JAPAN TODAY
 
BRISBANE — A rusty Kei Nishikori survived a scare from qualifier Jared Donaldson to move into the quarterfinals of the Brisbane International on Wednesday.
The third seeded Japanese lost the first set to the American, ranked 105, but recovered to take the match 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in two ...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
If you thought Piko Taro’s “Pen Pineapple Apple Pen” (PPAP) couldn’t get any more “Japanese”, think again.
Adding to the countless numbers of adaptations and parodies already out there clogging up YouTube, veteran musician Masashi Sada has now produced this slick and entertaining “...

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TOKYO — Japan is finally starting to seriously seek ways to curb excessive work hours, with the overwork-related suicide of a young employee spotlighting a long-standing issue that has always been in question but never quite addressed.
The traditional corporate culture in Japan of p...

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ROCKET NEWS
 
Who knew those little doodles in your notebook could reveal so much about your generation?
We’ve all done it. We’ve all drawn hearts. We’ve filled pages with them when we should’ve been learning how to square numbers in math class. Whether you want to admit it or not, we know there ...

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Makoto Shinkai’s anime Your Name (Kimi no Na wa) has been the biggest film of the year in Japan, so it was surely only a matter of time before we had some spin-off cafes.
These tie-in spaces have become one of the most popular forms of marketing for franchises and character series ...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Narita Airport is crowded on Thursday as travelers head overseas on their year-end and New Year vacations. A seasonal peak of about 50,000 outbound vacationers were expected to depart from the airport on the day.
The flow of returning travelers is expected to peak on Jan. 3. Toky...

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Hit manga JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure meets casual fashion in the form ofstylish sneakers. 
Yes, the popular comic series known affectionately as “JoJo” by fans has once again been turned into a line of attractive merchandise, this time in collaboration with American footwear brand Con...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada’s visit to Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Thursday drew prompt criticism from Japan’s two closest neighbors, with South Korea condemning it as “deplorable” and summoning a Japanese diplomat to lodge its protest.
The South Korean Foreign Ministry c...

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Asics Japan will open a new sports facility in spring 2017 in Sumida, east Tokyo.
Suggestions for the future facility’s name are currently being accepted by the general public until mid-January. It is being touted as a “sustainable community space” that will feature a riverside caf...

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The actor, film director, TV host and comedian Takeshi Kitano (aka Beat Takeshi) has met with Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike. There would be nothing news-worthy about that in itself, except for the fact that Kitano arrived dressed up as President-elect Donald Trump.
Kitano met with Ko...

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