JAPAN TRENDS
 
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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ROCKET NEWS
 
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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The fashion industry is the setting of the manga “Runway de Waratte” (Smile at the runway), which is being serialized in Shukan Shonen Magazine, a weekly manga magazine for boys.
It is very rare for such a magazine to carry a work about fashion.
The manga, which started its run i...

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TOKYO - Japan expects there to be constructive discussions toward resolving various issues at the historic inter-Korean summit, the top government spokesman said Friday.
Japan hopes for progress toward the "comprehensive resolution of various challenges, such as abductions (of Japan...

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Sega has teamed up with Tanita, the leading Japanese manufacturer of weight measurement scales and healthcare device, to produce the Sega Saturn Console Body Composition Monitor.
As the name suggests, this is a genuine body composition monitor, offering accurate tracking and data o...

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The story of the man who brought us Pikachu and countless other fantastical creatures to feature in an educational manga next month.
Many (if not all) readers familiar with this site, or modern Japanese culture in general, will be aware of Pokémon, whether through the games, cards, ...

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TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Former Nippon Professional Baseball star Sachio Kinugasa, nicknamed the “Iron Man” for setting the then world record for consecutive games played with 2,215 for the Hiroshima Carp, died of ascending colon cancer on Monday, it was learned Tuesday. He was 71.
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