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Beams And Ziploc Team Up For Series of Upcycled Wearable Plastic Fashion Items

  • Category:Souvenir
JAPAN TRENDS
 
Leading Japanese fashion brand has launched one of the most unusual collaboration ranges of the year with the Ziploc x Beams Couture lineup.
Yes, that Ziploc. The Ziploc of the plastic storage pouches you use to carry sandwiches and the like. The Ziploc of everyday kitchen function...

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Tokyo Disney Will Give New Year’s Eve Visitors The Chance to Party For 26 Straight Hours!

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ROCKET NEWS
 
See in the New Year with some Disney magic, and maybe some sleep deprivation.
Where, and how, will you spend New Year’s Eve? For those living in Japan, the evening can be a world apart from the Hogmanay festivities back home, with very few fireworks going off at the stroke of midnig...

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Production of Nissan’s 1st EV for China Starts

  • Category:Driving
THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Nissan Motor Co. said Monday that the passenger car division of its joint venture in China has begun to produce the first electric vehicle model to be launched in the Chinese market under the major Japanese automaker’s brand.
The Sylphy Zero Emission started ...

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End of An Era: Emperor's Abdication to Reset Japan Calendar

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - The abdication of Emperor Akihito next year will be quite literally the end of an era, the Heisei era of his rule, and behind closed doors, talks on the next era have begun.
Japan is the only country in the world still using Chinese-style imperial calendars. It might be 2018...

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Masked ‘Boze’ Purify Crowds at Southern Island Bon Festival

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ASAHI
 
TOSHIMA, Kagoshima Prefecture--Amid the screams of frightened children, masked divine beings with fiery red eyes and long pointed noses stormed at crowds during an annual festival on Akusekijima island on Aug. 26.
The three “Boze” deities cover their bodies with palm leaves and wear large...

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Scorching Heat Continues for Much of Japan

  • Category:Experience
JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Japan continued to experience extreme heat on Sunday as temperatures soared into the high 30s on the last weekend of August.
The highest temperature recorded Sunday was 39 degrees in Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture, followed by 38 degrees in Koshigaya, Saitama Prefecture. Gifu and...

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Jakarta Asian Games / Noguchi Locks Up Sport Climbing Gold

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
PALEMBANG, Indonesia — Japan added more medals on Sunday to its tally at the Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, a southern city on Sumatra island.
Japan’s haul was 109 as of midnight Saturday, and climber Akiyo Noguchi won the gold in women’s combined sport climbing in Palemba...

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Adorable Pikachu Butt USB AC Adapter is Now The Cutest Way to Charge Your Devices

  • Category:Souvenir
ROCKET NEWS
 
Who better to keep your phone fully charged than the electric Pokémon Pikachu?
Pikachu may not be everyone’s favorite Pokémon, but even the most stoic of fans can’t deny the cute little yellow creature’s appeal. That’s why thousands of fans of all ages flock to Yokohama’s Minato Mir...

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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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Emperor Hirohito Aide Criticized Gov't for "Incongruous" Ascension Rite

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KYODO NEWS
 
A close aide to Emperor Hirohito criticized the government for staging an "entirely incongruous" and costly ceremony in 1990 to mark the enthronement of Emperor Akihito, according to comments in his diary obtained by Kyodo News.
The late chamberlain Shinobu Kobayashi also wrote about...

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