ROCKET NEWS
 
We’ve already seen sake-flavored Kit Kats; now we have sake-flavored karinto crackers,  made with sake cake from the highly coveted Dassai!
The karinto is a traditional deep-fried cracker/cookie like snack that has been around in Japan for nearly 200 years. It’s considered a simple,...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
A new documentary about the world’s largest fish market is released in movie theaters in Japan next month.
Tsukji Wonderland goes on general release from October 15th, shortly before the 80-year-old market was set to relocate. The move has recently been postponed, which has the unf...

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The tiny details and awesome, original extras take these three-tiered meals out of the traditional world and to a galaxy far, far away.
 
New Year’s in Japan is the time for osechi ryori, a collection of traditional foods imbued with special meanings which are believed to bring luck...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
 
TOKYO — East Japan Railway Co (JR East) has announced that its new station on the Yamanote Line in Tokyo will be designed by Kengo Kuma, who was also given the project to design the new National Olympic Stadium.
Earlier this week, JR East released a design overview of the new stat...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Mone Kamishiraishi’s voice is soft and captivating, absolutely soothing. That’s exactly why she was chosen to play the heroine in “Kimi no Na wa” (your name.), a new anime film released last week. The movie was directed by Makoto Shinkai, expected to be the successor of two anime...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
HMV continues to roll out its comeback strategies, and it has a decidedly analog flavor.
The overseas music retailer has been owned in Japan by a subsidy of the convenience store giant Lawson since 2010. It is now hoping to tap into the retro music scene as domestic music sales fal...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japanese firms are keeping their eyes peeled for emerging business opportunities in Russia following Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s announcement of an eight-point cooperation plan with Russia in May.
To help realize the plan, Japanese firms are aiming to acceler...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
HANGZHOU, China —Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called on fellow Group of 20 leaders on Sunday to take specific actions to accelerate growth, citing heightening downside risks as the outlook for the global economy remains hazy amid uncertainty.
The focus of the two-day gathering...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
While shocking acts of terror and murder have dominated the headlines domestically and abroad, the biggest trend of the year in Japan is probably virtual reality.
We have already seen a host of products and services emerge to ride the wave of interest in VR headsets in 2016, which ...

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THE JAPAN TIMES
 
 
 
Arriving at Falo, prepare for a few surprises of the most pleasant kind. The first is that this sleek-looking new Italian restaurant, which opened in May in Daikanyama, feels and functions like a traditional izakaya tavern.
For a start, there are no tables. Instead, you sit ...

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