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Bandai Launches Gunpla Recycling Project To Reuse Gundam Anime Model Kit Plastics

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SORA NEWS
 
Model maker is installing drop boxes at arcades across Japan.
Since 1980, toymaker Bandai has been pumping out a constant stream of model kits based on the Gundam mecha anime series. These kits are called Gunpla, with the “pla” being short for “plastic,” the most prominently used mate...

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Japanese Photographer Captures Great Buddha’s Ritual Cleaning

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Buddha statues can be seen at temples, sitting quietly with calm and peaceful faces.
The size range is wide, but when you have to stand back to see the whole picture because it is so tall...the statue looks overwhelmingly majestic.
As you can imagine, the bigger the statues are, the...

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Japan Swimmer Ikee Wins Olympic Relay Spot After Surviving Leukemia

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CNA
 
Japanese swimmer Rikako Ikee said she "didn't know what had just happened" after qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics medley relay on Sunday (Apr 4), just two years after being diagnosed with leukaemia.
Ikee, who only resumed training in March last year after being hospitalised for around 10 m...

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The Possibilities (And Perils) Of Japan’s Youth Spending More Time Online

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JAPAN TIMES
 
 Kids are savvy internet users; schools are stuck in an analog worldAt the age of 2, Koya (whose last name is being withheld to protect his privacy) began to make videos on YouTube. Dressed as Spider-Man or the superhero Kamen Rider, he would perform for the camera, imitating conten...

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Biden To Welcome Japan's Prime Minister As Administration's First Foreign Leader At The White House

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FOX NEWS
 
Talks will focus on ramping up a new trade alliance to bolster semiconductor production
The White House will welcome Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga in April as the first foreign leader to meet with President Biden, officials announced Friday.
The visit signals strengthening tie...

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Japan PM Offers Condolences Over Deadly Train Accident In Taiwan

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga offered his condolences following a deadly train accident on Friday in Taiwan that resulted in dozens of casualties.
"I am extremely heartbroken," Suga wrote on Twitter, which also appeared in Chinese. "I express my heartfelt sympathies to those...

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Japan Prime Minister To Meet Biden In US On April 16

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JAKARTA POST
 
 
Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will hold face-to-face talks with Joe Biden in Washington on April 16, as the first foreign leader hosted by the US president, the Japanese government said Friday.
Local media had reported the trip would take place next week, but top governme...

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Japan Urges Dialogue To Resolve Myanmar Crisis

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AA.COM
 
Tokyo does not believe it would be productive to impose sanctions, says foreign minister
Japan will urge Myanmar’s military and opponents of the coup to engage in dialogue to resolve the ongoing turmoil, the Japanese foreign minister said on Friday.
The country would use sanctions, “if t...

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With an Eye on Beijing, Japan and Indonesia Sign Arms Export Equipment

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THE DIPLOMAT
 
The pact is the latest milestone in Tokyo’s growing security engagement with the nations of Southeast Asia.
Japan and Indonesia have signed an agreement allowing the transfer of Japanese military equipment and technology to the Indonesian armed forces, the latest sign of Tokyo’s de...

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Fire-Damaged Renesas Plant To Fully Resume Shipments In June Or July

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Major semiconductor maker Renesas Electronics Corp. said it will be able to fully resume shipments from its fire-damaged Naka plant in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, around June or July.
The Naka plant is the company’s main facility, and primarily manufactures automotive semico...

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