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TOKYO - Tokyo Gov Yuriko Koike, who this week founded a new political party, said Friday she will be selective in allowing members of the moribund main opposition Democratic Party to stand as candidates with her party in next month's lower house election.
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VR Zone Shinjuku, one of Tokyo’s top virtual reality entertainment facilities, will host a trial run of a new VR attraction based on the popular mecha anime series Gundam.
Open from November 10th to January 9th, the ride is based on the arcade game Mobile Suit Gundam: Bonds of the ...

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TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike said Wednesday Kibo no To (Party of Hope), a new political party headed by her, will aim to “reset Japan” with bold reforms and politics not constrained by vested interests.
“I’m launching Kibo no To in order to reset Japan,” Koike tol...

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Ruling and opposition parties have begun preparing Tuesday for a House of Representatives election the day after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced he would dissolve the lower house.
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party confirmed solidarity at its executive members’ meeting and s...

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TOKYO - Police conducted an antiterror drill Monday at a sports arena in central Tokyo based on a scenario of terrorists launching a chemical attack during big sports events such as the Rugby World Cup 2019 and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
About 1,000 people including riot squad personn...

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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will hold a press conference Monday to announce his intention to dissolve the House of Representatives for a general election, with official campaigning starting Oct. 10 and voting on Oct. 22.
Attention will be focused at the press conference on how the ...

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KUSHIRO - Japanese former residents of a group of Russian-controlled islands off Hokkaido flew to two of the disputed isles Saturday to visit their ancestors' graves, in the first such air trip negotiated during a decades-long territorial spat.
The group was able to visit the graves...

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TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The 100-day-old baby giant panda at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo can now wobble a few steps by itself, according to pictures and a video released by the zoo on Wednesday.
The panda cub, born on June 12, will be able to walk steadily some six months after its birth, said...

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TOKYO - Sanrio Puroland, better known as Hello Kitty Land Tokyo, has launched a new event for its worldwide fan base. Running until Oct 31, Hello Kitty Land will host the “Puro Halloween Party” as its special autumn event this year.
In recent years Halloween celebrations have been o...

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Star designer and artist Tokujin Yoshioka has collaborated with MHD Moët Hennessy Diageo to produce two special limited-edition Dom
Pérignon bottles.
On sale at department stores in Japan from late September, the two gift bottles fully harness Yoshioka’s trademark preoccupation wit...

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