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'Oil-like' Blobs Hit Japanese Beaches After Tanker Sinks
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO - "Oil-like" blobs are washing up on the beaches of several southern Japanese islands, officials said Friday, raising fears they could be from a tanker that sank in the area nearly three weeks ago.
The Iranian tanker Sanchi -- carrying 111,000 tons of light crude oil -- went u...
TOKYO - "Oil-like" blobs are washing up on the beaches of several southern Japanese islands, officials said Friday, raising fears they could be from a tanker that sank in the area nearly three weeks ago.
The Iranian tanker Sanchi -- carrying 111,000 tons of light crude oil -- went u...
- February 3, 2018
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Back in The Swing
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THE JAPAN NEWS
Yomiuri Giants players, including Tomoyuki Sugano, third from left, and Hayato Sakamoto, right, jog on the first day of spring training camp in Miyazaki on Thursday.
Before practicing, the Giants held a ceremony to commemorate their 60th year of training in Miyazaki.
The Giants, ...
Yomiuri Giants players, including Tomoyuki Sugano, third from left, and Hayato Sakamoto, right, jog on the first day of spring training camp in Miyazaki on Thursday.
Before practicing, the Giants held a ceremony to commemorate their 60th year of training in Miyazaki.
The Giants, ...
- February 3, 2018
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The Millennials: Stylish Capsule Hotel for Millennials Opens in Shibuya
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JAPAN TRENDS
The ongoing evolution of capsule hotels shows no signs of slowing down. The latest iteration of one of the most iconic types of Japanese accommodation is a stylish hotel in central Tokyo specifically designed for millennials.
After successfully opening its first branch in Kyoto l...
The ongoing evolution of capsule hotels shows no signs of slowing down. The latest iteration of one of the most iconic types of Japanese accommodation is a stylish hotel in central Tokyo specifically designed for millennials.
After successfully opening its first branch in Kyoto l...
- February 2, 2018
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New “All Night Cat Watch” Toy Series Created in Japan to Keep Late Sleepers Company
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ROCKET NEWS
You’ll never be lonely burning the midnight oil with one of theseexhausted kitties diligently working by your side!
For years now, the team at Kitan Club have been putting their heads together in their creative lab, coming up with ideas for tiny toys that combine usefulness and craz...
You’ll never be lonely burning the midnight oil with one of theseexhausted kitties diligently working by your side!
For years now, the team at Kitan Club have been putting their heads together in their creative lab, coming up with ideas for tiny toys that combine usefulness and craz...
- February 2, 2018
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Gov't To Test Safety of Burying Radioactive Soil in Spring
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO - The government will conduct a demonstration project to test the safety of burying soil waste, generated by decontamination work following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, under other soil around this spring, the Environment Ministry said Wednesday.
In the project, the so...
TOKYO - The government will conduct a demonstration project to test the safety of burying soil waste, generated by decontamination work following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, under other soil around this spring, the Environment Ministry said Wednesday.
In the project, the so...
- February 1, 2018
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Icing On The Cake
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THE JAPAN NEWS
No. 3 maegashira Tochinoshin, left, finishes up his title-winning run at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament by pushing out No. 5 maegashira Endo on the final day Sunday at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan.
The Georgian native, who had clinched his first career title on Saturday, finishe...
No. 3 maegashira Tochinoshin, left, finishes up his title-winning run at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament by pushing out No. 5 maegashira Endo on the final day Sunday at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan.
The Georgian native, who had clinched his first career title on Saturday, finishe...
- January 31, 2018
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Japan Now Has Heart Hats For Cute Cats To Wear This Valentine’s Day
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Who needs a bunch of flowers when you can have these four little Valentines?
Kitan Club, one of Japan’s leading manufacturers of gatcha toy capsule goods, prides itself on producing whacky items that have us all making impulse buys at the vending machine. And out of all the bizarre ...
Who needs a bunch of flowers when you can have these four little Valentines?
Kitan Club, one of Japan’s leading manufacturers of gatcha toy capsule goods, prides itself on producing whacky items that have us all making impulse buys at the vending machine. And out of all the bizarre ...
- January 31, 2018
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Mori Building And teamLab To Open “borderless” Digital Art Museum in Odaiba, Tokyo Bay, From Summer 2018
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Mori Building will partner with teamLab to open the Mori Building Digital Art Museum: teamLab Borderless this summer at Palette Town in Odaiba, Tokyo Bay.
Set to become one of the major attractions in Tokyo, details regarding opening times and ticket prices are yet to be released, ...
Mori Building will partner with teamLab to open the Mori Building Digital Art Museum: teamLab Borderless this summer at Palette Town in Odaiba, Tokyo Bay.
Set to become one of the major attractions in Tokyo, details regarding opening times and ticket prices are yet to be released, ...
- January 30, 2018
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Cornucopia of Crackers
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THE JAPAN NEWS
Small pieces of red, green and yellow rice cakes are dried at a workshop in Shika, Ishikawa Prefecture, before they are made into arare rice crackers.
The drying of the Noto Shika arare crackers — a local specialty — is well under way in Shika. The rice cakes need to be dried for...
Small pieces of red, green and yellow rice cakes are dried at a workshop in Shika, Ishikawa Prefecture, before they are made into arare rice crackers.
The drying of the Noto Shika arare crackers — a local specialty — is well under way in Shika. The rice cakes need to be dried for...
- January 29, 2018
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Campaigning Starts for Nago Mayoral Race; U.S. Base Issue in Focus
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JAPAN TODAY
NAHA - Official campaigning started Sunday for the Feb 4 mayoral election in the southern Japan city of Nago in Okinawa Prefecture, a closely watch contest as it comes as the central government is pressing ahead with a controversial plan to relocate a U.S. base to the city.
The elec...
NAHA - Official campaigning started Sunday for the Feb 4 mayoral election in the southern Japan city of Nago in Okinawa Prefecture, a closely watch contest as it comes as the central government is pressing ahead with a controversial plan to relocate a U.S. base to the city.
The elec...
- January 29, 2018
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