ROCKET NEWS
 
Photos studio in the historical Arashiyama neighborhood offers a makeover/photo package you won’t find anywhere else.
Like many photo studios in Kyoto, Studio Kokoro offers plans in which customers can don the kimono of a maiko (apprentice geisha) and have their hair and makeup done...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Japanese companies overwhelmingly want Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling coalition to stay in power in this Sunday’s national election but about two-thirds want it to lose seats, a Reuters poll found.
The survey suggests corporations want political stability but don’t want ...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Kansai Electric Power Co. intends to decommission the No. 1 and No. 2 reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture when the plant reaches 40 years of service in 2019, it has been learned.
KEPCO made the decision because the distinctive structure of the reactors’ con...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
The fashion brand Stella McCartney has shot a stunning new promotional video in Japan.
 
Directed by the fashion filmmaker Marie Schuller, the video advertises the Stella McCartney autumn-winter collection of ladies’ wear as well as the Stella McCartney line of Adidas shoes. The vi...

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JAPAN TRAVEL
A 42 km running tour of Tokyo aka the Tokyo Marathon
The last kilometer along the shopping street of Marunouchi to Tokyo Station was a mix of torture and bliss because my legs were hurting so much and also because I was almost done.
Race day. The D-Day. The Tokyo Marathon. My second ...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Auotmaker Audi, which announced "level 3" automatic driving technology in July, is taking a lead in automatic driving, but the company is a "newcomer" to the development of EV (electric vehicle) technologies.
Toru Saito, president of a Japanese subsidiary of Audi AG, explain...

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ROCKET NEWS
 
Anyone who has ever picked up a controller and squealed around the track in Nintendo’s Mario Kart has probably thought about how amazing it would be to get to do it in real life.
One company in Tokyo, Japan has been offering that experience for locals and tourists alike. MariCAR Shi...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
A small-scale eruption was observed at the Shinmoedake peak of the Kirishima volcano group straddling Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures at 5:34 a.m. on Wednesday.
It is the first eruption here since Sept. 7, 2011.
The Japan Meteorological Agency raised its volcanic alert from Le...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Psychic VR Lab, which operates the fashion virtual reality service STYLY, has teamed up with label chloma to create what is touted as the world’s first mixed reality fashion event.
Running from September 22nd to September 30th at By PARCO shop & gallery in Aoyama, chloma OS Umwelt ...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, leader of Kibo no To (Party of Hope), on Sunday left open the possibility of her party forming a coalition with the Liberal Democratic Party after the Oct. 22 general election, while apparently keeping in mind a scenario of ousting Pr...

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