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Georgian sekiwake Tochinoshin was officially promoted to ozeki on Wednesday, marking the first time a Georgian wrestler has risen to sumo’s second-highest rank.
The Japan Sumo Association held a meeting to determine the rankings for the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament, and a board m...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Visiting Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang met with Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on Wednesday, as the two countries mark the 45th anniversary of diplomatic ties this year.
Quang could be the last state guest to a banquet hosted by the emperor at the Imperial Palace ...

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Japan’s Coast Guard has been around for 70 years, and mascot Umimaru for 20 – so it’s high time for a Hello Kitty teamup!
Japan’s Coast Guard has been in action since the 1940s, and their list of responsibilities is vast as the ocean itself: not only do they help the police when cap...

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Mitsubishi Motors Corp. made foreign technical trainees from the Philippines work on tasks other than those for which they were originally authorized, a practice prohibited by the law establishing procedures to accept trainees.
Since the company was shaken by a scandal over its m...

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HIROSHIMA — A panel of experts working with Hiroshima city has created peace-themed tour routes that will be accessible via an app, as part of a “peace tourism” project aimed at visitors to the city.
Under the project, the municipal government has proposed routes for “peace tours...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
It was announced on May 22nd that a task force will push ahead with finalizing concrete ways to relocate a 1.2-kilometer elevated portion of the Shuto Expressway in Tokyo that currently covers Nihonbashi Bridge.
The plan will be decided by the summer, reports Kyodo.
The task force,...

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When you get that urge to pamper yourself like a princess while traversing the big city.
Are you a tired lady after a long day at work? Don’t feeling like waiting for Prince Charming to give you a lift? If you live in the vicinities of Tokyo’s 23 special wards, Mitaka, or Musashino ...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Seven years ago, Jon Walsh watched as earthquakes shook his home country of New Zealand and his current home in Japan. Like many, his mind turned to disaster-preparedness; however, his train of thought took a different track: food security.
He planted a garden and found the ...

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Suntory had to guess how much whiskey they’d need over a decade ago, and they guessed wrong.
Suntory’s beer may not have achieved the overseas success of competitors Asahi, Kirin, and Sapporo, but when it comes to whiskey, the company stands above all of its Japanese rivals. Connois...

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Last week, Japanese whisky was in the news worldwide for reasons that might be described as both good and bad: an approaching Suntory whisky shortage due to the immense popularity of the brand’s lineup of Hakushu and Hibiki.
This ambivalent achievement crowns a remarkable few years...

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