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Japan’s Heat Wave Claims 11 More People, Mostly Seniors, In a Single Day
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JAPAN TIMES
The mercury hit 32 degrees at 7:30 a.m. Sunday in central Tokyo, prompting the Meteorological Agency to issue warnings for high temperatures across much of the nation after at least 11 people died of suspected heatstroke the previous day.
A heat wave that has gripped most of the cou...
The mercury hit 32 degrees at 7:30 a.m. Sunday in central Tokyo, prompting the Meteorological Agency to issue warnings for high temperatures across much of the nation after at least 11 people died of suspected heatstroke the previous day.
A heat wave that has gripped most of the cou...
- July 23, 2018
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Studio Alta Rooftop To Transform Into Hoop/City, New 3×3 Basketball Venue in Shinjuku
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JAPAN TRENDS
The Studio Alta shopping complex in Shinjuku that is one of the most popular meeting places for people in the west Tokyo commercial district will acquire a new addition on its rooftop from September 1st.
Open from 11am to 11pm, Hoop/City will feature a basketball court for playing ...
The Studio Alta shopping complex in Shinjuku that is one of the most popular meeting places for people in the west Tokyo commercial district will acquire a new addition on its rooftop from September 1st.
Open from 11am to 11pm, Hoop/City will feature a basketball court for playing ...
- July 21, 2018
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Rice Paddy Cartoons Celebrate Japanese Artist
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BBC NEWS
The Japanese village of Inakadate transforms its rice paddies into a visual spectacle each year.
This year, the intricate rice art celebrates the 90th anniversary of innovative manga artist Osamu Tezuka.
The huge rice paddy art is created by using nine different coloured varieties of ...
The Japanese village of Inakadate transforms its rice paddies into a visual spectacle each year.
This year, the intricate rice art celebrates the 90th anniversary of innovative manga artist Osamu Tezuka.
The huge rice paddy art is created by using nine different coloured varieties of ...
- July 20, 2018
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Tokyo Electric Power Company Airs First Commercial Since Fukushima Disaster, Creates New Mascot
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ROCKET NEWS
After a seven-year self-imposed TV ad suspension, company shows images of relaxed families and offers cute bunny character merchandise.
Ever since the Fukushima nuclear disaster caused by the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in 2011, the Tokyo Electric Power Company’...
After a seven-year self-imposed TV ad suspension, company shows images of relaxed families and offers cute bunny character merchandise.
Ever since the Fukushima nuclear disaster caused by the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in 2011, the Tokyo Electric Power Company’...
- July 20, 2018
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8 Die Wednesday As Heat Wave Engulfs Japan; Mercury Tops 40 C in Gifu
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO - Eight people died and thousands were taken to hospitals on Wednesday as a heat wave continued to scorch wide areas of Japan, sending the temperature to top 40 C in the central prefecture of Gifu, the highest recorded in the country in nearly five years.
The weather agency is...
TOKYO - Eight people died and thousands were taken to hospitals on Wednesday as a heat wave continued to scorch wide areas of Japan, sending the temperature to top 40 C in the central prefecture of Gifu, the highest recorded in the country in nearly five years.
The weather agency is...
- July 19, 2018
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Mitakeumi Barrels to 10th Victory
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THE JAPAN NEWS
Sekiwake Mitakeumi boosted his quest for his first Emperor’s Cup on Tuesday as the sekiwake easily earned his 10th consecutive victory at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament.
Mitakeumi met little resistance as he forced out No. 4 maegashira Kagayaki (3-7) in a bout that ended relati...
Sekiwake Mitakeumi boosted his quest for his first Emperor’s Cup on Tuesday as the sekiwake easily earned his 10th consecutive victory at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament.
Mitakeumi met little resistance as he forced out No. 4 maegashira Kagayaki (3-7) in a bout that ended relati...
- July 18, 2018
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Nearly 70 Percent of Young Japanese Women Self-identify as Otaku in Survey
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ROCKET NEWS
Seven out of ten say they enjoy anime and manga, and over 15 percent spend more than 90,000 yen a year on their otaku hobbies.
When most people hear the word “otaku,” the mental image they get is of a guy. Maybe he’ll be sporting one of the other stereotypical otaku visual cues, lik...
Seven out of ten say they enjoy anime and manga, and over 15 percent spend more than 90,000 yen a year on their otaku hobbies.
When most people hear the word “otaku,” the mental image they get is of a guy. Maybe he’ll be sporting one of the other stereotypical otaku visual cues, lik...
- July 18, 2018
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Elderly Account For 70% of Victims of Floods in West Japan
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO - People aged 60 or over accounted for about 70 percent of the victims of torrential rains that triggered massive flooding and landslides in western Japan, Kyodo News tallies showed Sunday.
Of 171 identified fatalities from Japan's worst weather disaster in decades, those aged...
TOKYO - People aged 60 or over accounted for about 70 percent of the victims of torrential rains that triggered massive flooding and landslides in western Japan, Kyodo News tallies showed Sunday.
Of 171 identified fatalities from Japan's worst weather disaster in decades, those aged...
- July 16, 2018
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Play Traditional Japanese Board Game of Shogi With A Star Wars Twist
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JAPAN TRENDS
Many Star Wars fans weren’t too impressed with Solo, the latest installment in the franchise that has disappointed at the summer box office. So what better time to turn back to the original Star Wars trilogy and remember how good they were?
And we reckon it’s hard to top this as an...
Many Star Wars fans weren’t too impressed with Solo, the latest installment in the franchise that has disappointed at the summer box office. So what better time to turn back to the original Star Wars trilogy and remember how good they were?
And we reckon it’s hard to top this as an...
- July 16, 2018
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SUMO ABC (81) / Futabayama’s Family Upholds His Spirit Through Fukuoka Temple
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THE JAPAN NEWS
As I wrote in the previous column (June 27), Futabayama, a great yokozuna of the Showa era (1926-1989) whose real name is Sadaji Akiyoshi, built the Myoon Kyokai temple in 1965 for his dead daughter in Chikushino, Fukuoka Prefecture. The temple has been passed down to his family ...
As I wrote in the previous column (June 27), Futabayama, a great yokozuna of the Showa era (1926-1989) whose real name is Sadaji Akiyoshi, built the Myoon Kyokai temple in 1965 for his dead daughter in Chikushino, Fukuoka Prefecture. The temple has been passed down to his family ...
- July 14, 2018
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