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Eight Years After Triple Meltdown, Fukushima No. 1's Water Woes Slow To Recede
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JAPAN TIMES
This is the first in a series examining how the northeast and the nation are progressing with efforts to deal with the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis.
OKUMA, FUKUSHIMA PREF. - Nearly a thousand storage tanks are scattered across the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power p...
This is the first in a series examining how the northeast and the nation are progressing with efforts to deal with the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis.
OKUMA, FUKUSHIMA PREF. - Nearly a thousand storage tanks are scattered across the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power p...
- March 8, 2019
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Japan Space Probe Lands On Asteroid, Space Agency Releases Pics, Video
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NDTV
Hayabusa2 lands on asteroid Ryugu: The images, released Tuesday, show sand and rocks flying up after the probe fired a bullet into the asteroid to collect samples.The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has released photographs and video showing its space probe Hayabusa2 touching dow...
Hayabusa2 lands on asteroid Ryugu: The images, released Tuesday, show sand and rocks flying up after the probe fired a bullet into the asteroid to collect samples.The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has released photographs and video showing its space probe Hayabusa2 touching dow...
- March 7, 2019
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Kyoto Temple Creates Android Version Of Buddhist Goddess Of Mercy
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JAPAN TRENDS
The old capital of Kyoto is associated first and foremost with classical culture, but what about androids?
The temple Kodaiji in Kyoto has installed Mindar, the world’s first android version of Guanyin (known in Japanese as Kannon).
On display from March 8th to May 6th at a hall in...
The old capital of Kyoto is associated first and foremost with classical culture, but what about androids?
The temple Kodaiji in Kyoto has installed Mindar, the world’s first android version of Guanyin (known in Japanese as Kannon).
On display from March 8th to May 6th at a hall in...
- March 7, 2019
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City Of Bags Pursues Novel Product Development Plan
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THE JAPAN NEWS
TOYOOKA, Hyogo (Jiji Press) — The city of Toyooka in Hyogo Prefecture, the nation’s top municipality in terms of bag shipments, is coming into the limelight for its moves to develop unique items using specialties from other parts of the country as materials.
In an effort to make ...
TOYOOKA, Hyogo (Jiji Press) — The city of Toyooka in Hyogo Prefecture, the nation’s top municipality in terms of bag shipments, is coming into the limelight for its moves to develop unique items using specialties from other parts of the country as materials.
In an effort to make ...
- March 7, 2019
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Former AKB48 Star Atsuko Maeda Gives Birth To Baby Boy
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THE JAPAN TIMES
Atsuko Maeda, an original member of all-girl pop group AKB48, has given birth to a baby boy, her first child, her husband said Monday.
“I’d like to report that a baby boy was safely born the other day,” 32-year-old actor Ryo Katsuji, Maeda’s husband, posted to his Instagram acco...
Atsuko Maeda, an original member of all-girl pop group AKB48, has given birth to a baby boy, her first child, her husband said Monday.
“I’d like to report that a baby boy was safely born the other day,” 32-year-old actor Ryo Katsuji, Maeda’s husband, posted to his Instagram acco...
- March 6, 2019
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Japanese Architect Isozaki Wins Pritzker Prize
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JAPAN TODAY
NEW YORK- Japanese architect Arata Isozaki has been awarded the Pritzker Prize, considered architecture's highest honor, for a lifetime of work that found global resonance while mining local traditions.
The 87-year-old's more than 100 built works range from the Palau Saint Jordi, bu...
NEW YORK- Japanese architect Arata Isozaki has been awarded the Pritzker Prize, considered architecture's highest honor, for a lifetime of work that found global resonance while mining local traditions.
The 87-year-old's more than 100 built works range from the Palau Saint Jordi, bu...
- March 6, 2019
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Adorable Pokémon Coo’Nuts Toys Spin Onto Shelves With 16 Cute, Random Peanut Designs
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SORA NEWS
These tiny toys take all your fave ‘Mons and turn them into cute spinning peanuts!
Do you know Coo’Nuts? They’re small toys that get their name from the Japanese word for spinning, kurukuru, though of course it has more impact when you write it like the English word “cool”. The second...
These tiny toys take all your fave ‘Mons and turn them into cute spinning peanuts!
Do you know Coo’Nuts? They’re small toys that get their name from the Japanese word for spinning, kurukuru, though of course it has more impact when you write it like the English word “cool”. The second...
- March 5, 2019
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Amuro Namie Wins 'Artist Of The Year' At The 'JAPAN GOLD DISC AWARD' For The Second Consecutive Year
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TOKYO HIVE
The�Recording Industry Association of Japan�(RIAJ) has announced the winners of�"THE 33rd JAPAN GOLD DISC AWARD."
Awards are based on�sales number, and the winners of this year were chosen from data compiled between�January 1, 2018 and December 31, 2018.
The 'Artist of the Year' aw...
The�Recording Industry Association of Japan�(RIAJ) has announced the winners of�"THE 33rd JAPAN GOLD DISC AWARD."
Awards are based on�sales number, and the winners of this year were chosen from data compiled between�January 1, 2018 and December 31, 2018.
The 'Artist of the Year' aw...
- March 4, 2019
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Batman Inspires Amazing Japanese Samurai Warrior Display Doll And Armor Set
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JAPAN TRENDS
East meets West. Old meets new. These are cliches but it’s a fact nonetheless that Japan produces plenty of inventive examples of this intermingling.
This is the samurai display figure/doll.
We recently reported the release of the Samurai C-3PO Action Figure, a brilliant mash-u...
East meets West. Old meets new. These are cliches but it’s a fact nonetheless that Japan produces plenty of inventive examples of this intermingling.
This is the samurai display figure/doll.
We recently reported the release of the Samurai C-3PO Action Figure, a brilliant mash-u...
- March 4, 2019
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Ethiopians Prevail At Tokyo Marathon
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THE JAPAN NEWS
Birhanu Legese of Ethiopia won the 2019 Tokyo Marathon on Sunday in the men’s division with a time of 2.04:48 — his first win in the race — while compatriot Ruti Aga came in first in the women’s division at 2.20:40.
Kensuke Horio of Japan came in fifth with a time of 2.10:21, whi...
Birhanu Legese of Ethiopia won the 2019 Tokyo Marathon on Sunday in the men’s division with a time of 2.04:48 — his first win in the race — while compatriot Ruti Aga came in first in the women’s division at 2.20:40.
Kensuke Horio of Japan came in fifth with a time of 2.10:21, whi...
- March 4, 2019
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