cuteness to Japanese tea time with these adorable characters from the popular manga and anime series Doraemon.
As the world’s fourth largest producer of toys, Japanese toy making and video game company Bandai is best known for its huge variety of anime and ma...

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ROCKET NEWS
 
Who says experiencing real love is a perquisite for answering all of love’s tough questions?
Communications company NTT Resonant has revealed that, beginning this August, it will be turning to artificial intelligence to help handle love advice queries on Oshiete! goo, a feature of t...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
We’ve been closely following the development of consumer virtual reality in Japan. This year alone we have already seen a great crossover of digital and analog technology with the Mask of Anubis VR board game and Namco Bandai has just opened its own VR game center, VR Zone Project ...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The Yomiuri Shimbun
MASHIKI, Kumamoto — Four sixth-grade primary school girls in quake-hit Mashiki, Kumamoto Prefecture, have started publishing a handmade newspaper featuring topics related to life in evacuation shelters.
Decorated with illustrations of animals, the inaugural is...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Kyodo
BEIJING – The foreign ministers of Japan and China agreed Saturday to step up efforts to accelerate the pace of improvement in political relations between Asia’s two biggest economies.
The Foreign Ministry in Tokyo, which announced the agreement, said Fumio Kishida and his Chi...

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ROCKET NEWS
 
Bandai and Tamashii Nations have outdone themselves again with the latest addition to their samurai series of pop culture figurines.
 
Following up on their Movie Realisation series, which last year transformed a number of well-known Star Wars characters into awesome samurai warrior...

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