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Häagen-Dazs Japan Releases New Ice Cream Flavours Inspired by Fairytales

  • Category:Gourmet
ROCKET NEWS
 
Open the lid and step into your favourite fantasy world with these new ice creams from Japan.
Häagen-Dazs Japan is forever pleasing our tastebuds with limited-edition varieties like Kuromitsu Kinako and Roasted Green Tea, and even local specials like ice cream sandwich milkshakes an...

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Thomas The Tank Engine Fans in Japan Ride a Full-size Replica Steam Train, Enjoy Plarail Toy Tower

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Thomas the Tank Engine fans in Japan young and old can now enjoy two special events this summer.
At the observatory of Tokyo Skytree, you can get a great view of the city while taking in an exhibition featuring a huge tower of Takara-Tomy’s Plarail railroad toys in a Thomas & Frien...

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Hugely Successful Snoopy Museum Tokyo to Relocate to Machida in 2019

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Following the immense success of the first one, Japan will get a new Snoopy Museum in autumn 2019.
 
Snoopy Museum Tokyo originally opened in Roppongi in 2016 for a limited period of time. The venue finally closes on September 24th, after having attracted huge crowds and publicity....

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Hula, Hawaiian Culture to Grace Tokyo in Sept.

  • Category:Event
THE JAPAN NEWS
 
A host of award-winning hula performers and leading Hawaiian musicians will take the stage at Festival Na Hiwahiwa O Hawai‘i 2018 at Tokyo Dome City Hall in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo, in September.
The event features the latest winners of two major annual cultural events in Hawaii: the ...

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Volcanic Alert Raised For Southwestern Japan Island

  • Category:Event
NEWS ON JAPAN
 
The Japan Meteorological Agency upgraded on Wednesday its volcanic alert for the island of Kuchinoerabu in the town of Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, calling on local residents to prepare for evacuation.
In a volcanic warning issued at 10:30 a.m. (1:30 a.m. G...

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Japan Must Act to Protect Fukushima Clean-up Workers: U.N. Experts

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Japan must act urgently to protect tens of thousands of workers laboring to clean up the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station from reported exploitation and exposure to radiation, U.N. human rights experts said on Thursday.
Tokyo Electric Power Co Holdings (TEPCO)...

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New “Social Apartment” That Comes with Attached Movie Theater Will Open Soon in Saitama

  • Category:Spot
ROCKET NEWS
 
Fancy having a private 20-seat cinema at your doorstep? You can get exactly that for an affordable monthly rent of $525.
Renting an apartment in Japan can be expensive, and unless you plan on living with ghosts, it’s hard to find reasonably cheap accommodation with attached faciliti...

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Panasonic Shoe Deodorizer MS-DS100 Solves Your Smelly Feet Nightmares

  • Category:Other
JAPAN TRENDS
 
It’s been a hot and humid summer, prompting many fears about the safety of athletes and others at the 2020 Olympic Games that are now less than two years away.
On a more everyday level, however, how do you deal with bad odors?
Wipes and deodorant can help when it comes to your body...

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Emperor Pushed Imperial Boundaries to Reach Out to Asia

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - When Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko stood, heads bowed, at a seaside cliff on Saipan 60 years after a bloody World War Two battle, their silent prayers conveyed a message many felt resonated louder than words.
On that June 2005 visit - one of many war-related t...

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Top Kyogen Actors Perform in Beijing

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
BEIJING (Jiji Press) — Nomura Mansaku, a living national treasure of Japan, and his son, Mansai, performed kyogen Japanese traditional comic plays in Beijing on Friday, to mark the 40th anniversary Sunday of the conclusion of the Japan-China Peace and Friendship treaty.
At the be...

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