KYODO NEWS
 
The government said Monday it will bestow a decoration on Tetsu Nakamura, the Japanese aid worker who was killed in a shooting earlier this month in Afghanistan.
The 73-year-old physician will be awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yos...

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SORA NEWS
 
Ever wondered what a virtual idol smells like? Now you can find out!
This is Kizuna Ai. You may have heard of her; she’s the most popular virtual idol on YouTube.
https://youtu.be/S8dmq5YIUoc
Kizuna Ai has a lot of things to boast about, despite not even really existing in physical fo...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
KUMAMOTO (Jiji Press) — Japan is slow in setting legislation to deal with isolated childbirth, an issue highlighted by the recent launch of a confidential birth program by a hospital in Kumamoto.
Jikei Hospital this month started the program allowing women to give birth while kee...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Creative glass and cup designer Goodglas Japan has found a lot of success with their 3D-Art glassware lineup, which uses handmade blown double glass walls to create bubbly cat and shiba inu glasses.
The transparent but rounded nature of each glass allows you to "fill out" yo...

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INVESTOR CHRONICLE
 
Japan’s ‘Brave Blossoms’ delighted rugby union aficionados this summer with their pacey, attractive style of play. The plucky underdogs were knocked out in the quarter-finals of their own World Cup, but the host nation nevertheless won hearts and minds around the world with i...

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BBC
 
Riku Kitamura remembers his first "drinking party" as a new graduate in Japan. The 28-year-old worked for a market research firm and the team would regularly socialise over drinks in the evening.
"[At first] I did feel the pressure that I had to drink more, that I had to catch up to others...

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SORA NEWS
 
It’s the perfect interior addition for the dedicated Sleemon fans!
For those who don’t know, the Pokémon video games and anime aren’t officially called “Pokémon” in Japan. They’re called “Pocket Monster,” and Pokémon was originally just an abbreviated form of the term that eventually ...

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THE GUARDIAN
 
Civil court rules in favour of reporter, two years after she alleged a bureau chief date-raped her
A Japanese woman whose rape accusations against a prominent TV journalist turned her into a symbol of the country’s fledgling #MeToo movement has been awarded 3.3m yen [$30,000] in da...

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NATURE.COM
 
Cabinet greenlights US$600-million Hyper-Kamiokande experiment, which scientists hope will bring revolutionary discoveries.
Japan is set to build the largest neutrino detector in history, after a cabinet committee approved billions of yen for its construction on 13 December, accordin...

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AL JAZEERA
 
Announcement comes after Japan PM Shinzo Abe said Tokyo keen to play bigger role in resolving Tehran-Washington impasse.
President Hassan Rouhani will visit Japan later this week, according to Iran's state media, marking the first trip to the country by an Iranian head of state in ne...

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