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Flying Fireball Seen Over Western Japan
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JAPAN TIMES
OSAKA - A flying fireball was seen over a wide area of western Japan early Thursday, with astronomical experts saying it may have been caused by a meteor.
Masayoshi Ueda, a 67-year-old amateur astronomer, successfully captured images of the object around 4:50 a.m. Thursday at his ho...
OSAKA - A flying fireball was seen over a wide area of western Japan early Thursday, with astronomical experts saying it may have been caused by a meteor.
Masayoshi Ueda, a 67-year-old amateur astronomer, successfully captured images of the object around 4:50 a.m. Thursday at his ho...
- January 4, 2019
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NMB48 Announces Team Shuffle Starting In March
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TOKYOHIVE
On January 1, NMB48 held a New Year's event at their theater where they announced a team shuffle which will be effective come March.
Team N will be comprised of 13 members with Kawakami Chihiro as captain and Ishida Yumi as vice captain. Meanwhile, Team M will have 14 members inclu...
On January 1, NMB48 held a New Year's event at their theater where they announced a team shuffle which will be effective come March.
Team N will be comprised of 13 members with Kawakami Chihiro as captain and Ishida Yumi as vice captain. Meanwhile, Team M will have 14 members inclu...
- January 4, 2019
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Writer For Hollywood Version Of Anime 'Your Name.' Says Japanese Side Wants Westernized Viewpoint
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO - It’s been more than a year since the announcement that anime director Makoto Shinkai’s "your name." is being remade as a Hollywood live-action movie, with JJ Abrams serving as producer and Eric Heisserer as screenwriter. Since then, however, there’s been no concrete news on ...
TOKYO - It’s been more than a year since the announcement that anime director Makoto Shinkai’s "your name." is being remade as a Hollywood live-action movie, with JJ Abrams serving as producer and Eric Heisserer as screenwriter. Since then, however, there’s been no concrete news on ...
- January 3, 2019
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Driver Ploughs Through Crowds On Tokyo's Takeshita Street, Injuring Nine
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THE JAPAN NEWS
Nine people were injured — one seriously — in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward in the early hours of Tuesday when a man rammed his car into pedestrians on a well-known shopping street in what he claimed was an act of terrorism, authorities said.
Police arrested Kazuhiro Kusakabe, 21, who w...
Nine people were injured — one seriously — in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward in the early hours of Tuesday when a man rammed his car into pedestrians on a well-known shopping street in what he claimed was an act of terrorism, authorities said.
Police arrested Kazuhiro Kusakabe, 21, who w...
- January 2, 2019
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S. Korean Doctor Learns Lessons In Care In Aging Town In Tottori
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ASAHI
HINO, Tottori Prefecture--A veteran South Korean journalist who became a doctor is now treating patients in an aging and shrinking Japanese town with an eye on preparing her home country for a graying society.
Lee Yong-ee, 54, started working as an internal medicine doctor at public-suppo...
HINO, Tottori Prefecture--A veteran South Korean journalist who became a doctor is now treating patients in an aging and shrinking Japanese town with an eye on preparing her home country for a graying society.
Lee Yong-ee, 54, started working as an internal medicine doctor at public-suppo...
- January 1, 2019
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Van Ploughs Into Tokyo Pedestrians Headed For New Year's Prayers
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BBC
A small van has ploughed into pedestrians celebrating the New Year on one of Tokyo's most famous streets.
Eight people were injured, one seriously, by the attacker who struck in the Harajuku fashion district shortly after midnight.
The street, which was sealed off to traffic, was packed wit...
A small van has ploughed into pedestrians celebrating the New Year on one of Tokyo's most famous streets.
Eight people were injured, one seriously, by the attacker who struck in the Harajuku fashion district shortly after midnight.
The street, which was sealed off to traffic, was packed wit...
- January 1, 2019
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Tokyo Bullet Train Disruption Affects 230,000 Passengers
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO - Year-end train services were greatly disrupted in Tokyo and its vicinity Sunday due mainly to a fault detected on a shinkansen bullet train car at Tokyo Station, affecting nearly 228,700 passengers, the operator said.
A total of 376 bullet trains were suspended or delayed fo...
TOKYO - Year-end train services were greatly disrupted in Tokyo and its vicinity Sunday due mainly to a fault detected on a shinkansen bullet train car at Tokyo Station, affecting nearly 228,700 passengers, the operator said.
A total of 376 bullet trains were suspended or delayed fo...
- December 31, 2018
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20 Years With Utada Hikaru
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ARAMA JAPAN
Today marks the 20th anniversary of one of the most exemplary Asian singers of all time. On December 9th, 1998 Utada Hikaru released her debut Japanese single “Automatic/time will tell“.
Shortly after the landscape of the J-pop and Asian music scene would be changed forever. “Automa...
Today marks the 20th anniversary of one of the most exemplary Asian singers of all time. On December 9th, 1998 Utada Hikaru released her debut Japanese single “Automatic/time will tell“.
Shortly after the landscape of the J-pop and Asian music scene would be changed forever. “Automa...
- December 30, 2018
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Japan Making A Mark In Muslim Tourist Market
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NST
TOKYO: A Strong influx of Muslim travellers is fuelling a boom in halal restaurants and syariah-compliant hotels in Japan, potentially a big market for Malaysian halal products.
To cater for Muslim needs, some Japanese have set up syariah-friendly hotels, including one at the foot of Mount...
TOKYO: A Strong influx of Muslim travellers is fuelling a boom in halal restaurants and syariah-compliant hotels in Japan, potentially a big market for Malaysian halal products.
To cater for Muslim needs, some Japanese have set up syariah-friendly hotels, including one at the foot of Mount...
- December 30, 2018
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Ghibli Moss Art Discovered Along Mountain Road In Japan
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ROCKET NEWS
Totoro, Kiki, and No Face are just some of the characters who’ve emerged from the moss-covered wall.
If you’ve watched any of the films from Japanese animation studio Studio Ghibli, you’ll know just how integral the world of nature is to many of their plots and characters.
From the...
Totoro, Kiki, and No Face are just some of the characters who’ve emerged from the moss-covered wall.
If you’ve watched any of the films from Japanese animation studio Studio Ghibli, you’ll know just how integral the world of nature is to many of their plots and characters.
From the...
- December 30, 2018
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