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Kengo Kuma to Design Luxury Hotel in Ginza
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JAPAN TRENDS
Further cementing his place as the top star in Japanese architecture today, Kengo Kuma will next design a luxury hotel in Ginza set to open in early 2020.
In addition to designing the new Yamanote Line station with a bravado combination of wood and glass, as well as the National St...
Further cementing his place as the top star in Japanese architecture today, Kengo Kuma will next design a luxury hotel in Ginza set to open in early 2020.
In addition to designing the new Yamanote Line station with a bravado combination of wood and glass, as well as the National St...
- February 14, 2017
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The Best Part-time Job in Japan? Get Paid Y50,000 per Day to Take Naps
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO — Recently one part-time job has been quickly gaining praise online as the best-part time job in Japan: being paid to take naps.
The part-time job is part of a contest that is being held for the opening of the upcoming anime movie “Hirune Hime” (“Napping Princess”) directed by...
TOKYO — Recently one part-time job has been quickly gaining praise online as the best-part time job in Japan: being paid to take naps.
The part-time job is part of a contest that is being held for the opening of the upcoming anime movie “Hirune Hime” (“Napping Princess”) directed by...
- February 4, 2017
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Nissin’s Matcha Green Tea Seafood Cup Noodle is About as Japanese as It Gets
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These days, it’s not uncommon to find matcha green tea in cookies, cakes and ice cream, but this might be a first for ramen. Yes, you read that correctly: for the Cup Noodle Matcha Seafood Flavor, the storied instant noodle maker Nissin is dressing up one of their most popular Cup ...
These days, it’s not uncommon to find matcha green tea in cookies, cakes and ice cream, but this might be a first for ramen. Yes, you read that correctly: for the Cup Noodle Matcha Seafood Flavor, the storied instant noodle maker Nissin is dressing up one of their most popular Cup ...
- February 4, 2017
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Japan Should Push Back if Trump Takes 'Wrong' Economic Policies: Abe adviser
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO — Japan should push back if President-elect Donald Trump bases trade and other economic policy on “wrong economics,” an adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told Reuters in an unusually direct expression of concern about potential protectionism.
Koichi Hamada, emeritus profes...
TOKYO — Japan should push back if President-elect Donald Trump bases trade and other economic policy on “wrong economics,” an adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told Reuters in an unusually direct expression of concern about potential protectionism.
Koichi Hamada, emeritus profes...
- February 3, 2017
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ANA C-3PO Airplane Starts Domestic Flights in Japan in March
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In 2015, ANA generated interest worldwide and a collective jaw-drop when it announced three Star Wars airplanes for its fleet.
Evidently the planes in Star Wars-themed exteriors are popular and proving a good promotional strategy, since ANA has returned with a new Boeing 777 with a...
In 2015, ANA generated interest worldwide and a collective jaw-drop when it announced three Star Wars airplanes for its fleet.
Evidently the planes in Star Wars-themed exteriors are popular and proving a good promotional strategy, since ANA has returned with a new Boeing 777 with a...
- January 30, 2017
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Women at Work / Firms Act to Up Awareness of Unfair Treatment
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Companies are increasing their efforts to raise employees’ awareness of so-called maternity harassment, the unfair treatment of women in the workplace who are pregnant or have children, under a revised law requiring them to take preventative measures against such harassment (see ...
Companies are increasing their efforts to raise employees’ awareness of so-called maternity harassment, the unfair treatment of women in the workplace who are pregnant or have children, under a revised law requiring them to take preventative measures against such harassment (see ...
- January 27, 2017
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Kisenosato Clinches 1st Career Title
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THE JAPAN NEWS
Kisenosato has long been one of the top wrestlers in sumo, but he finally made it to the top of the mountain on Saturday at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament.
The ozeki won his match, and later watched as yokozuna Hakuho lost to No. 10 maegashira Takanoiwa in the Day 14 finale, ...
Kisenosato has long been one of the top wrestlers in sumo, but he finally made it to the top of the mountain on Saturday at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament.
The ozeki won his match, and later watched as yokozuna Hakuho lost to No. 10 maegashira Takanoiwa in the Day 14 finale, ...
- January 21, 2017
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‘K’ Computer to Predict Torrential Rain
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A project team including the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), the Meteorological Research Institute (MRI) and other institutions has succeeded in developing the basic technology to predict the coming of disastrous torrential rain in specific areas a...
A project team including the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), the Meteorological Research Institute (MRI) and other institutions has succeeded in developing the basic technology to predict the coming of disastrous torrential rain in specific areas a...
- January 14, 2017
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Mangaka Spreads His Wings from Forerunner’s Home
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THE JAPAN NEWS
A young manga creator has published his first book while honing his skills in an apartment that used to house the studio of mangaka Fujio Akatsuka (1935-2008).
Gaku Kajikawa, 25, is the first resident to have a book published among the budding mangaka who have lived in the Shiuns...
A young manga creator has published his first book while honing his skills in an apartment that used to house the studio of mangaka Fujio Akatsuka (1935-2008).
Gaku Kajikawa, 25, is the first resident to have a book published among the budding mangaka who have lived in the Shiuns...
- January 12, 2017
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Carmakers Include Life-saving Features to Protect Pedestrians
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Automakers are improving car functions that protect pedestrians as a result of government safety evaluations aimed at protecting people outside of cars as well as inside them. The government aims to reduce fatal car accidents.
Such functions could become a key factor when people ...
Automakers are improving car functions that protect pedestrians as a result of government safety evaluations aimed at protecting people outside of cars as well as inside them. The government aims to reduce fatal car accidents.
Such functions could become a key factor when people ...
- January 10, 2017
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