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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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Japanese Twitter User Creates Amazingly Detailed Ship Sculpture Out of Chocolate Biscuit Boxes
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JAPAN TRENDS
Japan’s long traditions of craftsmanship and so-called monozukuri manifests in the modern age in various ways, from its automobiles to its latte art.
There are some more avenues for that spirit of meticulous technique and commitment to detail that are more maniac than manufacturer,...
Japan’s long traditions of craftsmanship and so-called monozukuri manifests in the modern age in various ways, from its automobiles to its latte art.
There are some more avenues for that spirit of meticulous technique and commitment to detail that are more maniac than manufacturer,...
- October 23, 2018
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Japan’s Abe Stakes Out New Identity In Region: Stronger Leadership and Wider Military Reach
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WASHINGTON POST
TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stood before African leaders in Nairobi two years ago and outlined his vision for a vast stretch of the globe — from the Pacific to the Indian oceans — united by trade and a common political worldview.
It was also a statement on the bro...
TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stood before African leaders in Nairobi two years ago and outlined his vision for a vast stretch of the globe — from the Pacific to the Indian oceans — united by trade and a common political worldview.
It was also a statement on the bro...
- October 22, 2018
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