TOKYO HIVE
 
Johnny's WEST have announced that they will hold an arena tour and dome concerts in 2020. 
 
The arena tour is scheduled to kick off on March 29 at Marine Messe Fukuoka and wrap up on May 24 at Ecopa Arena for a total of 23 shows in seven locations. As for the dome concerts, they wil...

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ARAMA JAPAN
 
It’s a new year soon, so that means Morning Musume has a new name! In January Morning Musume ’20 will be releasing their 68th single. A triple a-side titled “Kokoro & Karada / Lovepedia / Ningen Kankeio No Way Way“
This will be the first single to feature 15th generation members Rio...

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SORA NEWS
 
Get a stamp of approval with your own Japanese personal seal complete with your Japanese kanji name.
In Japan, paperwork or contracts often require a hanko, a personal seal with the user’s name engraved upon it. Despite mostly being used as legal identification, you are allowed you gi...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - People spending the New Year's holidays in their hometowns or elsewhere crowded train stations, airports and roads in Tokyo and other parts of Japan on Saturday.
On the Tokaido Shinkansen Line, the occupancy rate of unreserved seats hit 180 percent when the day's first train...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The Japan Meteorological Agency plans to provide on its website disaster and weather information in 14 languages so that foreign tourists and residents in the country can stay informed.
The JMA has been working to upgrade its website, having offered information only in Japanese a...

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CHANNEL NEWS ASIA
 
TOKYO: Japanese police found the remains of at least five people in a wooden boat suspected to be from North Korea on the coast of one of Japan's outlying islands on Saturday (Dec 28), a Coast Guard official said.
Police made the discovery in the wooden boat's stem around 9.30...

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NBC NEWS
 
Chinese national Wei Wei, 40, who was convicted of robbing and killing a clothing store owner and his wife and two children at their home, was hanged in Fukuoka.
TOKYO — Japan executed its first foreigner in 10 years Thursday, a Chinese man convicted in the 2003 robbery and murder of a...

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SORA NEWS
 
JAL wants visitors from overseas to see more than just Tokyo during the Tokyo Summer Games.
Japan is expecting a huge influx of overseas travelers next summer, when Tokyo hosts the Summer Olympics. But as exciting a city as Tokyo is, especially with the boost it’ll be getting from the...

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BBC NEWS
 
A lawmaker from Japan's governing party has been arrested on suspicion of receiving 3.7m yen ($34,000) in bribes from a gambling operator.
As a member of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet until October, Tsukasa Akimoto oversaw the government's plan to introduce casinos.
The 48-year-o...

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JAKARTA POST
 
To promote the renovation of ski resorts to attract more foreign skiers, the government will select between 10 to 15 skiing venues by a nationwide public offering and help revitalize them into resorts for longer stays. Skiing is becoming less popular in Japan.
The government plans ...

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