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'Mario Bros.' Creator Shigeru Miyamoto To Be Given One Of Japan's Highest Honors
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CNN
(CNN)Shigeru Miyamoto is a titan in the video game industry, having created beloved franchises such as "Mario Bros." and "The Legend of Zelda."
For his work, Japanese news outlet Nikkei reports, Miyamoto is being awarded the Person of Cultural Merit by the Japanese government on November 3...
(CNN)Shigeru Miyamoto is a titan in the video game industry, having created beloved franchises such as "Mario Bros." and "The Legend of Zelda."
For his work, Japanese news outlet Nikkei reports, Miyamoto is being awarded the Person of Cultural Merit by the Japanese government on November 3...
- October 30, 2019
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Japan's Technology Leads The Way In Caring For The Elderly
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EURO NEWS
During the last sixty years across the globe, the number of people living longer over the age of sixty-five has doubled, from 5% to 9% and Japan has been one of the front runners.
The acceleration of aging is more remarkable in Japan than elsewhere: more than a quarter of the populati...
During the last sixty years across the globe, the number of people living longer over the age of sixty-five has doubled, from 5% to 9% and Japan has been one of the front runners.
The acceleration of aging is more remarkable in Japan than elsewhere: more than a quarter of the populati...
- October 30, 2019
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Mt. Fuji Climber Streaming Live Seen Falling
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NHK
Rescuers are searching for a man who's believed to have fallen while livestreaming his climb up Mount Fuji.
Police in Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, which Mount Fuji straddles, received numerous reports from viewers that the man fell down the slope around 2:30 p.m. on Monday.
The polic...
Rescuers are searching for a man who's believed to have fallen while livestreaming his climb up Mount Fuji.
Police in Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, which Mount Fuji straddles, received numerous reports from viewers that the man fell down the slope around 2:30 p.m. on Monday.
The polic...
- October 30, 2019
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Nobel Laureate Akira Yoshino Among Six Selected For Japan's Top Cultural Award
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JAPAN TIMES
Akira Yoshino, one of three winners of this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry, and five other people were selected as this year’s recipients of the Order of Culture, the government said Tuesday.
Others receiving Japan’s top cultural award are kyogen actor Nomura Man, 89, political sci...
Akira Yoshino, one of three winners of this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry, and five other people were selected as this year’s recipients of the Order of Culture, the government said Tuesday.
Others receiving Japan’s top cultural award are kyogen actor Nomura Man, 89, political sci...
- October 29, 2019
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Aiming At Olympic Boom, Japan Builds 'Ethnic Harmony' Tribute To Indigenous Ainu
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CNA
TOKYO: On a wooded lake shore in northern Japan, the government is building a modernist shrine that has divided the indigenous Ainu community whose vanishing culture it was designed to celebrate.
At a cost so far of US$220 million, Japan's "Symbolic Space for Ethnic Harmony" is on track to ...
TOKYO: On a wooded lake shore in northern Japan, the government is building a modernist shrine that has divided the indigenous Ainu community whose vanishing culture it was designed to celebrate.
At a cost so far of US$220 million, Japan's "Symbolic Space for Ethnic Harmony" is on track to ...
- October 29, 2019
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One Shrinking Japanese Town's Plan: Give Away Houses For Free
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CBS NEWS
In the hillsides outside of Tokyo is the quaint village of Okutama, Japan … and Masahiro Yamada has what is probably the most important job in town: giving away homes.
His binder lists all of the empty and abandoned house in Okutama. If someone wants to come and live in the town, they ...
In the hillsides outside of Tokyo is the quaint village of Okutama, Japan … and Masahiro Yamada has what is probably the most important job in town: giving away homes.
His binder lists all of the empty and abandoned house in Okutama. If someone wants to come and live in the town, they ...
- October 28, 2019
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Japan’s High-Altitude Pool At Tomi City Now Open For Pre-Tokyo Business
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SWIM SWAM
A year ago we reported how Japan was building a new premier training center located at high-altitude, the first of its kind in the nation. Now, the facility’s construction is complete.
Just this week, the ribbon was cut and doors were opened at the Yunomaru Kogen Sports Exchange Facil...
A year ago we reported how Japan was building a new premier training center located at high-altitude, the first of its kind in the nation. Now, the facility’s construction is complete.
Just this week, the ribbon was cut and doors were opened at the Yunomaru Kogen Sports Exchange Facil...
- October 26, 2019
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Death Toll Rises To 10 After Heavy Rains Hit Typhoon-Ravaged Eastern Japan
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO - The death toll from torrential rains that caused flooding and mudslides in eastern Japan reached 10 on Saturday, with three others missing, public broadcaster NHK reported, just two weeks after the region was hit hard by a powerful typhoon.
On Friday, landslides ripped throu...
TOKYO - The death toll from torrential rains that caused flooding and mudslides in eastern Japan reached 10 on Saturday, with three others missing, public broadcaster NHK reported, just two weeks after the region was hit hard by a powerful typhoon.
On Friday, landslides ripped throu...
- October 26, 2019
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New Rulers Bring Royal Family Closer to Ordinary Japanese
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VOA NEWS
Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are bringing changes to one of the world’s oldest royal families.
The two have spoken with foreign visitors in English. They laugh with children and even play with dogs.
They are Japan’s first emperor and empress to have earned university de...
Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are bringing changes to one of the world’s oldest royal families.
The two have spoken with foreign visitors in English. They laugh with children and even play with dogs.
They are Japan’s first emperor and empress to have earned university de...
- October 26, 2019
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Starbucks Japan Unveils New Merry Strawberry Cake Frappuccino For Christmas 2019
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SORA NEWS
Designed to look and taste like a Japanese Christmas cake.
With Halloween yet to arrive, and the Night Masquerade Party drinks still on the menu, Starbucks is wasting no time in barrelling full-speed ahead towards Christmas. According to the global coffeehouse chain, the first Holiday...
Designed to look and taste like a Japanese Christmas cake.
With Halloween yet to arrive, and the Night Masquerade Party drinks still on the menu, Starbucks is wasting no time in barrelling full-speed ahead towards Christmas. According to the global coffeehouse chain, the first Holiday...
- October 25, 2019
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