THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Kansai Electric Power Co. intends to decommission the No. 1 and No. 2 reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture when the plant reaches 40 years of service in 2019, it has been learned.
KEPCO made the decision because the distinctive structure of the reactors’ con...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
The fashion brand Stella McCartney has shot a stunning new promotional video in Japan.
 
Directed by the fashion filmmaker Marie Schuller, the video advertises the Stella McCartney autumn-winter collection of ladies’ wear as well as the Stella McCartney line of Adidas shoes. The vi...

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JAPAN TRAVEL
A 42 km running tour of Tokyo aka the Tokyo Marathon
The last kilometer along the shopping street of Marunouchi to Tokyo Station was a mix of torture and bliss because my legs were hurting so much and also because I was almost done.
Race day. The D-Day. The Tokyo Marathon. My second ...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Auotmaker Audi, which announced "level 3" automatic driving technology in July, is taking a lead in automatic driving, but the company is a "newcomer" to the development of EV (electric vehicle) technologies.
Toru Saito, president of a Japanese subsidiary of Audi AG, explain...

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ROCKET NEWS
 
Anyone who has ever picked up a controller and squealed around the track in Nintendo’s Mario Kart has probably thought about how amazing it would be to get to do it in real life.
One company in Tokyo, Japan has been offering that experience for locals and tourists alike. MariCAR Shi...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
A small-scale eruption was observed at the Shinmoedake peak of the Kirishima volcano group straddling Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures at 5:34 a.m. on Wednesday.
It is the first eruption here since Sept. 7, 2011.
The Japan Meteorological Agency raised its volcanic alert from Le...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Psychic VR Lab, which operates the fashion virtual reality service STYLY, has teamed up with label chloma to create what is touted as the world’s first mixed reality fashion event.
Running from September 22nd to September 30th at By PARCO shop & gallery in Aoyama, chloma OS Umwelt ...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, leader of Kibo no To (Party of Hope), on Sunday left open the possibility of her party forming a coalition with the Liberal Democratic Party after the Oct. 22 general election, while apparently keeping in mind a scenario of ousting Pr...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Something spooky is brewing this autumn at the Hilton Tokyo Odaiba. Through Oct 31, the five-star hotel is embracing the season of screams and scares by hosting a Halloween-themed dessert buffet that’s no tricks, just treats.
Held at Seascape Terrace Dining, the two-hour pla...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - For a long time some companies have chosen to check out job candidates’ social media pages in order to find out more about the people they are considering employing, leading some people to create two or more accounts, with one specially sanitised for prospective bosses, usin...

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