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Luxury Train Debuts on Yokohama-to-Shimoda Route Along Izu Coast
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JAPAN TODAY
SHIZUOKA - Railway operators Tokyu Corp and Izukyu Corp on Friday began operating a luxury train service between Yokohama and the south of the Izu Peninsula -- a popular hot spring resort area.
The first train of The Royal Express left Yokohama Station for Shimoda near the southern ...
SHIZUOKA - Railway operators Tokyu Corp and Izukyu Corp on Friday began operating a luxury train service between Yokohama and the south of the Izu Peninsula -- a popular hot spring resort area.
The first train of The Royal Express left Yokohama Station for Shimoda near the southern ...
- July 24, 2017
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Piko Taro and Ministry of Foreign Affairs Promote United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
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JAPAN TRENDS
If you thought Piko Taro was silly enough when he made his viral hit Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen, you were probably surprised when he started appearing in mainstream TV commercials.
You were probably then shocked when he teamed up with Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike to promote low-energy ...
If you thought Piko Taro was silly enough when he made his viral hit Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen, you were probably surprised when he started appearing in mainstream TV commercials.
You were probably then shocked when he teamed up with Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike to promote low-energy ...
- July 24, 2017
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Smartphones In Japan: How to Buy, Unlock and Change Plans
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO - A lot has changed in the mobile phone landscape in Japan the last few years.
Cell phones used to be very heavily restricted. You had a choice of three large companies, all offering near-identical packages and prices, with customer service standards that generally fell well b...
TOKYO - A lot has changed in the mobile phone landscape in Japan the last few years.
Cell phones used to be very heavily restricted. You had a choice of three large companies, all offering near-identical packages and prices, with customer service standards that generally fell well b...
- July 22, 2017
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Sushi-delivering Robots To Go Into Operation in Japan Next Month
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ROCKET NEWS
If we can put a man on the moon, why can’t we have robots deliver our sushi? Oh, wait, apparently we can do that too.
It’s hard to fully express the joy of eating at a kaitenzushi restaurant, where conveyor belts parade an endless loop of mouthwatering plates of sushi right in front...
If we can put a man on the moon, why can’t we have robots deliver our sushi? Oh, wait, apparently we can do that too.
It’s hard to fully express the joy of eating at a kaitenzushi restaurant, where conveyor belts parade an endless loop of mouthwatering plates of sushi right in front...
- July 21, 2017
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Number of Crimes on Track to Hit Postwar Low in 2017
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THE JAPAN NEWS
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The number of criminal offenses reported to police in the country in January-June fell 7.7 percent from a year earlier to 450,887, on track to hit an annual postwar low, a National Police Agency report showed Thursday.
The annual crime figure has kept declini...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The number of criminal offenses reported to police in the country in January-June fell 7.7 percent from a year earlier to 450,887, on track to hit an annual postwar low, a National Police Agency report showed Thursday.
The annual crime figure has kept declini...
- July 21, 2017
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Security Cameras To be Set Up On Bullet Trains in Southwestern Japan
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JAPAN TODAY
FUKUOKA - Kyushu Railway Co. said Wednesday it will install security cameras on its shinkansen bullet trains running in the southwestern main island of Kyushu from November to enhance security ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.
The railway operator will introduce the ...
FUKUOKA - Kyushu Railway Co. said Wednesday it will install security cameras on its shinkansen bullet trains running in the southwestern main island of Kyushu from November to enhance security ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.
The railway operator will introduce the ...
- July 20, 2017
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Enjoy An Augmented Reality Date with Hatsune Miku at Special Pop-up Cafe Event
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JAPAN TRENDS
Between the dolls, robots and maids, there are plenty of substitutes for real-life dating partners in Japan. A notable few of them, however, will (or can) speak with you, and fewer yet will serenade you.
Filling this void is au Sendai’s BLUE LEAF CAFÉ, which is running a limited-ti...
Between the dolls, robots and maids, there are plenty of substitutes for real-life dating partners in Japan. A notable few of them, however, will (or can) speak with you, and fewer yet will serenade you.
Filling this void is au Sendai’s BLUE LEAF CAFÉ, which is running a limited-ti...
- July 19, 2017
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Cream Puffs Filled with Sushi-rice Cola Now On Sale
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ROCKET NEWS
There is a limited chance to try out Kurazushi’s latest transmogrification of vinegared rice.
Let’s travel way back in time to the summer of the year two-thousand and sixteen. It was the end of an era as the final VCR in the world rolled off the assembly line. Many predicted a brash...
There is a limited chance to try out Kurazushi’s latest transmogrification of vinegared rice.
Let’s travel way back in time to the summer of the year two-thousand and sixteen. It was the end of an era as the final VCR in the world rolled off the assembly line. Many predicted a brash...
- July 19, 2017
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Muji To Open Hotel in Ginza in Spring 2019
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JAPAN TRENDS
There is a major shortage in hotel rooms as Tokyo continues to experience a tourism boom. This has led to all sorts of novelties, from Airbnb’s advance in the local market to even love hotels converting into regular accommodation. It has also inevitably resulted in many new hotel t...
There is a major shortage in hotel rooms as Tokyo continues to experience a tourism boom. This has led to all sorts of novelties, from Airbnb’s advance in the local market to even love hotels converting into regular accommodation. It has also inevitably resulted in many new hotel t...
- July 18, 2017
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Piko Taro Creates Summer Soundtrack for Kids with The Perotto Ice Pop DJ Licking Music Toy
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JAPAN TRENDS
Our favorite Japanese comedian of the moment, Piko Taro, is continuing to capitalize on his Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen fame by promoting the Perotto Ice Pop DJ Licking Music Toy.
This is another example in the ongoing “food toy” trend we have witnessed for some time now, led by Takara...
Our favorite Japanese comedian of the moment, Piko Taro, is continuing to capitalize on his Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen fame by promoting the Perotto Ice Pop DJ Licking Music Toy.
This is another example in the ongoing “food toy” trend we have witnessed for some time now, led by Takara...
- July 17, 2017
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