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Icebreaker Shirase Leaves For Antarctica
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THE JAPAN NEWS
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Maritime Self-Defense Force icebreaker Shirase left Tokyo’s Harumi pier for Showa Station, Japan’s Antarctic research facility, on Friday morning.
About 80 crew members, including wintering party members of the 58th Antarctic research expedition team, wil...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Maritime Self-Defense Force icebreaker Shirase left Tokyo’s Harumi pier for Showa Station, Japan’s Antarctic research facility, on Friday morning.
About 80 crew members, including wintering party members of the 58th Antarctic research expedition team, wil...
- November 17, 2016
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Abe, Modi Ride Shinkansen Train
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THE JAPAN NEWS
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his visiting Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, traveled on a Shinkansen bullet train together from Tokyo to the western Japan city of Kobe on Saturday.
India has already decided to adopt the Shinkansen system for the high-speed ...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his visiting Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, traveled on a Shinkansen bullet train together from Tokyo to the western Japan city of Kobe on Saturday.
India has already decided to adopt the Shinkansen system for the high-speed ...
- November 17, 2016
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Japan Races to Become The Robot Capital of The World
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JAPAN TIMES
Japan may have a long way to go before it can build a fully functional Gundam or Doraemon, but it’s getting closer to bringing sci-fi-style robotic helpers and protectors into our daily lives. Japan Robot Week, which took place at the Tokyo Big Sight convention center from Oct. 19 t...
Japan may have a long way to go before it can build a fully functional Gundam or Doraemon, but it’s getting closer to bringing sci-fi-style robotic helpers and protectors into our daily lives. Japan Robot Week, which took place at the Tokyo Big Sight convention center from Oct. 19 t...
- November 15, 2016
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Koban Police Boxes Going Multilingual Ahead of 2020 Games
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THE JAPAN NEWS
Ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, the National Police Agency has been allocating foreign-speaking police officers for around-the-clock help at koban police boxes at tourist sites or in downtown areas busy with foreign tourists.
The police officers have been or wil...
Ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, the National Police Agency has been allocating foreign-speaking police officers for around-the-clock help at koban police boxes at tourist sites or in downtown areas busy with foreign tourists.
The police officers have been or wil...
- November 15, 2016
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Abe to Underscore Importance of Japan-U.S. Alliance with Trump
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe aims to underscore the importance of the Japan-U.S. alliance when he meets President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said on Sunday.
“This is going to be an important meeting to build trust,” Kishida told publ...
TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe aims to underscore the importance of the Japan-U.S. alliance when he meets President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said on Sunday.
“This is going to be an important meeting to build trust,” Kishida told publ...
- November 15, 2016
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Hit Anime Film 'Your Name.' Officially Announces Academy Award Qualification Run
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO — On Nov 7, Funimation Studios, the distributing company for the widely successful animated film “your name.” in North America, announced that Makoto Shinkai’s hit is officially on the consideration list for the 89th annual Academy Awards.
“your name.” (“Kimi no na wa” in Japa...
TOKYO — On Nov 7, Funimation Studios, the distributing company for the widely successful animated film “your name.” in North America, announced that Makoto Shinkai’s hit is officially on the consideration list for the 89th annual Academy Awards.
“your name.” (“Kimi no na wa” in Japa...
- November 14, 2016
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Tokyo’s First Russian-style Maid Cafe
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JAPAN TIMES
Twelve men sit in silence at a new cafe in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district as three women dressed in Russian attire start serving a sour-looking plate of borscht.
The men have each paid ¥15,000 to attend this soft opening of ItaCafe, which bills itself as the city’s first Russian maid caf...
Twelve men sit in silence at a new cafe in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district as three women dressed in Russian attire start serving a sour-looking plate of borscht.
The men have each paid ¥15,000 to attend this soft opening of ItaCafe, which bills itself as the city’s first Russian maid caf...
- November 12, 2016
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Japan, India Sign Nuclear Pact For Non-military Use
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO — Japan and India signed a civilian nuclear accord on Friday, opening the door for Tokyo to supply New Delhi with fuel, equipment and technology for nuclear power production, as India looks to atomic energy to sustain its rapid economic growth.
It was the first time Japan, the...
TOKYO — Japan and India signed a civilian nuclear accord on Friday, opening the door for Tokyo to supply New Delhi with fuel, equipment and technology for nuclear power production, as India looks to atomic energy to sustain its rapid economic growth.
It was the first time Japan, the...
- November 12, 2016
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Tokyo’s Sumida Ward Issues Hokusai License Plates
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THE JAPAN NEWS
The government of Sumida Ward in Tokyo has started issuing a motorcycle license plate featuring works from ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai’s famous “Thirty-six views of Mt. Fuji” series of landscape prints. The move is to celebrate the Nov. 22 opening of the Sumida Hokusai Muse...
The government of Sumida Ward in Tokyo has started issuing a motorcycle license plate featuring works from ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai’s famous “Thirty-six views of Mt. Fuji” series of landscape prints. The move is to celebrate the Nov. 22 opening of the Sumida Hokusai Muse...
- November 12, 2016
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Otter Voted Top Yurukyara
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THE JAPAN NEWS
MATSUYAMA — A character based on the Japanese river otter from Susaki, Kochi Prefecture, won this year’s grand prix award for yurukyara mascots on Sunday, topping about 1,400 rivals representing local municipalities and businesses.
Shinjo-kun, which was inspired by the Japanese r...
MATSUYAMA — A character based on the Japanese river otter from Susaki, Kochi Prefecture, won this year’s grand prix award for yurukyara mascots on Sunday, topping about 1,400 rivals representing local municipalities and businesses.
Shinjo-kun, which was inspired by the Japanese r...
- November 11, 2016
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