JAPAN TRENDS
 
Nintendo has created a surefire way to keep the kids content while waiting for a flight.
Japan’s biggest name in gaming has produced a free gameplay area, Nintendo Check In, at Kansai International Airport, which serves the region including Osaka, Kyoto and Nara.
 
Opening June 23r...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The government is finalizing a plan to allow large cruise ships to be used as hotels to alleviate the expected shortage of accommodation facilities during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, according to sources.
Government officials will carefully examine relevant regulatio...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Next month, phone company KDDI will hold the “The morphology of mobile phones” exhibition to celebrate the art, design and innovation of their in-house design team: the au Design project.
Running for 10 days, the event marks the project’s 15th anniversary. The au Design project beg...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.6 shook Nagano Prefecture on Sunday morning, the weather agency said.
The quake at 7:02 a.m. originated at a shallow depth of 7 kilometers in the mountainous region and registered upper 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale...

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TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The official campaign period for the July 2 Tokyo metropolitan assembly election began on Friday, a key test for Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike seeking to oust the Liberal Democratic Party as the assembly’s biggest force.
A total of 259 people filed their candidacy ...

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WASHINGTON/TOKYO - The U.S. Navy said on Friday one of its destroyers collided with a Philippine-flagged merchant vessel southwest of Yokosuka, Japan, in the dead of night and the Japanese Coast Guard reported seven U.S. crew members were missing.
The Japanese coast guard also said ...

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TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Imperial Household Agency said Tuesday that it will announce the informal engagement of Princess Mako, a granddaughter of the Emperor and Empress, to former university classmate Kei Komuro on July 8.
The announcement will be made by the chief of the agenc...

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ROCKET NEWS
 
Vocaloid star Hatsune Miku meets the “God of Manga,” Osamu Tezuka, in new exhibition.
Images of Vocaloid mega-star (and government employee) Hatsune Miku have been nostalgically re-imagined in the style of Atom Boy creator Osamu Tezuka to form the centrepiece of a new exhibition. Wi...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - The Diet on Thursday enacted contentious legislation to criminalize the planning of serious crimes, which the government says will help thwart terrorism but opponents claim could lead to the suppression of civil liberties and excessive state surveillance.
The amendment to th...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
HIROSHIMA – The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks took a step toward their seventh interleague title on Friday, overcoming Yoshihiro Maru’s three home runs to beat the Hiroshima Carp 5-3.
Rick van den Hurk (7-3) allowed eight hits and a walk over seven innings, while striking out nine to earn ...

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