JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - When Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko stood, heads bowed, at a seaside cliff on Saipan 60 years after a bloody World War Two battle, their silent prayers conveyed a message many felt resonated louder than words.
On that June 2005 visit - one of many war-related t...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
BEIJING (Jiji Press) — Nomura Mansaku, a living national treasure of Japan, and his son, Mansai, performed kyogen Japanese traditional comic plays in Beijing on Friday, to mark the 40th anniversary Sunday of the conclusion of the Japan-China Peace and Friendship treaty.
At the be...

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ROCKET NEWS
 
Buy the “Pudding-and-Bag” set and choose three tasty puddings, plus receive a re-usable storage bag to keep them nice and cool.
Starbucks Japan has been hitting it out of the park as always, with a snappy line of geographical tumblers and their new Frappucino flavor “Matcha Smore” a...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Ending long months of speculation, the director of 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games opening and closing ceremonies has been named as Mansai Nomura, an actor from the traditional theater world of kyogen.
The 52-year-old Nomura is a well-known face outside kyogen, too. He features i...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The Tokyo Girls Collection (TGC) started in 2005 with the theme of introducing Japan’s real clothes to the world. It is Japan’s largest fashion event to show “real clothes” girls and young women want to wear right now. It is held twice a year.
Real clothes refers to everyday clot...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
In lifting the Emperor’s Cup last month, Mitakeumi became the fourth Japanese wrestler to win a championship in the past two years.
That’s significant in a sport that had been utterly dominated by foreigners for the previous decade.
However even with the recent success of native-bor...

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BBC
 
A Japanese airport is going to start giving gifts to people who turn in their unwanted suitcases, to avoid them being dumped around the building, it's reported.
According to the Asahi Shimbun newspaper, Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture is going to start offering travellers b...

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ROCKET NEWS
 
Producer gives tentative timetable while promising Studio Ghibli is doing “things we were never able to do in the past.”
A lot of people in Japan are expecting 2020 to be a very big year. With Tokyo serving as the host city for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, the world’s eyes wil...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Tamiya has produced a self-assembly robotic toy with a difference: it’s a centipede.
Test your engineering skills by putting this Tamiya Centipede Robot together and then letting it slither around. Just be sure to warn your roommates and family first!
It comprises separate body sec...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
MELBOURNE (AP) — Japan star Keisuke Honda has signed for Melbourne Victory as a marquee player for the club in the 2018-19 Australian A-League season.
The Victory confirmed the signing Monday, making the 32-year-old Japanese international the club’s biggest signing in its 13-year...

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