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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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Nissan to Begin Field Tests For 'Robo-taxis' in Japan
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO - Nissan said Tuesday it would begin field tests for driverless "robot taxis" early next year as its rivals around the world step up self-driving technologies.
The car giant and Japanese mobile game company DeNA have jointly developed the new driverless vehicle services, dubbe...
TOKYO - Nissan said Tuesday it would begin field tests for driverless "robot taxis" early next year as its rivals around the world step up self-driving technologies.
The car giant and Japanese mobile game company DeNA have jointly developed the new driverless vehicle services, dubbe...
- December 8, 2017
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Japan Considers 10 Consecutive Days Off Around Crown Prince's Succession
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO - Japan is considering having 10 consecutive days off from April 27 to May 6 in 2019 to coincide with Crown Prince Naruhito's succession to the throne on May 1, government sources said Wednesday.
April 29 and May 3-6 are already assigned as national holidays in 2019, following...
TOKYO - Japan is considering having 10 consecutive days off from April 27 to May 6 in 2019 to coincide with Crown Prince Naruhito's succession to the throne on May 1, government sources said Wednesday.
April 29 and May 3-6 are already assigned as national holidays in 2019, following...
- December 7, 2017
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Play a Giant Game of Tetris Tower on Roof of Skyscraper in Osaka, Japan
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JAPAN TRENDS
Visitors to the Abeno Harukas in Osaka, Japan, can currently enjoy games of the classic game Tetris on a giant wall located on the top floor of the skyscraper.
The game is projected onto a space measuring 12 meters (nearly 40 feet) in height and 3.5 meters (11.4 feet) in diameter. ...
Visitors to the Abeno Harukas in Osaka, Japan, can currently enjoy games of the classic game Tetris on a giant wall located on the top floor of the skyscraper.
The game is projected onto a space measuring 12 meters (nearly 40 feet) in height and 3.5 meters (11.4 feet) in diameter. ...
- December 6, 2017
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Messaging app LINE Experiments with Service to Help Pregnant Women Find Seats on Trains
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ROCKET NEWS
The app connects expectant mothers looking for empty seats with passengers wanting to relinquish theirs.
A range of maternity services are available in Japan, including ones that give pregnant women priority when waiting for taxis.
And now the popular messaging app LINE, together wi...
The app connects expectant mothers looking for empty seats with passengers wanting to relinquish theirs.
A range of maternity services are available in Japan, including ones that give pregnant women priority when waiting for taxis.
And now the popular messaging app LINE, together wi...
- December 5, 2017
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Law to Target Ticket Scalping on Internet
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THE JAPAN NEWS
A new law will crack down on scalpers who sell concert and other tickets at inflated prices online, a move expected to be in place before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.
A bill for the new law is being compiled by Liberal Democratic Party...
A new law will crack down on scalpers who sell concert and other tickets at inflated prices online, a move expected to be in place before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.
A bill for the new law is being compiled by Liberal Democratic Party...
- December 4, 2017
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Japan Drawn Against Colombia, Poland, Senegal in World Cup
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO - Japan coach Vahid Halilhodzic promised to avenge his side's humiliating 4-1 thrashing by Colombia at the 2014 World Cup following Friday's draw for next summer's finals in Russia.
The firebrand Franco-Bosnian admitted "it could have been worse" after the Blue Samurai were dr...
TOKYO - Japan coach Vahid Halilhodzic promised to avenge his side's humiliating 4-1 thrashing by Colombia at the 2014 World Cup following Friday's draw for next summer's finals in Russia.
The firebrand Franco-Bosnian admitted "it could have been worse" after the Blue Samurai were dr...
- December 2, 2017
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