JAPAN TRENDS
 
The “beer girls” (uriko) at baseball games are a somewhat iconic image of sporting events in Japan. They can be found walking around the stands with beer backpacks, always ready to pour you out a cold sud with a smile on their youthful faces.
But what about people who fancy a diffe...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Golden Week holiday travelers clogged expressways and flooded train stations and airports across the country Wednesday on the first day of consecutive national holidays.
Traffic jams stretched over 40 kilometers in eastern and central Japan, with the longest reaching 47 km i...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Japan's nuclear authority approved decommissioning plans for five aging reactors at four power plants on Wednesday, the first such approvals since a government regulation was implemented after the 2011 Fukushima disaster to stop the operation of reactors beyond 40 years.
The...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
The transformation of Shibuya continues with the opening of Shibuya Cast on April 28th.
Following the opening of Shibuya Hikarie in 2012 and the upcoming openings of multiple other complexes around the station area, Shibuya Cast will feature 18 floors with select shops, cafes, rest...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Something special happens when anime music meets classical music. As was true with the classical music concert renditions of the Ghibli, Final Fantasy, and Super Mario soundtracks, the music becomes warmer, deeper and often more emotional. The latest to get the classical music trea...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
HIROSHIMA (Jiji Press) — The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum has added a panoramic display of computer-generated images of the city soon before and after it was struck by a U.S. atomic bomb on Aug. 6, 1945.
The museum’s renovated East Building, with changed exhibits, was shown to...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
First, let me confess. I didn’t know about this week’s manga until it was reported as winning the 37th Japan SF Grand Prize. The prize is awarded to the best science fiction work of the previous competition year, as judged by professionals who make a living in science fiction. It...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
This April, fashion brand Pac-Store is teaming up with Harajuku’s Kawaii Monster Cafe for a special collaboration event featuring Pac-Man in all his yellow-headed glory.
The Pac-Man x Kawaii event kicks off April Fool’s Day with a bout of sensory overloading festivities. At the doo...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The Tokyo metropolitan government has announced three options for a new Tokyo logo design that reflects the alure of the city to a worldwide audience.
The metropolitan government will conduct a screening and selection process — which includes garnering opinions from Tokyo residen...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
DORTMUND, GERMANY – Midfielder Shinji Kagawa scored one goal and created another but Borussia Dortmund lost the first leg of their rescheduled Champions League quarterfinal against Monaco 3-2 on Wednesday, a day after three explosions targeted the German Bundesliga team’s bus.
Kagaw...

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