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Attack on Titan Live Stage Adaptation Coming Summer 2017

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
It may well star huge creatures that won’t fit inside any known theater, but Attack on Titan is nonetheless coming to the stage.
Hajime Isayama’s Attack on Titan will be adapted as Live Impact “Attack on Titan” and performed in summer 2017.
Details about the casting, venue and date...

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Ramen-flavor Cooking Sauce Now On Sale From One of Japan’s Favorite Noodle Chains

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ROCKET NEWS
 
Tonkotsu ramen flavoring isn’t just for noodles anymore.
Not only does ramen chain Ippudo serve some of the tastiest noodles around, it works incredibly hard to make sure as many people as possible can partake of its culinary stylings. Previous projects have included in-flight ramen...

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Japanese Film ‘Your Name.’ Wins LA Film Critics Award For Year’s Best Animation

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THE JAPAN TIMES
 
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Film Critics Association said Sunday it gave its award for the year’s best animation to “your name.” by Japanese director Makoto Shinkai.
The award for the film, which is taking Japan and other countries by storm, comes just two years after “The Tal...

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Japan’s 2016 Word Of The Year: Kamitteru

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
The word of the year is “kamitteru”.
Every year, the publisher Jiyu Kokumin Sha organizes a prize for the buzzword or phrase that seemed to capture the zeitgeist or spread like wildfire around Japan.
The shortlist of 30 nominees was announced last month and now we have the 10 final...

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Enormous Elderly Ensemble is Ninagawa’s Legacy

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
A cast of about 1,600 mainly elderly performers will appear in a play at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama on Dec. 7.
Titled “Ichimannin no Gold Theater 2016 ‘Kiniro Kokyokyoku — Watashi no Yume, Kimi no Yume’ based on Romeo and Juliet” (The Gold Symphony — my dream, your dream ...

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Catch the New Year

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Colorful Edo-kakudako rectangular kites are arranged at a studio in Chosei, Chiba Prefecture, during the busiest period for producing the traditional lucky charm for the New Year season.
This style of Edo (the former name of Tokyo) kite features a detail at its top called unari, ...

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Domino’s Pizza Japan Trains Reindeer to Deliver Takeaways in Snowy Hokkaido

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Recently Tokyoites were shocked by the first November snow in over 50 years, but spare a thought for those shivering folk who live on the northern island of Hokkaido.
Need that slice of pizza in a hurry? Well, you shouldn’t rely on Domino’s Pizza if you live in freezing Hokkaido, i...

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Haneda Airport Set For Major Renovation Ahead of 2020 Olympics

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JAPAN TIMES
 
 
Tokyo’s Haneda airport will undergo a major renovation to prepare for the surge in flights expected for the 2020 Summer Olympics, officials at the transport ministry said.
Terminal 2, which is used mainly for domestic flights by All Nippon Airways, will be renewed to install immig...

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Exhibition of Manga Art Supporting Kumamoto

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
KUMAMOTO — A special exhibition is being held at two museums in two towns in Kumamoto Prefecture, showcasing popular manga artists’ illustrations supporting the prefecture hit by the Kumamoto Earthquake in April.
The exhibition is called “‘Kumamoto kara Genki o!’ Kawasaki Noboru ...

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Designed by Kazuyo Sejima, Sumida Hokusai Museum opens in east Tokyo

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Tokyo has a major new museum in the form of the Sumida Hokusai Museum, which opened on November 22nd in east Tokyo’s Sumida ward.
Designed by Pritzker Prize-winner Kazuyo Sejima (SANAA) with bold use of aluminum panels on the exterior, the museum is dedicated to ukiyoe woodblock pr...

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