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Support for Kumamoto

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Kumamon, the popular black bear mascot of Kumamoto Prefecture, dances alongside Tom, mascot of the U.S. Embassy in Japan, in front of Kumamoto Castle.
Around 350 people, including U.S. citizens living in Kumamoto, gathered to join in the making of a short film produced by the embass...

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Somber Samurai

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Samurai Japan players react after Nobuhiro Matsuda struck out for the final out in the team’s 2-1 loss to the United States in the semifinals of the World Baseball Classic on Tuesday at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.
Japan lost in the semifinals for the second straight WBC after ...

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Japan’s Coffee-flavored Toast Spread is Now on Sale

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ROCKET NEWS
 
Who’s ready to eat their morning coffee?
From the moment we woke up on the morning of March 1, we were looking forward to a taste of invigorating coffee. But we had no plans to brew a pot of java, because there’s now a whole new way to get your coffee fix in Japan.
Coming a little o...

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Bidocoro Lacquerware Toilet Brings Traditional Japanese Crafts Into The Lavatory

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Japan is famous for its toilets. Japan is also famous for its crafts. So why not combine the two? Well, someone did.
 
Japanese toilets are somewhat renowned for their technology ingenuity, from the heated seats to the multitude of buttons and panels that offer a host of functions ...

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Hitachi Develops Technology to Use Bamboo as Fuel

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THE JAPAN TIMES
 
Hitachi Ltd. said Thursday it has developed a technology to utilize bamboo as fuel for boilers and biomass power generation.
The new technology is expected to address a situation in which unused bamboo forests have been increasing due to decreased bamboo demand, a problem that h...

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Leo Ieiri is Proud to Be Pop

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
She was initially known as an artist “who screams her pain” but now she regards herself as pop. Leo Ieiri’s latest album, “5th Anniversary Best” (Victor), reveals the drastic metamorphosis the singer has undergone in the last five years, since her debut at the age of 17.
The best...

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Hatsune Miku Guides Travelers Around Japan’s Regional Food Delights

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) has recruited the virtual idol Hatsune Miku to promote Japanese food around the country.
Perhaps only in Japan would you get a non-existent character licensed to a government agency to advertise local cuisine to foreign...

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Your Name Anime Film Merchandise Now Available from Japan’s Gacha Capsule Toy Vending Machines

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ROCKET NEWS
 
With more than ten cute items to collect, this is a range we’ll be saving our yen for.
Japan’s plastic-windowed gacha capsule toy vending machines can often be seen outside arcade centres and novelty goods stores, piled high on top of each other and tempting customers with a variety...

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X Japan's Yoshiki Talks of New Album, New Film and Exorcising Old Demons

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO — “People say ‘rock is dead.’ It’s not dead. I think it’s about to come back—as long as there are some people like me, somebody crazy, still doing it.”
Fresh from a live show at London’s Wembley Arena, and days after the
release in Japan of a documentary charting the rise of h...

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Yoshiki: ‘We Had to Make Our Own World’

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Yoshiki Hayashi hardly sleeps. The drummer, pianist, songwriter and leader of rock band X Japan has been in and out of the country constantly these past few months, promoting his band’s new documentary film, “We Are X.” At the same time he has been performing solo concerts, recordin...

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