JAPAN TRENDS
 
Piko Taro (or PIKOTARO) of “Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen” fame has a new song and music video. While Japanese comedian/musician Daimaou Kosaka has struggled, not unexpectedly, to recreate the lofty heights of (wacky) viral success that he suddenly reached with PPAP back in 2016, he cont...

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CHANNEL NEWS ASIA
 
TOKYO: Two people were confirmed dead on Wednesday (Aug 28) as heavy rains pounded southwest Japan, prompting flood and landslide warnings, and orders for 670,000 people to seek safety.
Nearly a million more people were advised to leave their homes after the country's weather ...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
BIARRITZ, France — The Japanese and U.S. governments have agreed to aim for signing a new trade agreement in September. The bilateral agreement in principle was realized over a mere five months of negotiations since April, in the context of compromises between Tokyo and Washingto...

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AA
 
 
 
Japan weather agency warns against flying debris, pyroclastic flows near crater following eruption of Mt. AsamaMt. Asama in eastern Japan erupted on Sunday, according to a local media.
The eruption occurred at 7:28 p.m. local time (1028GMT), with smoke reaching about 600 meters (1969 fee...

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POLITICO.EU
 
Trump worries Japan with his hardball trade tactics and friendship with Kim Jong Un.
BIARRITZ, France — Japan handed Donald Trump a big trade win on Sunday, but did so through gritted teeth as the U.S. president pushes the most important strategic alliance in northeast Asia to its l...

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AL JAZEERA
 
Tokyo summons Seoul's top envoy to protest against decision as two Asian neighbours and US allies continue to squabble.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has denounced South Korea's decision to end an intelligence-sharing pact between the two countries, saying such action "damages ...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Japanese udon is one of the staples of the diet but did you know that it also makes for very comfortable bedding?
Huh? Okay, not quite. But the thick wheat flour noodles were the unlikely inspiration for the Udon for Sleeping Noodles Blanket.
It resembles a grid of white udon and l...

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FOREIGN POLICY
 
With more strategic investments, Japan may hold a key to sustainable development on the continent. 
In late August, Japan will host the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) in Yokohama. The conference is the cornerstone of Japan’s development effo...

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THE GUARDIAN
 
Japan’s season started with a stutter here in May but he returned to the Knavesmire to set the record straight on Wednesday by beating Crystal Ocean, the 11-10 favourite, in the Juddmonte International Stakes and establishing a strong claim to be the season’s best middle-distance t...

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BBC
 
A Japanese bullet train left one of its doors open while travelling at 280km/h (175mph) on Wednesday.
None of the 340 passengers were injured, and the train's operator made an emergency stop when he noticed the indicator for the open door.
Passengers on the Hayabusa number 46 bullet train e...

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