JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - For the second year in a row, Nagoya City was voted Japan’s “least appealing city” by a decisive margin. To be fair it was only from a field of eight major Japanese cities, so saying this result means Nagoya is a bad city is like saying a Best Picture Oscar nominee is a bad ...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Komeito leader Natsuo Yamaguchi will request Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to retain Keiichi Ishii of the party as land, infrastructure, transport and tourism minister in a Cabinet reshuffle slated for Tuesday, party sources said Saturday.
Yamaguchi believes that...

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CHANNEL NEWS ASIA
 
KAGOSHIMA, Japan: A powerful typhoon pummelled Japan's southern island of Okinawa Saturday (Sep 29), injuring at least nine, as weather officials warned the storm would rip through the Japanese archipelago over the weekend.
Typhoon Trami, packing maximum gusts of 216km (134 mi...

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ROCKET NEWS
 
We all love the idea of immersing ourselves in a fantasy, but the dizziness and nausea is too much for some to handle. Can Sony’s new patent help?
The world of virtual reality is limited only by the human imagination, or so it seems. Whether you’re wedding a handsome animated beau, ...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Inheriting the spirits of heroes created by legendary manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori, the Kamen Rider series made a comeback in the Heisei era, beginning with the debut series “Kamen Rider Kuuga” broadcast in 2000.
Since then, Kamen Rider programs have successfully run for many ...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Renowned Japanese streetwear designer Hiroshi Fujiwara has chosen an unusual new brand for his later collaboration: Pokémon.
The Nintendo franchise will team up with Fujiwara for the Thunderbolt Project, which will launch at Hypefest, an event organized by Hypebeast on October 6th ...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
NEW YORK - U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed on Wednesday to start trade talks in an arrangement that, for now, protects Japanese automakers from further tariffs, seen as a major threat to the export-dependent economy.
In a joint statement, th...

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BBC
 
Two robotic explorers are descending to the surface of an asteroid.
Japan's Hayabusa-2 spacecraft despatched a pair of "rovers" to the 1km-wide space rock known as Ryugu.
If all goes well, Hayabusa-2 will be the first spacecraft to successfully place robot rovers on the surface of an astero...

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ASAHI
 
NAHA--Early voting in the governor race here is surging as rumors swirl online that employers are pressuring workers to vote for certain candidates and provide photographic evidence of their choices at the ballot box.
Some Internet users have posted allegations of such interference, inclu...

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ROCKET NEWS
 
New play features Godot’s stage debut, with new character designed by Tatsurō Iwamoto
Super Eccentric Theater announced on Friday that it is producing a new stage play based on CAPCOM‘s Ace Attorney games titled Gyakuten Saiban -Gyakuten no GOLD MEDAL– (Ace Attorney -Turnabout GOLD ...

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