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Start-up Eyes Moon Landing by 2020
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THE JAPAN NEWS
TOKYO (Bloomberg) — Japanese companies are planning to kick-start the lunar economy by backing a local start-up’s mission to land on the moon by 2020.
Tokyo-based Ispace Inc. said it raised ¥10.2 billion ($90 million) from some of the country’s biggest businesses, including Japan...
TOKYO (Bloomberg) — Japanese companies are planning to kick-start the lunar economy by backing a local start-up’s mission to land on the moon by 2020.
Tokyo-based Ispace Inc. said it raised ¥10.2 billion ($90 million) from some of the country’s biggest businesses, including Japan...
- December 16, 2017
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Meeting Locals the Easy Way With Ili
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JAPAN TRAVEL
Getting over the language barrier and making friends in Japan
I recently took my first ever trip to Tokyo and I can safely say that there’s no place quite like it. The amazing people, the delicious food, the spectacular sights, were everything I could have imagined and more. However,...
Getting over the language barrier and making friends in Japan
I recently took my first ever trip to Tokyo and I can safely say that there’s no place quite like it. The amazing people, the delicious food, the spectacular sights, were everything I could have imagined and more. However,...
- December 16, 2017
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Yo Oizumi Returns as Popular Sapporo Sleuth
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THE JAPAN NEWS
Yo Oizumi once again plays the starring role in “Tantei wa Bar ni Iru 3” (The Last Shot in the Bar), the third film in the detective series directed by Teruyuki Yoshida. The film is currently showing in theaters.
It’s been four years since the second film in the series; there was...
Yo Oizumi once again plays the starring role in “Tantei wa Bar ni Iru 3” (The Last Shot in the Bar), the third film in the detective series directed by Teruyuki Yoshida. The film is currently showing in theaters.
It’s been four years since the second film in the series; there was...
- December 15, 2017
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Candidates for 2020 Tokyo Olympics Official Mascots Revealed
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JAPAN TRENDS
The candidates for 2020 Tokyo Olympics official mascots have been announced.
There are three pairs of mascot finalists, selected from 2,042 entries submitted by the general public. They include common Japanese cultural tropes such as the maneki-neko beckoning cat and kitsune fox....
The candidates for 2020 Tokyo Olympics official mascots have been announced.
There are three pairs of mascot finalists, selected from 2,042 entries submitted by the general public. They include common Japanese cultural tropes such as the maneki-neko beckoning cat and kitsune fox....
- December 13, 2017
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Japan’s Final Fantasy Christmas Cakes Are a Holiday Tradition We Can Totally Get Behind
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ROCKET NEWS
Why settle for boring strawberry shortcake when Square Enix video game franchise’s Chocobo, Moogle, and Cactuar are ready and waiting in edible form?
In Japan, the high point of any yuletide celebration is when someone brings out the Christmas cake. As much a part of Christmas in Ja...
Why settle for boring strawberry shortcake when Square Enix video game franchise’s Chocobo, Moogle, and Cactuar are ready and waiting in edible form?
In Japan, the high point of any yuletide celebration is when someone brings out the Christmas cake. As much a part of Christmas in Ja...
- December 13, 2017
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One Woman's Mission to Promote Sake to The World
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JAPAN TODAY
For Yukari Yanaba, owner of the Tokyo-based sake bar Sake Scene Masufuku, a cup of sake goes deeper than just a drink. For her it’s a story — this of the people who spend seasons making it; this of the customers who come to the bar to taste it, and this of her own life dedicated to ...
For Yukari Yanaba, owner of the Tokyo-based sake bar Sake Scene Masufuku, a cup of sake goes deeper than just a drink. For her it’s a story — this of the people who spend seasons making it; this of the customers who come to the bar to taste it, and this of her own life dedicated to ...
- December 12, 2017
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One Woman's Mission to Promote Sake to The World
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JAPAN TODAY
For Yukari Yanaba, owner of the Tokyo-based sake bar Sake Scene Masufuku, a cup of sake goes deeper than just a drink. For her it’s a story — this of the people who spend seasons making it; this of the customers who come to the bar to taste it, and this of her own life dedicated to ...
For Yukari Yanaba, owner of the Tokyo-based sake bar Sake Scene Masufuku, a cup of sake goes deeper than just a drink. For her it’s a story — this of the people who spend seasons making it; this of the customers who come to the bar to taste it, and this of her own life dedicated to ...
- December 12, 2017
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Great Deals on Edible Scorpions and More at Village Vanguard This Holiday Season!
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ROCKET NEWS
Big savings on scorpions not enough? Okay, they’ll throw in larva and crickets too!
Every New Year’s season, most shops around Japan offer lucky bags (fukubukuro) which are large packs of various items usually sold at a nice discount. They tend to go on sale early January, but natio...
Big savings on scorpions not enough? Okay, they’ll throw in larva and crickets too!
Every New Year’s season, most shops around Japan offer lucky bags (fukubukuro) which are large packs of various items usually sold at a nice discount. They tend to go on sale early January, but natio...
- December 11, 2017
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Abdication Date Gets Cabinet Approval
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THE JAPAN NEWS
The government on Friday officially set the date for the Emperor’s abdication as April 30, 2019, with Cabinet approval of an ordinance that sets the special measures law on the abdication to take effect on the same date.
The crown prince is formally set to ascend the throne the f...
The government on Friday officially set the date for the Emperor’s abdication as April 30, 2019, with Cabinet approval of an ordinance that sets the special measures law on the abdication to take effect on the same date.
The crown prince is formally set to ascend the throne the f...
- December 9, 2017
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First Permanent Pokémon Cafe to Open in Tokyo in March 2018
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JAPAN TRENDS
Japan will finally gets its first ever permanent Pokémon cafe, opening in the central Tokyo district of Nihonbashi in 2018.
The new Pokémon Center Tokyo DX and Pokémon Cafe are scheduled to open jointly at the same site on March 14th next year inside the
Nihonbashi Takashimaya de...
Japan will finally gets its first ever permanent Pokémon cafe, opening in the central Tokyo district of Nihonbashi in 2018.
The new Pokémon Center Tokyo DX and Pokémon Cafe are scheduled to open jointly at the same site on March 14th next year inside the
Nihonbashi Takashimaya de...
- December 8, 2017
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