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Wear A Japanese Lantern On Your Head With The New Chochin Cap From Kyoto

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SORA NEWS
 
Who needs a baseball cap when you can shade your face with a paper lantern instead?
Japan is known for its unique fashion scene, which isn’t afraid to take traditional elements and turn them into something new, with items like samurai coats, sakura berets, and kimono parkas turning he...

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Fuji Dream Airlines Orders 2 Embraer E175 Aircraft

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Japan’s Fuji Dream Airlines (FDA) has signed a firm order with Embraer for two E175 jets. The order has a value of $97.2 million, based on 2019 list prices.
“We are extremely pleased to continuously grow our fleet and our relationship with Embraer,” said Yohei Suzuki, Chairm...

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Fashion Magazine Vivi T-Shirt Tie-Up With Liberal Democratic Party Attracts Criticism

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Many Japanese fashion magazines are suffering from declining sales. To boost their economic prospects and keep creditors at bay, publishers may attempt new directions and types of content, or approach different kinds of advertisers. The fashion magazine Vivi tried both by launching...

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Rui Hachimura Is Ready to Make History for Japan in the N.B.A.

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NEW YORK TIMES
 
 
Hachimura was drafted in the first round on Thursday, making him the first Japanese player to be selected that soon.
By the time Rui Hachimura came to Gonzaga University for an official visit in October 2015, he had already been on the cover of Slam Magazine — the basketball an...

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Get Your Fax Right: Bungling Officials Spark Nuclear Scare After Quake

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Bungling Japanese officials sparked a nuclear scare after a strong, late-night earthquake by ticking the wrong box on a fax form -- inadvertently alerting authorities to a potential accident.
Employees of the Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO), operator of the Kashiwazaki-Kariw...

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At Least 26 Injured In Earthquake In Japan's Northwest

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JAPAN TIMES
 
At least 26 people were injured, including one seriously, after a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Japan’s northwestern region late Tuesday, causing landslides and power outages in some areas.
The quake hit Niigata Prefecture on Tuesday night, recording a maximum of upper 6 on the Ja...

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Nearly Half Of Japanese People Who Want To Get Married ‘Unable To Find Suitable Partner’

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THE INDEPENDENT
 
Almost half of single people in Japan who want to get married are unable to find a suitable partner, according to a government survey.
However, 61.4 per cent of those surveyed by the country’s Cabinet Office said they were not doing anything to change their situation.
The resear...

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Japan's Anime Industry In Crisis Even As Its Popularity Soars

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JAKARTA POST
 
Japan's booming animation industry is in crisis -- with low pay, long hours and a huge shortage of artists -- just as its global popularity has never been higher.
Three of the 10 feature films in the running for top prize at the world's most important animation festival in Annecy i...

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Japan To Force Elderly Drivers To Have Automatic Brakes In Bid To Deal With Aging Driving Population

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TELEGRAPH
 
Elderly drivers in Japan will only be permitted to drive vehicles fitted with advanced automatic braking systems after a series of accidents involving children, according to proposals announced in Tokyo on Tuesday. 
The measure is among a series of recommendations put forward by the g...

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Japan Says G20 Summit To Debate Trade Including WTO Reform

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EURO NEWS
 
TOKYO (Reuters) – Substantial discussions on trade, including reform of the World Trade Organization, will likely take place at a summit of Group of 20 major economies next week in Osaka, a senior Japanese finance ministry official said on Wednesday.
At a finance leaders’ gathering he...

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