JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO — A recent press release by Bandai Namco Entertainment and Interactive Media Mix (IMX) has announced that popular Japanese anime and game franchise “The Idolmaster” will become a live-action Korean TV drama series in the near future.
“The Idolmaster” began as an arcade game in...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO — Some of the biggest stars of anime and manga are going to be spending their summer at the Universal Studios Japan.
You have to respect the ability of the theme park to make lemons out of lemonade. Obviously, Disney’s extensive pantheon of beloved animated characters are out ...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Slightly more people have been riding the new Hokkaido Shinkansen Line than expected, but not enough to avoid losses, according to the bullet train’s operator.
The line, which opened March 26, saw average seat occupancy of 27 percent in its first 16 days, JR Hokkaido Co. President O...

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ROCKET NEWS
 
East Japan Railway Co (JR East) will introduce a numbering system for all its stations in Tokyo starting in October, in a bid to to facilitate navigation for foreigners traveling within the capital ahead of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The numbering system will incorporate...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
By Atsuko Matsumoto / Japan News Staff Writer
HIROSHIMA — Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven major countries pledged to work in unity on an action plan to combat terrorism, aiming to adopt joint concrete measures at next month’s Ise-Shima summit meeting.
The two-day meeting ...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Hitachi has announced a new humanoid robot EMIEW3, set for production in 2018.
With a name inspired not by the similar-sounding bird but rather the word “excellent”, EMIEW3 enhances the technology and design of the previous two models in this robot series first presented in 2005.
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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
KARIYA, Aichi (Jiji Press) — Japanese auto parts maker Denso Corp. unveiled Friday a prototype of an industrial-use drone designed to check the safety of such infrastructure as bridges and tunnels.
By utilizing its sensor and motor technologies developed through its auto parts ma...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
HIROSHIMA – Japan and Canada on Saturday agreed to hold a so-called two-plus-two meeting between the countries’ vice foreign and defense ministers on April 19 in Tokyo to strengthen bilateral security ties, the Foreign Ministry said.
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and his Canadian c...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Minami Takahashi formally ended her career as a member of the all-girl pop group AKB48 on Friday, after performing in her last live show in Tokyo’s Akihabara district.
“I am just thankful to you … I was super happy,” the tearful Takahashi said in her closing remarks, looking back at...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The Yomiuri Shimbun
Starting this summer, the government will test a system in which foreign tourists will be able to verify their identities and buy things at stores using only their fingerprints.
The government hopes to increase the number of foreign tourists by using the syste...

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