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Sumo’s Heaviest Wrestler Calls It Quits
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THE JAPAN NEWS
The heaviest wrestler in the history of the Japan Sumo Association — weighing slightly over 290 kilograms — has called it quits, saying he would return to his homeland of Russia after retirement.
Orora, a wrestler in the second-lowest jonidan division, won his last career bout at...
The heaviest wrestler in the history of the Japan Sumo Association — weighing slightly over 290 kilograms — has called it quits, saying he would return to his homeland of Russia after retirement.
Orora, a wrestler in the second-lowest jonidan division, won his last career bout at...
- September 22, 2018
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Japan PM Abe To Visit Darwin in First Since World War II: Reports
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CHANNEL NEWS ASIA
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Darwin in November in a first for a Japanese leader since the Japanese imperial army bombed the Australian city during World War II, Australian media reported on Saturday.
Abe will tour a US$40 billion liquefied natural gas ...
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Darwin in November in a first for a Japanese leader since the Japanese imperial army bombed the Australian city during World War II, Australian media reported on Saturday.
Abe will tour a US$40 billion liquefied natural gas ...
- September 22, 2018
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Vent (And Mute) Your Anger with The Sakeboard Shouting Jar
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JAPAN TRENDS
Japanese corporations are notoriously punishing environments for employees, especially junior members of the team. Long hours, pointless meetings, fax machines, afterwork compulsory shindigs, karoshi (death by overwork)… Westerners frequently express shock that the stoical Japanese...
Japanese corporations are notoriously punishing environments for employees, especially junior members of the team. Long hours, pointless meetings, fax machines, afterwork compulsory shindigs, karoshi (death by overwork)… Westerners frequently express shock that the stoical Japanese...
- September 21, 2018
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Yusaku Maezawa: The Japanese Billionaire Who Wants To Fly To The Moon
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BBC
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa first entered the public eye as a drummer in a hardcore punk band.
He went on to make a fortune as an online fashion tycoon, and is best known outside Japan for spending tens of millions of dollars at record-breaking art auctions.
Mr Maezawa's ambitions n...
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa first entered the public eye as a drummer in a hardcore punk band.
He went on to make a fortune as an online fashion tycoon, and is best known outside Japan for spending tens of millions of dollars at record-breaking art auctions.
Mr Maezawa's ambitions n...
- September 20, 2018
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Kit Kat Bar Opens in Tokyo, Serves New Japanese Umeshu Plum Sake Kit Kats With Cocktail Pairings
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ROCKET NEWS
First-ever Kit Kat-cocktail pairings are part of a range of special offerings to celebrate the new alcoholic chocolates ahead of their nationwide release.
Earlier this year, Nestlé Japan announced they would be releasing another sake-based Kit Kat to their range, this time featurin...
First-ever Kit Kat-cocktail pairings are part of a range of special offerings to celebrate the new alcoholic chocolates ahead of their nationwide release.
Earlier this year, Nestlé Japan announced they would be releasing another sake-based Kit Kat to their range, this time featurin...
- September 19, 2018
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Road to Redemption: Momota Wins Japan Badminton Title
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THE JAPAN NEWS
TOKYO (AFP-Jiji) — Japan’s Kento Momota outgunned Thai rival Khosit Phetpradab 21-14, 21-11 in a one-sided final to capture the Japan Open badminton title on Sunday.
The 24-year-old sank to his knees after a towering smash completed a comfortable win, kissing the Japanese badge o...
TOKYO (AFP-Jiji) — Japan’s Kento Momota outgunned Thai rival Khosit Phetpradab 21-14, 21-11 in a one-sided final to capture the Japan Open badminton title on Sunday.
The 24-year-old sank to his knees after a towering smash completed a comfortable win, kissing the Japanese badge o...
- September 18, 2018
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Child Cancer Patients Make Lemonade From ‘Lemons’ in Lives
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ASAHI
Inspired by an American girl who wanted to make life sweeter for others in her condition, students and others are selling lemonade to help children suffering from tumors.
The campaign, started by a 4-year-old cancer patient 18 years ago to raise donations through sales of homemade lemonad...
Inspired by an American girl who wanted to make life sweeter for others in her condition, students and others are selling lemonade to help children suffering from tumors.
The campaign, started by a 4-year-old cancer patient 18 years ago to raise donations through sales of homemade lemonad...
- September 17, 2018
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Record-breaking Stew in Yamagata
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NEWS ON JAPAN
Thousands of people in Yamagata City in northern Japan have been getting an early taste of autumn and setting a world record at the same time.
An organizer prepared a giant pot of a local specialty called "imoni". They simmered three tons of taro, 1.2 tons of beef and 3,500 sheets...
Thousands of people in Yamagata City in northern Japan have been getting an early taste of autumn and setting a world record at the same time.
An organizer prepared a giant pot of a local specialty called "imoni". They simmered three tons of taro, 1.2 tons of beef and 3,500 sheets...
- September 17, 2018
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Tokyo Pokémon Cafe Gets Ready For Halloween With New Ghoulish Menu
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JAPAN TRENDS
Tokyo’s first permanent Pokémon cafe opened in March this year in the central district of Nihonbashi.
After welcoming patrons for several months, it’s time for the cafe to change its menu to suit the autumn season. And besides maple leaves and the rice harvest, autumn in Japan me...
Tokyo’s first permanent Pokémon cafe opened in March this year in the central district of Nihonbashi.
After welcoming patrons for several months, it’s time for the cafe to change its menu to suit the autumn season. And besides maple leaves and the rice harvest, autumn in Japan me...
- September 17, 2018
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Japan Research Institute, Google to Work Together to Prevent Marine Poaching
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THE JAPAN NEWS
The Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency (FRA) will work together with Google and others to operate a system to monitor poaching at sea, as an increasing number of foreign ships fish illegally in waters around Japan.
The move aims to step up efforts to investigate marine...
The Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency (FRA) will work together with Google and others to operate a system to monitor poaching at sea, as an increasing number of foreign ships fish illegally in waters around Japan.
The move aims to step up efforts to investigate marine...
- September 15, 2018
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