THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Special restaurant dishes and harvest events celebrating Nerima daikon, a long white Japanese radish cultivated in Nerima Ward, Tokyo, are planned from the end of this month to mid-December, the harvest season for the radish.
Efforts are being made to promote the radish as a loca...

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Champagne-like sparkling beverages also honor director Makoto Shinkai’s latest anime film.
In Japan, the traditional Christmas Eve meal isn’t over until you’ve had a slice of Christmas cake. Most people choose an orthodox strawberry shortcake to cap their celebration, since the red ...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO — On Nov 7, Funimation Studios, the distributing company for the widely successful animated film “your name.” in North America, announced that Makoto Shinkai’s hit is officially on the consideration list for the 89th annual Academy Awards.
“your name.” (“Kimi no na wa” in Japa...

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MATSUYAMA — A character based on the Japanese river otter from Susaki, Kochi Prefecture, won this year’s grand prix award for yurukyara mascots on Sunday, topping about 1,400 rivals representing local municipalities and businesses.
Shinjo-kun, which was inspired by the Japanese r...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
So-called スー女 (sūjo, women who are sumo devotees) are on the rise, joining the ranks of 格闘技女子 (kakutōgijoshi, women who go in for martial arts) who have gone mainstream.
Though 相撲 (sumō, sumo) and the culture surrounding it is still off-limits to women, a huge chunk of the...

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The Tokyo International Film Festival, which launched its 29th edition this week, is expanding every year in a bid to become the No. 1 film festival in Asia.
This year, 203 films will be shown at the TIFF, which opened on Tuesday, marking the third consecutive year in which it ha...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Roppongi Art Night returns this weekend, switching from its usual March date to the autumn and this year taking place over three days and two nights rather than the regular single Saturday night.
Things kick off tonight and keep on rolling until to Sunday morning. As always, the em...

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New Attack on Titan attraction also in development as theme park continues to embrace anime franchises.
Universal Studios Japan is causing a bit of controversy these days with one of its Halloween haunted houses, which uses hundreds of dolls which were originally donated by their ...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Square Enix is celebrating the release of World of Final Fantasy on October 27th with a one-week promotion in Shibuya Station.
From October 10th to October 16th, the six columns in the concourse leading up to the Keio Inokashira Line are decorated with Final Fantasy characters in 3...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Halloween is almost upon us, and H&M is currently showcasing what it claims are “four Tokyo Halloween styles”. In a video, the model Seria Kawachi goes through several quick costume changes to demonstrate the styles.
These are divided by area: Shibuya is “social girl”; Roppongi is ...

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