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High Hopes for Hokkaido Shinkansen
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THE JAPAN NEWS
By Hiroyuki Yoneyama and Masanori Matsumoto / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers
With the opening of the Hokkaido Shinkansen line on March 26, the islands of Hokkaido, Honshu and Kyushu have finally been linked by bullet train — 43 years after plans for a national high-speed rail netw...
By Hiroyuki Yoneyama and Masanori Matsumoto / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers
With the opening of the Hokkaido Shinkansen line on March 26, the islands of Hokkaido, Honshu and Kyushu have finally been linked by bullet train — 43 years after plans for a national high-speed rail netw...
- April 5, 2016
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Dare Who? Tells You Which Japanese Fashion Model You Most Look Like
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JAPAN TRENDS
Which Japanese fashion model do you look like?
That’s the tempting question asked by Dare Who?, a website that allows you to upload your portrait and then let it analyze and calculate your closest match.
The ego-stroking website is available until April 22nd.
Dare Who? (that’s “da-...
Which Japanese fashion model do you look like?
That’s the tempting question asked by Dare Who?, a website that allows you to upload your portrait and then let it analyze and calculate your closest match.
The ego-stroking website is available until April 22nd.
Dare Who? (that’s “da-...
- April 4, 2016
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Lyric Speaker Displays Song Lyrics In Real Time With Matching Graphics
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JAPAN TRENDS
What were the lyrics to that song? Know this in real time with the Lyric Speaker, which displays the lyrics to songs it plays through a neat interface in the speaker itself.
The lyrics are shown automatically in beautiful motion graphics, in sync with the actual song you are playin...
What were the lyrics to that song? Know this in real time with the Lyric Speaker, which displays the lyrics to songs it plays through a neat interface in the speaker itself.
The lyrics are shown automatically in beautiful motion graphics, in sync with the actual song you are playin...
- March 31, 2016
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Tokyo Dressmaker Crafts Gorgeous Wedding Gowns From Old Kimono Fabric
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ROCKET NEWS
Can’t choose between wearing a dress or a kimono at your wedding? Thanks to this Tokyo-based garment maker, you don’t entirely have to.
Planning a wedding involves a ton of decisions, regardless of what country you’re holding it in. Brides in Japan, though, have one extra choice to ...
Can’t choose between wearing a dress or a kimono at your wedding? Thanks to this Tokyo-based garment maker, you don’t entirely have to.
Planning a wedding involves a ton of decisions, regardless of what country you’re holding it in. Brides in Japan, though, have one extra choice to ...
- March 30, 2016
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Maker Culture Spaces Booming in Tokyo
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JAPAN TRENDS
Maker culture spaces, fab labs and hackerspaces have been springing up all over Tokyo in recent years, offering designers (both established professionals and aspiring amateurs) the chance to share ideas and skills, either through organized workshops or by dint of working in the sam...
Maker culture spaces, fab labs and hackerspaces have been springing up all over Tokyo in recent years, offering designers (both established professionals and aspiring amateurs) the chance to share ideas and skills, either through organized workshops or by dint of working in the sam...
- March 29, 2016
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Sharp Plasmacluster Katori Kuusei Cleanses Air, Catches Mosquitoes
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JAPAN TRENDS
Japanese homes are not the largest of places so any appliance that combines more than one function is going to be popular.
Sharp’s Plasmacluster Mosquito Catcher Air Purifier Katori Kuusei does just that. It cleanses the air using Sharp’s patented Plasmacluster ion technology but a...
Japanese homes are not the largest of places so any appliance that combines more than one function is going to be popular.
Sharp’s Plasmacluster Mosquito Catcher Air Purifier Katori Kuusei does just that. It cleanses the air using Sharp’s patented Plasmacluster ion technology but a...
- March 28, 2016
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ASIMO to Welcome Visitors Arriving at Narita International Airport
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO — Honda Motor Co on Wednesday announced plans to conduct demonstrations of ASIMO, its bipedal humanoid robot, at Narita International Airport over a one-week period from Monday, March 28 through Sunday, April 3.
This will be the first time for any airport in Japan to hold this...
TOKYO — Honda Motor Co on Wednesday announced plans to conduct demonstrations of ASIMO, its bipedal humanoid robot, at Narita International Airport over a one-week period from Monday, March 28 through Sunday, April 3.
This will be the first time for any airport in Japan to hold this...
- March 25, 2016
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Japan’s “Gap Tent” For Solo Campers Fits Just About Anywhere, Weighs Almost Nothing
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ROCKET NEWS
Clever design even takes into account how to keep you entertained during those long, lonely nights.
Just the other day we looked at the Crazy X, a cross-shaped four-person tent with a common area meeting space from Japanese camping equipment company Doppelganger Outdoor. But what if...
Clever design even takes into account how to keep you entertained during those long, lonely nights.
Just the other day we looked at the Crazy X, a cross-shaped four-person tent with a common area meeting space from Japanese camping equipment company Doppelganger Outdoor. But what if...
- March 25, 2016
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Abe First Sitting Prime Minister To Attend Japan Coast Guard School’s Graduation Ceremony
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JAPAN TIMES
MAIZURU, KYOTO PREF. – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attended a graduation ceremony of the Japan Coast Guard School, a training school for future coast guard officers Saturday — the first time an incumbent prime minister attended the ceremony.
“Your seniors are engaged in warning and su...
MAIZURU, KYOTO PREF. – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attended a graduation ceremony of the Japan Coast Guard School, a training school for future coast guard officers Saturday — the first time an incumbent prime minister attended the ceremony.
“Your seniors are engaged in warning and su...
- March 21, 2016
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Cafes Employing Staff With Disabilities Find Taste Trumps All
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JAPAN TIMES
Walking into Sign with Me, a soup cafe in Tokyo, customers are greeted not by the typical irasshaimase shouts of welcome, but sign language and gestures from the courteous staff.
The cafe’s hearing-impaired owner, Masahiro Yanagi, 43, used to be a facilitator for hiring disabled peo...
Walking into Sign with Me, a soup cafe in Tokyo, customers are greeted not by the typical irasshaimase shouts of welcome, but sign language and gestures from the courteous staff.
The cafe’s hearing-impaired owner, Masahiro Yanagi, 43, used to be a facilitator for hiring disabled peo...
- March 15, 2016
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