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TEPCO Starts Freezing Last Section of Ice Wall Around Fukushima Reactor
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO - The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant's operator on Tuesday started freezing the last section of a 35-billion yen ($320 million) ice wall designed to cut down on vast amounts of contaminated water at the site of the worst atomic accident in a generation.
Tokyo Electric Power C...
TOKYO - The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant's operator on Tuesday started freezing the last section of a 35-billion yen ($320 million) ice wall designed to cut down on vast amounts of contaminated water at the site of the worst atomic accident in a generation.
Tokyo Electric Power C...
- August 23, 2017
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Mourners in Japan Stay Close to Deceased Loved Ones with Augmented Reality Graves
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JAPAN TRENDS
Japan’s society is aging — and rapidly. With the second-highest life expectancy in the world combined with a falling birth rate, the numbers of retirees and older citizens will only continue to rise.
Things are changing socially to cope with this seismic shift, not least tax hikes ...
Japan’s society is aging — and rapidly. With the second-highest life expectancy in the world combined with a falling birth rate, the numbers of retirees and older citizens will only continue to rise.
Things are changing socially to cope with this seismic shift, not least tax hikes ...
- August 22, 2017
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Street Fighter II and UBIQ Collab Shoes Put Some Extra Kick in Your Step
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ROCKET NEWS
Who needs a plain old Street Fighter II t-shirt when you could have shoes instead?
Street Fighter II has been making a comeback in popularity lately, with companies like Toyota awaking that old gamer’s spirit in potential car buyers and this viral video of an awesome drummer dressed...
Who needs a plain old Street Fighter II t-shirt when you could have shoes instead?
Street Fighter II has been making a comeback in popularity lately, with companies like Toyota awaking that old gamer’s spirit in potential car buyers and this viral video of an awesome drummer dressed...
- August 22, 2017
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30 People Left Facing Ground as USJ Roller Coaster Stops for Emergency Reasons
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JAPAN TODAY
OSAKA - Thirty passengers on a roller coaster at Osaka’s Universal Studios Japan theme park were left temporarily stuck face down after their ride was interrupted for emergency reasons.
The incident took place shortly after 4 p.m. on Sunday. According to park officials, an employee ...
OSAKA - Thirty passengers on a roller coaster at Osaka’s Universal Studios Japan theme park were left temporarily stuck face down after their ride was interrupted for emergency reasons.
The incident took place shortly after 4 p.m. on Sunday. According to park officials, an employee ...
- August 21, 2017
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KANTA ON MANGA / WWII Tale Recalls The Horrors of Battle
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THE JAPAN NEWS
The manga this week
Peleliu: Guernica of Paradise
By Kazuyoshi Takeda (Hakusensha)
In 1943 during World War II, Japanese and U.S. forces fought a battle on Attu Island in the North Pacific, in which nearly all of the 2,600 Japanese soldiers deployed on the island were killed. To ...
The manga this week
Peleliu: Guernica of Paradise
By Kazuyoshi Takeda (Hakusensha)
In 1943 during World War II, Japanese and U.S. forces fought a battle on Attu Island in the North Pacific, in which nearly all of the 2,600 Japanese soldiers deployed on the island were killed. To ...
- August 21, 2017
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First-ever Electronic Taiko Developed with Help From World-famous Japanese Drum Troupe
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ROCKET NEWS
Kodo drummers help modern technology blend with one of Japan’s most traditional instruments.
Taiko, Japanese drums, have a centuries-long cultural legacy. Often heard at Japanese festivals and religious ceremonies, their driving, primal sound occupies an important place in the natio...
Kodo drummers help modern technology blend with one of Japan’s most traditional instruments.
Taiko, Japanese drums, have a centuries-long cultural legacy. Often heard at Japanese festivals and religious ceremonies, their driving, primal sound occupies an important place in the natio...
- August 20, 2017
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Rodeo Boy Exercise Fitness Machine Uses Horseback Riding Motion to Deliver Home Fitness
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JAPAN TRENDS
A few years ago we noticed a lot of online chatter about Japanese fitness machines that recreated rodeo-style motions. People sniggered because they seemed wacky or even suggestive. But they work — and Japanese manufacturers continue to borrow the all-American idea of rodeo to prod...
A few years ago we noticed a lot of online chatter about Japanese fitness machines that recreated rodeo-style motions. People sniggered because they seemed wacky or even suggestive. But they work — and Japanese manufacturers continue to borrow the all-American idea of rodeo to prod...
- August 19, 2017
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Quake-hit Railway Striving to Win Back Passengers
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THE JAPAN NEWS
MINAMIASO, Kumamoto (Jiji Press) — A local railway operator in Kumamoto Prefecture is working hard to win back passengers by taking various new steps about 16 months after a series of powerful earthquakes that hit the southwestern Japan prefecture.
Minami-aso Railway Co., a publi...
MINAMIASO, Kumamoto (Jiji Press) — A local railway operator in Kumamoto Prefecture is working hard to win back passengers by taking various new steps about 16 months after a series of powerful earthquakes that hit the southwestern Japan prefecture.
Minami-aso Railway Co., a publi...
- August 19, 2017
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Japan’s Cuddly Kitty Pouches Will Fill Your Heart with Love as You Fill Them with Other Stuff
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ROCKET NEWS
Designers claim heart-meltingly cute zippered pouches are as soft as marshmallows.
Pouches are supposed to be a zero-net gain relationship for their owners. You can’t take anything out of a pouch that you didn’t first put in it, so really there’s no way to come out ahead in your dea...
Designers claim heart-meltingly cute zippered pouches are as soft as marshmallows.
Pouches are supposed to be a zero-net gain relationship for their owners. You can’t take anything out of a pouch that you didn’t first put in it, so really there’s no way to come out ahead in your dea...
- August 18, 2017
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Air K Grounded For Rest of Season
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THE JAPAN NEWS
CINCINNATI (AFP-Jiji) — World No. 9 Kei Nishikori of Japan will miss the remainder of the 2017 ATP season after suffering a torn tendon in his right wrist, his management team announced Wednesday.
The 27-year-old Asian No. 1 will miss the upcoming U.S. Open, on the New York hardc...
CINCINNATI (AFP-Jiji) — World No. 9 Kei Nishikori of Japan will miss the remainder of the 2017 ATP season after suffering a torn tendon in his right wrist, his management team announced Wednesday.
The 27-year-old Asian No. 1 will miss the upcoming U.S. Open, on the New York hardc...
- August 17, 2017
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