ROCKET NEWS
 
After a seven-year self-imposed TV ad suspension, company shows images of relaxed families and offers cute bunny character merchandise.
Ever since the Fukushima nuclear disaster caused by the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in 2011, the Tokyo Electric Power Company’...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Eight people died and thousands were taken to hospitals on Wednesday as a heat wave continued to scorch wide areas of Japan, sending the temperature to top 40 C in the central prefecture of Gifu, the highest recorded in the country in nearly five years.
The weather agency is...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Sekiwake Mitakeumi boosted his quest for his first Emperor’s Cup on Tuesday as the sekiwake easily earned his 10th consecutive victory at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament.
Mitakeumi met little resistance as he forced out No. 4 maegashira Kagayaki (3-7) in a bout that ended relati...

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ROCKET NEWS
 
Seven out of ten say they enjoy anime and manga, and over 15 percent spend more than 90,000 yen a year on their otaku hobbies.
When most people hear the word “otaku,” the mental image they get is of a guy. Maybe he’ll be sporting one of the other stereotypical otaku visual cues, lik...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - People aged 60 or over accounted for about 70 percent of the victims of torrential rains that triggered massive flooding and landslides in western Japan, Kyodo News tallies showed Sunday.
Of 171 identified fatalities from Japan's worst weather disaster in decades, those aged...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Many Star Wars fans weren’t too impressed with Solo, the latest installment in the franchise that has disappointed at the summer box office. So what better time to turn back to the original Star Wars trilogy and remember how good they were?
And we reckon it’s hard to top this as an...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
As I wrote in the previous column (June 27), Futabayama, a great yokozuna of the Showa era (1926-1989) whose real name is Sadaji Akiyoshi, built the Myoon Kyokai temple in 1965 for his dead daughter in Chikushino, Fukuoka Prefecture. The temple has been passed down to his family ...

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ROCKET NEWS
 
Tokyo-based company creates glasses that aim to be flatteringly fashionable and comfortable for full-figured wearers.
In recent years, there’s been an uptick in plus-sized fashion in Japan. The country now has a monthly magazine dedicated to apparel for larger women, called La Farfa...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
OSAKA - The death toll from torrential rains in western Japan last week passed 200 on Thursday as more bodies were found following the downpours that have caused floods and landslides and left thousands still in shelters.
The number of casualties announced by the National Police Age...

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JAPAN TRAVEL
Typical village Shinto shrine
Totto Shrine is located in Higashiagatsumamachi, in the Gunma Prefecture. Gunma is in the middle of the main Japanese island, and is probably most famous for Kusatsu Onsen and Nikko.
 
Totto Shrine is more than 100 years old, and is a typical Shinto shri...

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