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Elevate Your Next Subway Sandwich With The Great Taste of Yakisoba

  • Category:Gourmet
ROCKET NEWS
 
 
The Rocket News reporter Meg ventures waist-deep in carbs to discover a new way to enjoy Subway — and she may never turn back.
 
Even in Japan, the global sub chain Subway markets itself as a more health-conscious alternative to fast food. So, it was with a small pang of guilt tha...

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Fukushi a Near-lock For Rio

  • Category:Other
THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The Yomiuri Shimbun
OSAKA — Kayoko Fukushi virtually secured a spot at this summer’s Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Sunday, winning the Osaka Women’s Marathon with the seventh-best time ever for a Japanese woman.
The 33-year-old finished in 2 hours 22 minutes 17 seconds, just under t...

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Support Rate for Abe Cabinet Up 4.3 Points at 53.7%

  • Category:Other
JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO — The support rate for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cabinet rose 4.3 points in January from the previous month to 53.7%, a Kyodo News opinion poll showed Sunday.
 
The disapproval rate came in at 35.3%, down 2.9 points from the previous poll.
 
In the nationwide telephone surve...

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Tokyo Metropolitan Government Publishes Manga to Prepare Tokyoites for Major Disaster

  • Category:Other
JAPAN TRENDS
 
Tokyo Metropolitan Government has published a disaster preparedness book in a partially manga format to help get the residents of Japan’s capital ready for “the big one”, the earthquake long conjectured to take place with an epicenter under the city itself.
 
 
Tokyo Bousai, which ...

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Express Your Love This Valentine’s Season With Udon Noodles Topped With a Humongous Heart!

  • Category:Event
ROCKET NEWS
 
 
Your significant other not big on sweets? Then these udon noodles filled with a lot of “heart” may be the perfect treat this Valentine’s Day!
Typically, Valentine’s Day in Japan involves gifts of chocolates or other sweets (sometimes with some special extra ingredients added) , us...

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Dragon Quest Builders Turns Shinjuku Station Wall Into Removable Blocks Mural

  • Category:Spot
JAPAN TRENDS
 
Just under a year ago, Shinjuku Station was taken over by 100,000 “pop-able” bubbles as a promo for the PlayStation game Dragon Quest.
Once again Dragon Quest will be hijacking the same underground concourse at Shinjuku Station, this time to promote the new game Dragon Quest Builde...

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Dress Like Your Favourite Lupin III Character With Suits And Kimono Designed By Japanese Tailors

  • Category:Shopping
ROCKET NEWS
 
 
A new collection of menswear based on anime characters Lupin, Zenigata, Jigen, and Goemon will soon be available at Japanese department store Isetan.
From February 3 to 8 this year, the Shinjuku (Tokyo) branch of department store Isetan will play host to a unique menswear collecti...

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Kanagawa Prefecture Promotes Female Empowerment With All-male Campaign

  • Category:Other
JAPAN TRENDS
Woman Act is a slightly awkwardly named Kanagawa Prefecture initiative aimed at bringing “women more and more into the main role”.
A worthy cause, we would all agree, in Japan’s acutely patriarchal (and gerontocratic) society.
However, Kanagawa decided to promote the project with a w...

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New Bus Services Ferry Foreign Skiers From Hakuba In Search of Restaurants

  • Category:Other
THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The Yomiuri Shimbun
To make up for the shortage of restaurants in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture, a place visited by many foreign skiers, dinnertime shuttle bus services have started between Hakuba and the center of Omachi and Otari in the prefecture, as well as between Hakuba and It...

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Ganko Zushi, Enjoying Halal Japanese Food in Kyoto

  • Category:Cafe
HALAL MEDIA
 
Written by Lala-san
Sushi is popular worldwide as one of the most delicious Japanese food, that is why almost everyone who visits Japan wants to try sushi.
Unfortunately, they often add mirin (which is made from alcohol) to the rice in sushi to make it tastes sweeter. As muslim, we ...

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