JAPAN TIMES
 
OSAKA - A flying fireball was seen over a wide area of western Japan early Thursday, with astronomical experts saying it may have been caused by a meteor.
Masayoshi Ueda, a 67-year-old amateur astronomer, successfully captured images of the object around 4:50 a.m. Thursday at his ho...

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BBC
 
A small van has ploughed into pedestrians celebrating the New Year on one of Tokyo's most famous streets.
Eight people were injured, one seriously, by the attacker who struck in the Harajuku fashion district shortly after midnight.
The street, which was sealed off to traffic, was packed wit...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Year-end train services were greatly disrupted in Tokyo and its vicinity Sunday due mainly to a fault detected on a shinkansen bullet train car at Tokyo Station, affecting nearly 228,700 passengers, the operator said.
A total of 376 bullet trains were suspended or delayed fo...

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ARAMA JAPAN
 
Today marks the 20th anniversary of one of the most exemplary Asian singers of all time. On December 9th, 1998 Utada Hikaru released her debut Japanese single “Automatic/time will tell“.
Shortly after the landscape of the J-pop and Asian music scene would be changed forever. “Automa...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
For better or worse, the holidays bring people together.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to gather at the famed ‘scramble crossing’ in front of Shibuya Station in Tokyo on Monday to count down the last moments of the year together.
However, problems can arise when so ma...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Osaka Metro has announced a large-scale plan to redevelop the Yumeshima area, which will host the World Expo in 2025.
Yumeshima (literally “dream island” and not to be confused with the similarly named Yumenoshima in Tokyo) is an artificial island, located in Konohana ward in the b...

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THE GUARDIAN
 
Japan will resume hunting in its waters in July but will end controversial expeditions to the Southern ocean
Japan is to leave the International Whaling Commission and resume commercial whaling for the first time in more than 30 years, the government said on Wednesday, in a move th...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Japan approved Tuesday a set of measures to ensure that foreign workers entering the country under its new visa system enjoy proper working conditions and access to broad support in their daily lives.
The government came up with a 126-point policy package aimed at facilitati...

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TOKYO HIVE
 
Yuzu will hold a dome tour called 'Yuzu Hikigatari Dome Tour 2019 Yuzu Nomi' starting in May. 
 
The two made the announcement on December 19 when they made a live appearance on AbemaTV. Kitagawa Yujin announced, "We talked it over with the staff, and we, Yuzu, have made a big decisi...

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ARAMA JAPAN
 
This week marks the release of KinKi Kid‘s 40th single “Aitai, Aitai, Aenai“.
A ballad, the track was composed by veteran R&B singer Toshinobu “Toshi” Kubota. This is the groups second single of the year, their last being January’s  double a-side release “Topaz Love / DESTINY”.
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