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Hayao Miyazaki’s Latest Comeback Is So That He Can Leave an Anime Behind For His Grandson

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ROCKET NEWS
 
76-year-old anime legend wants the film to be his legacy after he moves on to the next world.
The first time anime director Hayao Miyazaki “retired,” after the release of Princess Mononoke in 1997, he stayed away from animated feature films for four years before coming back to make ...

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Pipe Organist Satoko Kawagoe: One Japanese Woman's Drive to Carve a Career For Herself

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Though entrepreneurship and the gig economy are seeing an uptick in Japan, full-time roles in large and established Japanese companies remain the employment of choice for most job-seekers in
Tokyo. Satoko Kawagoe, however, was willing to forgo that security to pursue a caree...

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Abe Reelected PM, Retains All Ministers

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Shinzo Abe, president of the Liberal Democratic Party, was reelected prime minister by both chambers of the Diet at plenary meetings Wednesday, when a special Diet session opened following the Oct. 22 general election.
Abe decided to retain all Cabinet minist...

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Department Store Chain Parco Develops Retail Robot Siriusbot to Guide Customers, Do Stocktaking

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Japanese department store chain Parco has developed a new robot to assist in retail tasks. Co-developed by 08Works and Nihon Unisys, Siriusbot is reported to be the first robot of its kind to specialize in commercial facilities and retail.
Joining SoftBank’s Pepper and androids lik...

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Abe, Duterte Discuss North Korea Issue

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and visiting Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte held talks at the Prime Minister’s Office in Tokyo on Monday.
Abe and Duterte were expected to confirm their cooperation on handling provocations by North Korea and China’s increasing...

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Japan’s McCafé Gives Us New Line of Drinkable Apple Desserts and They Look Perfectly Delectable!

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ROCKET NEWS
 
Looking for something sweet? Now you can drink an apple dessert at a McCafé in Japan! 
Drinkable desserts have been quite the thing in Japan for some time now, including at McCafé by Barista, McDonald’s Japan’s sub-chain of cafes, where a variety of decadently sweet drinks have been...

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Crafts Center in Southern Japan Creates Miniature Furniture For Cats

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
There’s an old joke that the Japanese internet comprises 50% food and 50% cats.
This campaign by Okawa City probably won’t do much to change this reputation: it’s clearly made to indulge feline fans everywhere. And there isn’t anything wrong with that.
 
Furniture makers created ge...

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Pair of High-end Persimmons Fetch Y540,000 at Season's 1st Auction

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JAPAN TODAY
 
NAGOYA - A pair of high-end persimmons harvested in central Japan fetched 540,000 yen at the season's first auction at a local wholesale market on Thursday.
The cultivar, developed by the Gifu prefectural government over 10 years and put on the market last year, is crispy and has a ...

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Fighters Win Draft Rights to Kiyomiya

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters will likely lose one superstar, but they have the opportunity to replace him after winning the negotiating rights to Waseda Jitsugyo High School slugger Kotaro Kiyomiya at the
Nippon Professional Baseball amateur draft on Thursday in Tokyo.
Seven ...

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Japanese Emperor Abdication Date Revealed by Government Officials in New Report

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ROCKET NEWS
 
The date will bring an end to Japan’s current Heisei era.
In July last year, reports began surfacing that Japan’s Emperor Akihito would be breaking with centuries of tradition by requesting to abdicate the throne, in a move that would make him the first Emperor to relinquish his tit...

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