JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe aims to underscore the importance of the Japan-U.S. alliance when he meets President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said on Sunday.
“This is going to be an important meeting to build trust,” Kishida told publ...

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TOKYO — Japan and India signed a civilian nuclear accord on Friday, opening the door for Tokyo to supply New Delhi with fuel, equipment and technology for nuclear power production, as India looks to atomic energy to sustain its rapid economic growth.
It was the first time Japan, the...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The government of Sumida Ward in Tokyo has started issuing a motorcycle license plate featuring works from ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai’s famous “Thirty-six views of Mt. Fuji” series of landscape prints. The move is to celebrate the Nov. 22 opening of the Sumida Hokusai Muse...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Before Netflix. Before even HBO. Take a step back in time to the early days of television with this Vintage Taste 20-inch LCD Japanese Retro Television Screen by Doshisha.
It might look like one of those wacky chindogu gadgets from Thanko, but this is a genuine television mocked up...

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TOKYO — Princess Aiko, the only child of Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako, went to school Tuesday after being absent for a month and a half due to health reasons, the Imperial Household Agency said.
The 14-year-old princess went to Gakushuin Girls’ Junior High School ...

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FUKUOKA — A large sinkhole opened on a road in front of Hakata Station in Hakata Ward, Fukuoka, at about 5:15 a.m. Tuesday.
The hole gradually became bigger. It measures up to about 15 meters deep, about 27 meters wide and about 30 meters long.
 
According to the Fukuoka City Tra...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Pikotaro still can’t believe it all. Two days before he sits down with The Japan Times, the performer saw that American DJ duo The Chainsmokers had changed their Twitter name to “Pineapple & Pen,” a nod to his song “PPAP.” That pair previously claimed YouTube’s most popular clip wit...

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A book that inspired Yoshinori Ohsumi, winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, is flying off the shelves.
Ohsumi, 71, has mentioned the book, “Rosoku no Kagaku,” as one of the factors that triggered his pursuit of science. It is a Japanese translation of
“The Ch...

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TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has a chance to stay in power through the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and become the country’s longest-ruling leader after his party decided this week to allow its presidents to serve a third straight three-year term.
The rule change by Abe’s Liber...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
SAPPORO – Since the Japan Series began last Saturday, Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters manager Hideki Kuriyama has repeatedly indicated that he wouldn’t hesitate to change the batting order on his lineup card in order to give his team the best chance to win.
And that’s what he’s done.
B...

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