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Number of Crimes on Track to Hit Postwar Low in 2017

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The number of criminal offenses reported to police in the country in January-June fell 7.7 percent from a year earlier to 450,887, on track to hit an annual postwar low, a National Police Agency report showed Thursday.
The annual crime figure has kept declini...

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Security Cameras To be Set Up On Bullet Trains in Southwestern Japan

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JAPAN TODAY
 
FUKUOKA - Kyushu Railway Co. said Wednesday it will install security cameras on its shinkansen bullet trains running in the southwestern main island of Kyushu from November to enhance security ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.
The railway operator will introduce the ...

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Cream Puffs Filled with Sushi-rice Cola Now On Sale

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ROCKET NEWS
 
There is a limited chance to try out Kurazushi’s latest transmogrification of vinegared rice.
Let’s travel way back in time to the summer of the year two-thousand and sixteen. It was the end of an era as the final VCR in the world rolled off the assembly line. Many predicted a brash...

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Muji To Open Hotel in Ginza in Spring 2019

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
There is a major shortage in hotel rooms as Tokyo continues to experience a tourism boom. This has led to all sorts of novelties, from Airbnb’s advance in the local market to even love hotels converting into regular accommodation. It has also inevitably resulted in many new hotel t...

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Piko Taro Creates Summer Soundtrack for Kids with The Perotto Ice Pop DJ Licking Music Toy

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Our favorite Japanese comedian of the moment, Piko Taro, is continuing to capitalize on his Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen fame by promoting the Perotto Ice Pop DJ Licking Music Toy.
This is another example in the ongoing “food toy” trend we have witnessed for some time now, led by Takara...

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Privately Developed Rocket to be Launched on July 29

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — An observation rocket developed by start-up Interstellar Technologies Inc. is scheduled to blast off from a launch site in Taiki, Hokkaido, in the morning of July 29, the company said Thursday.
It will be the first time for a rocket developed by a private com...

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Vote For Your Favorite Tokyo 2020 Olympics License Plate Design

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
And then there were five. Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has selected five finalists for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics license plate design contest. Now the ministry is asking for your help in narrowing down the competition to one.
Between...

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Teen Fujii Makes Historic Shogi Moves

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The amazing performance of a 14-year-old shogi player is wowing not only shogi fans, but also people throughout Japan.
Sota Fujii has established a new shogi record of consecutive wins, beating his opponents for 29 straight matches since his debut in December. The streak was fina...

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Abe, Moon Hold First Meeting, Agree to Revive Shuttle Diplomacy / Gap Remains on Comfort Women Issue

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
HAMBURG — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Moon Jae In agreed on Friday that their countries will revive shuttle diplomacy, in which both leaders regularly visit each other’s nations, and affirmed they will promote future-oriented cooperation.
During an about ...

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Japan, S Korea, U.S. Demand Greater Chinese Effort on N Korea

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JAPAN TODAY
 
HAMBURG - Japan, the United States and South Korea agreed on Thursday to push for China to play a larger role in reining in North Korea's nuclear ambitions, a Japanese official said on the eve of a summit of the Group of 20 economic powers.
North Korea's launch this week of what it ...

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