JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - When Yumi Katsura opened Japan’s first bridal store in 1964, little did she know that she was launching a quiet revolution. Despite nearly two decades passing since the end of World War II, Japan in the early 1960s was still in the first stages of economic recovery. The brid...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
The American chain Ace Hotel will open its first branch in Japan with a stunning new hotel, designed by Kengo Kuma and located on the site of the ShinPuhKan mall in central Kyoto.
“A friendly place, continually new” is the slogan of the Portland-based Ace Hotel chain, which will ho...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
TOKYO - Japan's population fell for the seventh consecutive year to around 127 million in 2017, when people aged 65 or over accounted for a record 27.7 percent of the total, continuing on the path of a super-aged society, according to government data.
According to the World Healt...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TOKYO (Reuters) — Foreign Minister Taro Kono said on Sunday that Tokyo and Beijing needed to work more closely together to denuclearize North Korea, in comments made during a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.
 Wang’s arrival in Tokyo comes ahead of a summit between th...

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ROCKET NEWS
 
Jun Matsumoto from boy band group Arashi is leading the new campaign.
Ever since they first rode over the horizon and into the hearts – and stomachs – of customers in the 1970s, Kinoko no Yama (Mushroom Mountain) and Takenoko no Sato (Bamboo Shoot Village), have been battling it out...

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TOKYO - The Japanese government on Friday greeted with cautious optimism the news that U.S. President Donald Trump is willing to explore re-entering the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, while stressing that Washington should accept the original terms.
"If this means that Presid...

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A train to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Seto Ohashi bridge, which links the major islands of Honshu and Shikoku across the Seto Inland Sea, gets ready to depart from JR Okayama Station as Okayama Gov. Ryuta Ibaragi, second from right, and others signal its departure on...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
From sophisticated wooden coffee mills to robotic baristas, latte art, and green tea espresso machines, the Japanese coffee industry always seems to offer something new and interesting.
And now there’s the decidedly rugged-looking Makita Power Tool Battery Coffee Maker CM501DZ, whi...

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OITA - A massive landslide engulfed four houses in a tourist town in the southwestern prefecture of Oita early Wednesday morning, leaving six people unaccounted for and severing a road leading to the site, local authorities said.
A mountain slope collapsed behind a group of houses a...

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Video shows how 1,500 thank yous per minute go into the making of Tamago Boro.
Talk to just about any successful Japanese businessperson, and they’ll tell you how important gratitude is. No matter how good a product it makes, a company can’t succeed without the support of its employ...

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