ARAMA JAPAN
 
It was announced that King & Prince member Iwahashi Genki will be partly resuming his entertainment activities and will be participating in the group’s third single “Kimi wo Matteru” to be released on March 20.
Iwahashi suspended his activities from the start of November 2018 to con...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
NAKA, Tokushima — In a quiet mountainous area where rushing creeks and chirping birds used to provide the only usual sounds, there is now a mechanical buzz in the air.
The source of the sounds is drones — small unmanned aerial vehicles flying over a town in Tokushima Prefecture.
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JAPAN TIMES
 
 
Swimming sensation Rikako Ikee expressed gratitude on Wednesday for the messages of encouragement she received following her announcement that she has been diagnosed with leukemia.
“Thank you for the many messages since yesterday,” the 18-year-old Tokyo Olympic gold medal hopeful ...

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THE GUARDIAN
 
Japanese women are pushing back against a tradition that dictates they must give chocolates to male colleagues on Valentine’s Day, with growing anger at the practice of “forced giving”.
Until recently, women in the workplace were expected to buy chocolates for their male workmates ...

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ABS - CBN
 
MANILA -- Japan's top diplomat paid a courtesy call to President Rodrigo Duterte in his hometown in Davao City on Sunday, months after Tokyo's rival, Beijing, sent its chief envoy to the southern metropolis.
Duterte was "honored" by Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono's visit, which i...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
SEOUL - South Korean National Assembly Speaker Moon Hee Sang has called on Japanese Emperor Akihito to apologize to women forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels before his upcoming abdication, according to Bloomberg news service.
In an interview conducted on Thursday, M...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Nintendo has announced its first ever permanent, dedicated store in Tokyo, set to open this autumn inside the new Shibuya Parco department store currently under construction.
Details are slim at present but Nintendo Tokyo will, according to an official press release, offer game con...

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ARAMA JAPAN
 
Back in January, singer Kana Nishino suddenly announced that she would be taking a hiatus from all entertainment activities. Her hiatus would officially begin after the completion of her 3 day concert series “Kana Nishino Love Collection Live 2019”
The final day of the concert took ...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
A gigantic Othello board built by high school students at Nihon Gakuen in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo, has been recognized as the largest in the world by Guinness World Records.
This was Nihon Gakuen’s second attempt at the record — an Othello board built by the school in 2012 failed to...

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ARAMA JAPAN
 
Today on the Johnny’s fanclub website, Arashi announced that they will suspend activities on December 31, 2020. The members of the group discussed their future together, and decided to pause their activities for the whole of 2020. Arashi also held a press conference to address their...

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