JAPAN TRENDS
Google Play Music has created a cool promo event featuring a giant outdoor billboard that lets you listen to 35 million tracks.
Currently installed in the square by Parco in Shibuya until October 24th, there are around 13,000 earphone jacks on the billboard.
Like some kind of old tel...

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Potato chips and matcha green tea seem like the opposite endpoints of the refreshment spectrum. Matcha is a refined, high-class drink meant to be sipped and savored in a quiet moment, whereas potato chips are often most enjoyable when scarfed down by the handful while watching sports ...

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There’s no denying McDonald’s Japan has had rough time these past few years, with incidents like the spoiled meat scandal contributing to declining sales. To complicate matters further, some of the fast food chain’s campaigns and initiatives, like the sudden removal of menus from its ...

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JAPAN TODAY
 1) Jewelry Maker (Kyoto)
The Niwaka Corporation is looking for a full-time jewelry maker to be responsible for creating and polishing jewelry, as well as stone setting at its factory in Kyoto and possibly at overseas ateliers. Candidates will be responsible for the fabrication, desig...

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TOKYO — Shangri-La Hotel, Tokyo is cooperating with Second Harvest Japan again to bring back the 100,000 Meal Challenge, a social media and donation-matching campaign which will run through Nov 15.
The campaign aims to raise funds equivalent to 100,000 meals. Shangri-La Hotel, Tokyo h...

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Thanks to Japan Rail West, we will soon be able to ride a Shinkansen train modeled after Shinji Ikari’s Evangelion unit. Details have been flowing in about the train itself, but what about the stations that will be receiving this special train? The most appropriate thing would be for ...

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TOKYO — Roppongi Hills in Tokyo will host Halloween events from October 16 to 31. This year, the event’s signature Roppongi Hills Halloween Parade will feature participants wearing the costumes of famous movie characters, as the timing will coincide with the Tokyo
International Film F...

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The Yomiuri Shimbun
Yoshiomi Tamai, the founder and president of the Ashinaga scholarship foundation for orphaned children, has been chosen as a recipient of the Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill Medal Award.
The award recognizes individuals who made significant global contributions in fields...

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Here in Japan, people are just as excited about the new Star Wars movie coming out in December as the rest of the world. (Yes, this writer is all geared up to go see Episode VII in warm and comfy Darth Vader UGG boots come December.) People are so excited, in fact, that Kirin is relea...

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Are you looking for the perfect novelty gift for that special someone who already has everything? Do you hate getting corn stuck in your teeth? Then you’ll be glad to know that the Corn Peeler might just be the item you’ve been looking for, and it just might revolutionise the way you ...

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