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Charge of Perjury Mulled for Kagoike

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The ruling parties are examining the Diet testimony by Yasunori Kagoike of school operator Moritomo Gakuen, with an eye on charging him with perjury if they judge it to be false. Kagoike was summoned to the budget committees of both chambers of the Diet as a sworn witness over th...

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Japanese Rail Company Uses Ukiyo-e Posters to Ask Commuters to Mind Their Manners On the Train

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ROCKET NEWS
 
The ever-growing series of traditional artworks is grabbing everyone’s attention for its beauty and humour.
One of the many things we love about Japan is the way that art blends into everyday public life. Whether it’s custom-wrapped trains, plastic food replicas, or Hello Kitty-ador...

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Ex-Ladybaby Members Release 1st Major Single

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Rie Kaneko and Rei Kuromiya, two of the former members of Ladybaby, have made their major-label debut as The Idol Formerly Known As Ladybaby.
The new single is titled “Sanpai! Goshuin girls ☆” (King Records) — “sanpai” meaning “worship visit” and “goshuin” meaning stamps visitors...

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Okinawan Governor Attends Rally to Protest U.S. Base Relocation

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JAPAN TODAY
 
NAHA — Okinawan Gov Takeshi Onaga took part in a rally held Saturday to protest against the relocation of a U.S. military base to the northern part of the prefecture, vowing to revoke his predecessor’s approval of land reclamation.
It is the first time that the governor, who was ele...

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Yoshiki Reflects on X Japan’s History

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Rock band X Japan is revving up their activities.
On March 4, the band performed before about 10,000 people at The SSE Arena, Wembley (formerly known as Wembley Arena), in London, while
“We Are X,” a documentary film about the history of the band, is currently showing in cinemas ...

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60-year-old Grandma Does Funky Rice Dance in Tokyo

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
How cool is this grandma? Cool enough to do a perfectly choreographed “kome dance” (rice dance) with two other female performers (approximately 40 years younger) in kimono.
 
If you eat plenty of rice, then it seems you are destined to live as long as this 60-year-old lady and stil...

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Support for Kumamoto

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Kumamon, the popular black bear mascot of Kumamoto Prefecture, dances alongside Tom, mascot of the U.S. Embassy in Japan, in front of Kumamoto Castle.
Around 350 people, including U.S. citizens living in Kumamoto, gathered to join in the making of a short film produced by the embass...

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Somber Samurai

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Samurai Japan players react after Nobuhiro Matsuda struck out for the final out in the team’s 2-1 loss to the United States in the semifinals of the World Baseball Classic on Tuesday at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.
Japan lost in the semifinals for the second straight WBC after ...

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Japan’s Coffee-flavored Toast Spread is Now on Sale

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ROCKET NEWS
 
Who’s ready to eat their morning coffee?
From the moment we woke up on the morning of March 1, we were looking forward to a taste of invigorating coffee. But we had no plans to brew a pot of java, because there’s now a whole new way to get your coffee fix in Japan.
Coming a little o...

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X Japan's Yoshiki Talks of New Album, New Film and Exorcising Old Demons

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO — “People say ‘rock is dead.’ It’s not dead. I think it’s about to come back—as long as there are some people like me, somebody crazy, still doing it.”
Fresh from a live show at London’s Wembley Arena, and days after the
release in Japan of a documentary charting the rise of h...

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