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Virtuoso Drums The Entire Game of Street Fighter II, Shows Us Its Music Was Actually Pretty Good

  • Category:Experience
ROCKET NEWS
 
Dainashi shows the stamina of a warrior as he drums the extremely high tempo theme songs to every stage.
Because I’m an old fart now, I can fondly remember playing the original Street Fighter IIin the arcades. However, in that environment I could only really make out the sound effec...

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Privately Developed Rocket to be Launched on July 29

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — An observation rocket developed by start-up Interstellar Technologies Inc. is scheduled to blast off from a launch site in Taiki, Hokkaido, in the morning of July 29, the company said Thursday.
It will be the first time for a rocket developed by a private com...

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Vote For Your Favorite Tokyo 2020 Olympics License Plate Design

  • Category:Event
JAPAN TRENDS
 
And then there were five. Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has selected five finalists for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics license plate design contest. Now the ministry is asking for your help in narrowing down the competition to one.
Between...

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Teen Fujii Makes Historic Shogi Moves

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The amazing performance of a 14-year-old shogi player is wowing not only shogi fans, but also people throughout Japan.
Sota Fujii has established a new shogi record of consecutive wins, beating his opponents for 29 straight matches since his debut in December. The streak was fina...

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Japanese Tea Shop Introduces $16-a-scoop Matcha Ice Cream, Has Good Reason For Eye-popping Price

  • Category:Gourmet
ROCKET NEWS
 
Not just any green tea is good enough to become Daijinsho Matcha ice cream.
As such an integral part of Japan’s beverage culture, green tea usually isn’t prohibitively expensive. Grocery store cooler sections are stocked with plastic bottles of pre-made green tea that sell for 100 y...

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Abe, Moon Hold First Meeting, Agree to Revive Shuttle Diplomacy / Gap Remains on Comfort Women Issue

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
HAMBURG — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Moon Jae In agreed on Friday that their countries will revive shuttle diplomacy, in which both leaders regularly visit each other’s nations, and affirmed they will promote future-oriented cooperation.
During an about ...

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Kalita Looks to Traditional Japanese Wood Crafts for Handmade Coffee Mills

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Next year, Kalita will be 60 years old, and in those six decades Kalita has become one of the world’s leading brands in pour-over coffee. From its humble beginnings as a coffee filter company, Kalita now produces a wide range of coffee-brewing essentials, including elegant steel ke...

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Special Ash Cap Pikachu Added to Pokémon GO for Game’s First-Birthday Celebration

  • Category:Souvenir
ROCKET NEWS
 
It’s not like Pikachu really needed to be any cuter, but he’s gotten an adorableness upgrade anyway.
As with most Pokémon, Pikachu is completely naked in the original character design. However, the most famous Pocket Monster species has shown a willingness to dress up when the occas...

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Japan, S Korea, U.S. Demand Greater Chinese Effort on N Korea

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JAPAN TODAY
 
HAMBURG - Japan, the United States and South Korea agreed on Thursday to push for China to play a larger role in reining in North Korea's nuclear ambitions, a Japanese official said on the eve of a summit of the Group of 20 economic powers.
North Korea's launch this week of what it ...

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FES Watch U, Sony’s Customizable Designer E-paper Wristwatch Available Now

  • Category:Souvenir
JAPAN TRENDS
 
Sony has been developing an innovative new series of products called First Flight, a crowdfunding and retail platform for developing unique projects that you wouldn’t expect from the veteran yet staid electronics maker.
Examples so far include toio, a robotics engineering toy for k...

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