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Attack on Hollywood! Western Live-action Attack on Titan Movie Announced
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ROCKET NEWS
Creator of anime/manga franchise says the already-decided on director is the perfect choice.
There’s a long list of would-be Western live-action anime adaptations that got stalled before ever beginning filming, and even when they do make it to the finish line of a theatrical release...
Creator of anime/manga franchise says the already-decided on director is the perfect choice.
There’s a long list of would-be Western live-action anime adaptations that got stalled before ever beginning filming, and even when they do make it to the finish line of a theatrical release...
- October 31, 2018
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Freed Hostage Yasuda Had Gut Feeling Captors Wouldn’t Kill Him
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THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
Recently freed hostage Jumpei Yasuda said that while he does not know the identity of his captors, he believes that his citing of words from the Koran may have helped with his release.
Yasuda, who spoke about his ordeal to an Asahi Shimbun reporter on a Turkish Airlines flight...
Recently freed hostage Jumpei Yasuda said that while he does not know the identity of his captors, he believes that his citing of words from the Koran may have helped with his release.
Yasuda, who spoke about his ordeal to an Asahi Shimbun reporter on a Turkish Airlines flight...
- October 29, 2018
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Halloween Street Party in Shibuya, Tokyo, Turns Into Near-riot with Vandalism and Arrests
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JAPAN TRENDS
The tolerance for Halloween in Tokyo may be on a knife edge after some revellers in Shibuya caused vandalism and overturned a vehicle, resulting in arrests over the weekend.
Halloween has developed in Japan from a barely known foreign custom celebrated publicly by a handful of rowd...
The tolerance for Halloween in Tokyo may be on a knife edge after some revellers in Shibuya caused vandalism and overturned a vehicle, resulting in arrests over the weekend.
Halloween has developed in Japan from a barely known foreign custom celebrated publicly by a handful of rowd...
- October 29, 2018
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Jointly Developed U.S.-Japan Interceptor Knocks Down Medium-range Missile in Test
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JAPAN TIMES
WASHINGTON – The U.S. military said it successfully tested a key missile defense system Friday, in a milestone that experts say shows a growing U.S. capability to knock down an incoming, medium-range missile from countries like North Korea and Iran.
The Aegis system used in the late...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. military said it successfully tested a key missile defense system Friday, in a milestone that experts say shows a growing U.S. capability to knock down an incoming, medium-range missile from countries like North Korea and Iran.
The Aegis system used in the late...
- October 27, 2018
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Japan and China Driven Closer by Trade Tensions with US
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BBC
rade tensions with Washington have driven Japan and China into an unlikely friendship.
Tokyo and Beijing have long been at odds over past military confrontations and present territorial disputes.
Yet on a crucial visit to Beijing, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has now hailed a historic ...
rade tensions with Washington have driven Japan and China into an unlikely friendship.
Tokyo and Beijing have long been at odds over past military confrontations and present territorial disputes.
Yet on a crucial visit to Beijing, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has now hailed a historic ...
- October 27, 2018
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AI Robot To Get Trial Run Patrolling Tokyo Train Station
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THE JAPAN NEWS
A robot endowed with artificial intelligence (AI) to detect suspicious persons and objects will operate on a trial basis at a Tokyo train station next month.
Dubbed the Perseusbot — a combination of “Perseus,” the legendary hero of Greek mythology who defeated monsters, and “robo...
A robot endowed with artificial intelligence (AI) to detect suspicious persons and objects will operate on a trial basis at a Tokyo train station next month.
Dubbed the Perseusbot — a combination of “Perseus,” the legendary hero of Greek mythology who defeated monsters, and “robo...
- October 26, 2018
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Japan’s Uncle Fist Loses Money Every Week Selling Takoyaki to Kids for Just 10 yen, Doesn’t Care
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ROCKET NEWS
Actually, he does care, but about kids from impoverished homes, not about making money from his octopus dumpling business.
During most of the week, 52-year-old Akio Mizuno works as the owner of a roadside souvenir and local foodstuffs shop in Ritto, a town in Japan’s central Shiga P...
Actually, he does care, but about kids from impoverished homes, not about making money from his octopus dumpling business.
During most of the week, 52-year-old Akio Mizuno works as the owner of a roadside souvenir and local foodstuffs shop in Ritto, a town in Japan’s central Shiga P...
- October 26, 2018
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Women Demand Tokyo Medical University Compensate Them Over Entry Test Rigging
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO - A group of women is demanding compensation from a Japanese medical university that admitted routinely altering the scores of female applicants to keep them out, lawyers said Wednesday.
More than 20 former applicants are demanding Tokyo Medical University make amends for the ...
TOKYO - A group of women is demanding compensation from a Japanese medical university that admitted routinely altering the scores of female applicants to keep them out, lawyers said Wednesday.
More than 20 former applicants are demanding Tokyo Medical University make amends for the ...
- October 25, 2018
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Olympics: Award-winning Director Kawase to Helm Official Tokyo 2020 Film
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THE MAINICHI
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese filmmaker Naomi Kawase has been appointed to direct the official film for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee announced Tuesday.
When the games kick off in less than two years, Kawase will document the competition along with b...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese filmmaker Naomi Kawase has been appointed to direct the official film for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee announced Tuesday.
When the games kick off in less than two years, Kawase will document the competition along with b...
- October 24, 2018
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Urban Wineries in Tokyo Take Wine Closer To Consumers
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THE JAPAN NEWS
Now is the season when newly produced wines begin to hit the stores. While many wineries are located in grape production areas, more and more new ones have opened in urban areas, where much of the consumption of wine takes place.
Urban wineries not only offer particular flavors, ...
Now is the season when newly produced wines begin to hit the stores. While many wineries are located in grape production areas, more and more new ones have opened in urban areas, where much of the consumption of wine takes place.
Urban wineries not only offer particular flavors, ...
- October 23, 2018
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