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Pikachu and Olympic Gold Medalist Usain Bolt Co-star in New Pokemon Ads
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO — For the most part, the golden era of foreign celebrities appearing in Japanese advertisements is over. A domestic celebrity boom, coupled with Internet video-sharing making it harder for Hollywood stars to keep their Japanese shilling on the down low, means that you’re unlik...
TOKYO — For the most part, the golden era of foreign celebrities appearing in Japanese advertisements is over. A domestic celebrity boom, coupled with Internet video-sharing making it harder for Hollywood stars to keep their Japanese shilling on the down low, means that you’re unlik...
- March 2, 2017
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Crown Prince Says He will Model Himself After His Father as Emperor
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO — Crown Prince Naruhito turned 57 on Thursday saying he is ready to become emperor after his father Akihito, who could abdicate as soon as next year, and that like him, he will be an emperor who “shares the pain and joy of the people”.
A government panel is debating how to all...
TOKYO — Crown Prince Naruhito turned 57 on Thursday saying he is ready to become emperor after his father Akihito, who could abdicate as soon as next year, and that like him, he will be an emperor who “shares the pain and joy of the people”.
A government panel is debating how to all...
- February 27, 2017
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Japanese Idol Cosplay Face Powder Provides Gleaming Skin for Costuming Needs
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ROCKET NEWS
New product promises the look of “a shining idol singer.”
Japanese cosplay company Assist Wig gives top billing to its extensive line of hairpieces, which stand ready to help costumers replicate the vivid and dramatic hairstyles of their favorite anime characters. But the company has ...
New product promises the look of “a shining idol singer.”
Japanese cosplay company Assist Wig gives top billing to its extensive line of hairpieces, which stand ready to help costumers replicate the vivid and dramatic hairstyles of their favorite anime characters. But the company has ...
- February 27, 2017
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Take a Whirlwind Tour Through The History of Japanese Schoolgirl Fashion
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JAPAN TRENDS
Ever wondered how quickly junior high school fashion changes in Japan?
Look back over the shifts in junior high school (known as “JK” in Japanese) fads from 2016 to 2015, 2008, 2000, 1995, 1980 and, er, 1684?
Produced by mobile phone provider NTT Docomo, this music video a whirlwin...
Ever wondered how quickly junior high school fashion changes in Japan?
Look back over the shifts in junior high school (known as “JK” in Japanese) fads from 2016 to 2015, 2008, 2000, 1995, 1980 and, er, 1684?
Produced by mobile phone provider NTT Docomo, this music video a whirlwin...
- February 25, 2017
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Japanese Film Director Seijun Suzuki Dead at 93
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO — Japanese B-movie director, Seijun Suzuki, whose prolific output from gangster films to fantasies influenced international filmmakers including Quentin Tarantino, has died, his former studio announced on Wednesday. He was 93.
Suzuki died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disea...
TOKYO — Japanese B-movie director, Seijun Suzuki, whose prolific output from gangster films to fantasies influenced international filmmakers including Quentin Tarantino, has died, his former studio announced on Wednesday. He was 93.
Suzuki died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disea...
- February 24, 2017
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Sony Subsidiary to Release Programming Learning Kit
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO — Sony Global Education Inc, which runs an education-related business, will release a programming learning kit for children on Saturday.
The kit, Koov, enables users to make a robot by freely combining motors, sensors and blocks and move it by using self-made software. With th...
TOKYO — Sony Global Education Inc, which runs an education-related business, will release a programming learning kit for children on Saturday.
The kit, Koov, enables users to make a robot by freely combining motors, sensors and blocks and move it by using self-made software. With th...
- February 23, 2017
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‘Running Police’ to Wear Video Screen ‘Watches’
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THE JAPAN NEWS
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department on Tuesday revealed a wrist watch-type device to be worn by the so-called running police to prevent a terrorist attack during the Tokyo Marathon on Sunday.
The MPD has dispatched the running police since 2015. Officers run the course while...
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department on Tuesday revealed a wrist watch-type device to be worn by the so-called running police to prevent a terrorist attack during the Tokyo Marathon on Sunday.
The MPD has dispatched the running police since 2015. Officers run the course while...
- February 22, 2017
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Google Word Lens Translates Kanji with Your Phone, Renders Learning Japanese Obsolete
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JAPAN TRENDS
When historians look back on the evolution of the Japanese language, they’ll look to January 26th, 2017 as the day kanji died. Because on that day in history, Google launched Word Lens in Japanese, and schoolchildren throughout Japan slammed shut their textbooks, tossed aside their...
When historians look back on the evolution of the Japanese language, they’ll look to January 26th, 2017 as the day kanji died. Because on that day in history, Google launched Word Lens in Japanese, and schoolchildren throughout Japan slammed shut their textbooks, tossed aside their...
- February 18, 2017
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'Scorpion' Robot Mission Inside Fukushima Reactor Aborted
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO — A “scorpion” robot sent into a Japanese nuclear reactor to learn about the damage suffered in a tsunami-induced meltdown had its mission aborted after the probe ran into trouble, Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) said Thursday.
TEPCO, the operator of the Fukushima nuclear plan...
TOKYO — A “scorpion” robot sent into a Japanese nuclear reactor to learn about the damage suffered in a tsunami-induced meltdown had its mission aborted after the probe ran into trouble, Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) said Thursday.
TEPCO, the operator of the Fukushima nuclear plan...
- February 18, 2017
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10-player Baseball Team Earns Spring Koshien Spot
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THE JAPAN NEWS
MORIOKA — Relying on its batting prowess, an Iwate Prefecture team with just 10 players gained a berth at the 89th National Invitational High School Baseball Tournament at Koshien Stadium, overcoming the disadvantage of limited fielding practices because of the lack of players.
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MORIOKA — Relying on its batting prowess, an Iwate Prefecture team with just 10 players gained a berth at the 89th National Invitational High School Baseball Tournament at Koshien Stadium, overcoming the disadvantage of limited fielding practices because of the lack of players.
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- February 15, 2017
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