JAPAN TRENDS
 
Microbreweries and craft beer is big in Japan right now, with lots of new beers popping up all over the country alongside plenty of drinkeries, especially in Tokyo.
One of the more unusual recent developments in the craft beer market, though, is this beverage endorsed by two of Stu...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Yoshito Sengoku, who served as the top government spokesman and an administrative reform minister when the now-defunct Democratic Party of Japan was in power, died of lung cancer last week, the Lower House secretariat said Tuesday. He was 72.
Sengoku concurrently served as the minis...

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ROCKET NEWS
 
New treats are exclusive to Japanese convenience stores and a compelling reason to keep eating frozen desserts even as the weather gets colder.
While Japanese sweets fans have pretty wide palates, often the surest path to success for foreign confectioners in the country is to take t...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
KOMATSU, Ishikawa — When most people think of yakisoba, they conjure up images of stir-fried noodles coated with thick, brown sauce.
Yet for citizens of Komatsu, a city in southern Ishikawa Prefecture, the noodle dish is white, sauceless and simply flavored with salt, a variation...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says his talks next month and beyond with Russian President Vladimir Putin will be very significant as he seeks to settle a long-standing territorial dispute with the country over a group of islets and sign a postwar peace treaty.
"I will build next...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Typhoon Trami (Typhoon No. 24) brought intense winds to Tokyo on the night of September 30th, though damage was worse outside the city, including three reported fatalities. The capital wasn’t taking any chances, however, with major train lines shutting in the evening.
This had the ...

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BBC
 
An Aberdeen karate great is to present a Scottish Samurai honour to the Japanese Prime Minister.
Ronnie Watt OBE is part of a Scottish Samurai Awards delegation heading to Japan, with the highlight set to be the meeting with Shinzo Abe next week.
Mr Watt - who has a 9th Dan ranking - founde...

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BBC
 
The chief priest at Japan's controversial Yasukuni Shrine is to resign after making remarks highly critical of Emperor Akihito.
In comments leaked to a magazine, Kunio Kohori said he believed Emperor Akihito was trying to destroy the shrine by not visiting it.
The shrine in Tokyo honours Ja...

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ROCKET NEWS
 
Answers to just a few questions, like whether or not you’re in the mood for something “rock-hard,” is all the information the free-to-use virtual assistant needs.
To outside observers, the boys love genre of anime and manga might seem pretty one-dimensional. They’re all just tales ...

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CHANNEL NEWS ASIA
 
 
The foothills of Mount Fuji will be the setting for the individual time trial events at the Tokyo Olympics, 2020 organisers and world cycling's governing body (UCI) announced on Wednesday.
TOKYO: The foothills of Mount Fuji will be the setting for the individual time trial e...

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