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50th Anniversary Event Held at Space Center

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
MINAMITANE, Kagoshima (Jiji Press) — A ceremony was held on Saturday to mark the 50 years since the first rocket was launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture in September 1968.
The ceremony in the Kagoshima town of Minamitane, which hosts the Japan Aeros...

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Health Ministers from Japan, China, South Korea Meet, Agree to Cooperate in Event of Big Natural Disaster

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JAPAN TIMES
 
KUMAMOTO – The health ministers of Japan, China and South Korea on Sunday agreed to cooperate so that their countries can maintain proper medical services even if they are hit by a massive natural disaster.
At a meeting in the city of Kumamoto, the ministers adopted a joint statemen...

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Highlights of KYOTOGRAPHIE International Photography Festival 2018 to be held in Tokyo

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JAPAN TODAY
 
KYOTOGRAPHIE, which presented its sixth edition in 2018, is a world-class photographic event held in Kyoto for one month during spring, annually showcasing 15 Japanese and international photography exhibitions in iconic Kyoto architecture, with tailored scenography.
For the first ti...

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Japanese Kabuki Prints – In Pictures

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THE GUARDIAN
 
Kabuki is a form of traditional Japanese theatre that was hugely popular from the 1600s to the 1800s. Stylised and spectacular, it featured superstar male actors whose wild expressions were often immortalised by artists such as Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865) and then reproduced using...

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Nishikori Throws Federer Off Game to Win ATP Opener

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
LONDON (AP) — Kei Nishikori hit a backhand so good it threw Roger Federer off his game as the 20-time Grand Slam champion earned a code violation before capitulating in a surprise defeat at the ATP Finals on Sunday.
Two points away from losing the opening set and on the back foot...

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Japanese Buzzwords of The Year Nominees Reflect Myriad Influences and Issues

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Thirty candidates for buzzword of the year, announced Wednesday, highlight the numerous scandals that rocked Japan’s amateur sports, the brutal summer of natural disasters as well as the country’s response to the worldwide #MeToo movement against sexual harassment.
The words nominat...

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Shibuya to Consider Relocation to Yoyogi, Charging Entrance to Street Party After Halloween Mayhem

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
The morning after the night before begins in earnest now, as Tokyo’s Halloween craze faces a setback.
Following the events of Saturday, which saw five people arrested and chaotic scenes in Shibuya’s Center Gai shopping street where a truck was overturned by revelers, and then the n...

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Japan, U.S. Plan Military Response to Chinese Threat to Senkakus

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Japan and the United States plan to draw up an operations plan for a combined response by their armed forces to Chinese threats to the Senkaku Islands, government sources said.
The Japanese and U.S governments are already discussing how to respond in the event of an emergenc...

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Shibuya Swamped by Halloween Revelers; Fire Breaks Out in Nearby Building

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Tokyo's famous Shibuya district was flooded by costume-clad Halloween revelers on Wednesday, forcing police to dispatch several hundred officers in preparation for a possible repeat of the past weekend's antisocial behavior.
The famous scramble crossing and shopping district...

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Eyes on Tokyo 2020 / Seryu rides Wave Toward Rio Redemption

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Just about 1½ years after she started para-canoeing, Monika Seryu reached the grand setting athletes dream of, making her Paralympic debut in 2016 at 18. However, her experience at the Rio de Janeiro Games ended in humiliation.
Seryu advanced to the women’s final of the 200-meter...

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