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AKITA — Akitainu Hozonkai, the Akita dog preservation society, revealed the Akita dog that will be given to Russian figure skater Alina Zagitova — who won a gold medal at the Pyeongchang Olympics — at a competitive dog show for the breed held in Odate, Akita Prefecture, on Thursd...

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More details and preview images have emerged for the Mori Building Digital Art Museum: teamLab Borderless, which is set to open this summer at Palette Town in the Tokyo Bay area of Odaiba.
 
Announced at the start of the year, the large digital immersion attraction is a further par...

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TOKYO - Opponents and supporters of constitutional revision held rallies across Japan on Thursday on the 71st anniversary of the supreme law coming into force.
With discussions on rewriting its war-renouncing article making little progress, rallies were held in Tokyo, Osaka, Hokkaid...

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People in special costumes parade with gorgeously decorated vehicles in Fukuoka as part of the Hakata Dontaku festival on Thursday.
To be held Thursday and Friday, the festival is one of the biggest tourist attractions in the nation during Golden Week.
 

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Local sites and foods of five prefectures proudly displayed on mugs, bottles.
Japan has accepted Starbucks with open arms, to the point that the chain’s coffeehouses are now a common part of the urban landscape. Things are now coming full circle, with the sights of Japan serving as ...

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Fresh on the heels of the pop-up cafes that opened in Tokyo, Osaka, and Sapporo in February, the manga and anime franchise Cardcaptor Sakura will open another venue in Tokyo for the spring and summer.
The 60-seat Kero-chan Cafe opens on April 27th at Tokyo Skytree Town Sola Machi a...

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Higashiosaka municipal government employees work in rugby shirts at their office on Tuesday, the first day of the “Cool Biz” campaign at ministries, agencies and companies.
The campaign encourages people to put on lighter clothes to save energy. Located in Osaka Prefecture, Higas...

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TOKYO - This past December, the kanji kita (北), meaning “north,” was chosen by the Japanese public as the character best capturing the zeitgeist of life in Japan in 2017. The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation that conducts the survey, said that 北 received the most votes beca...

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One of Coca-Cola’s bestselling products in Japan is its Georgia series of canned coffee. Now Georgia has teamed up with the manga magazine Weekly Shonen Jump to produce a lineup of exclusive new cans with packaging featuring iconic manga titles.
The revamped Georgia coffee drink ca...

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Family Mart’s newest drink campaign shoots for the moon and promises a rainbow of dreamy starshine flavors.
Whether you get taken in by the craze or not, there’s no denying the gravitational pull of a limited beverage. Starbucks Japan’s seasonal offerings make headlines almost every...

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