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Flu season begins in Tokyo
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NEWS ON JAPAN
Officials with Tokyo's metropolitan government say flu season has started in the Japanese capital.
They said on Thursday that the number of people diagnosed with influenza in the week through Sunday was 1.7 per medical institution. That figure is high enough to indicate an outbreak....
Officials with Tokyo's metropolitan government say flu season has started in the Japanese capital.
They said on Thursday that the number of people diagnosed with influenza in the week through Sunday was 1.7 per medical institution. That figure is high enough to indicate an outbreak....
- January 15, 2016
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Asahi Has Its Eyes on Grolsch, Peroni
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NEWS ON JAPAN
Top Japanese brewer Asahi Group Holdings is taking a gamble amid a new wave of global consolidation.
Asahi is poised to submit a bid to buy Grolsch and Peroni, two brands of beer owned by U.K.-based SABMiller. A deal could be worth around 400 billion yen ($3.37 billion).
But Asahi...
Top Japanese brewer Asahi Group Holdings is taking a gamble amid a new wave of global consolidation.
Asahi is poised to submit a bid to buy Grolsch and Peroni, two brands of beer owned by U.K.-based SABMiller. A deal could be worth around 400 billion yen ($3.37 billion).
But Asahi...
- January 14, 2016
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Sailor Moon Crystal Cafe Set to Open in Osaka For Limited Time
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ROCKET NEWS
The Sailor Moon girls are bringing their gorgeous meals and treats to Osaka for the very first time.
Sailor Moon fans after a taste of their favourite warrior were over the moon last year when Anion Station, a cafe and bar operated by Namco in Tokyo’s Shinjuku neighbourhood, brought ...
The Sailor Moon girls are bringing their gorgeous meals and treats to Osaka for the very first time.
Sailor Moon fans after a taste of their favourite warrior were over the moon last year when Anion Station, a cafe and bar operated by Namco in Tokyo’s Shinjuku neighbourhood, brought ...
- January 14, 2016
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Nendo Designs Coffee Mugs for Starbucks Japan
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JAPAN TRENDS
Top Japanese design studio nendo has designed this coffee mugs for Starbuck’s in Japan.
Sold at Starbucks branches throughout Japan, the mugs have a print on the bottom that makes it look like the cup is full of coffee. This means when they are drying or sitting upside down on your k...
Top Japanese design studio nendo has designed this coffee mugs for Starbuck’s in Japan.
Sold at Starbucks branches throughout Japan, the mugs have a print on the bottom that makes it look like the cup is full of coffee. This means when they are drying or sitting upside down on your k...
- January 13, 2016
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Star Wars 3D Rubik’s Cube BB-8 Awakens Force Of Puzzle-solving
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JAPAN TRENDS
Everywhere around the globe has been going Star Wars crazy due to the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
This is especially the case in Japan, though, which saw anarray of merchandise and exclusive products throughout 2015, as well as traditional folding screen paintings with B...
Everywhere around the globe has been going Star Wars crazy due to the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
This is especially the case in Japan, though, which saw anarray of merchandise and exclusive products throughout 2015, as well as traditional folding screen paintings with B...
- January 13, 2016
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Abe Sets Sights On Upper House Election, TPP Deal
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday he aims to strengthen his political base by winning an upper house election this summer, while underscoring the importance of the recently agreed free trade area among Pacific nations.
“In order to achieve results, we need a stable basis. ...
TOKYO — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday he aims to strengthen his political base by winning an upper house election this summer, while underscoring the importance of the recently agreed free trade area among Pacific nations.
“In order to achieve results, we need a stable basis. ...
- January 12, 2016
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Nendo Creates Designer Valentine’s Day Chocolate For BbyB.
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JAPAN TRENDS
Christmas and New Year are over, so it’s already time to look towards the next big public (and commercial) holiday: Valentine’s Day.
Regular readers will know that February 14th in Japan is a bit different, since traditionally on that day it is the women who give chocolate to the men...
Christmas and New Year are over, so it’s already time to look towards the next big public (and commercial) holiday: Valentine’s Day.
Regular readers will know that February 14th in Japan is a bit different, since traditionally on that day it is the women who give chocolate to the men...
- January 12, 2016
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Coming of Age Celebrated In Disaster-hit Iwate
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NEWS ON JAPAN
Young men and women have celebrated their "Coming of Age" day in a disaster-hit city in northeastern Japan.
About 200 new adults attended a ceremony in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Sunday. They were junior high school seniors when the tsunami devastated the city in March 2011...
Young men and women have celebrated their "Coming of Age" day in a disaster-hit city in northeastern Japan.
About 200 new adults attended a ceremony in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Sunday. They were junior high school seniors when the tsunami devastated the city in March 2011...
- January 11, 2016
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Japanese Police Mascot Character Tewatasanaiinu Helps Fight Crime In 2016
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JAPAN TRENDS
In Japan, even the police have their own moe cute mascot characters.
The Japanese metropolitan police has a “crime deterrence measures” department. While that sounds very serious, in Japan that needn’t preclude being kawaii.
This can be seen in Tewatasanaiinu (roughly, “don’t leave i...
In Japan, even the police have their own moe cute mascot characters.
The Japanese metropolitan police has a “crime deterrence measures” department. While that sounds very serious, in Japan that needn’t preclude being kawaii.
This can be seen in Tewatasanaiinu (roughly, “don’t leave i...
- January 11, 2016
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Distribution of My Number cards begins in Tokyo’s Itabashi Ward
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JAPAN TIMES
Tokyo’s Itabashi Ward on Friday became one of the first municipalities in the nation to start issuing the My Number identification card for social security and taxation services. To promote the new system, the central government has secured funds for issuing up to 30 million My Numbe...
Tokyo’s Itabashi Ward on Friday became one of the first municipalities in the nation to start issuing the My Number identification card for social security and taxation services. To promote the new system, the central government has secured funds for issuing up to 30 million My Numbe...
- January 9, 2016
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