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Weakest, most delicious Pokémon returns for encore appearance inTokyo and Yokohama.
Ordinarily, it’s not possible to start feeling nostalgic about something in just one month. Fond remembrances of happy episodes from your past usually just take more time than that to develop their n...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis is expected to confirm with Defense Minister Tomomi Inada the view that the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture are within the scope of Article 5 of the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty, which obliges the United States to defend Japan, during Matti...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
In 2015, ANA generated interest worldwide and a collective jaw-drop when it announced three Star Wars airplanes for its fleet.
Evidently the planes in Star Wars-themed exteriors are popular and proving a good promotional strategy, since ANA has returned with a new Boeing 777 with a...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
This is the fourth installment of a series.
An increasing number of retailers are offering customization services at reasonable prices in response to a consumer trend of creating original fashion items.
At a workshop organized by jeans manufacturer Betty Smith, university student...

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ROCKET NEWS
 
Now you can have a romantic dinner and chocolate all wrapped up in one package!
No matter where in the world you celebrate Valentine’s Day, the holiday is almost synonymous with one thing: chocolate. Whether you’re a woman in Japan buying giri-choco for every guy you know, or a resi...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Tokyo Midtown will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a special installation, Fuji-san: Japan, the Beautiful Garden.
Themed around Mt Fuji (Fuji-san in Japanese), it will feature a replica of Japan’s most famous mountain measuring 5 meters in height and around 15 meters in width. ...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Companies are increasing their efforts to raise employees’ awareness of so-called maternity harassment, the unfair treatment of women in the workplace who are pregnant or have children, under a revised law requiring them to take preventative measures against such harassment (see ...

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ROCKET NEWS
 
Anime reboot wrapped up its third arc in 2016, but it’s still got stories to tell.
While it’d be unfairly harsh to call Sailor Moon Crystal a failure, many fans of anime’s most famous magical girl franchise were initially hoping for a bit more out of the highly anticipated reboot. S...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
AKASHI, Hyogo — The municipal government of Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, has launched a program to attract new residents to the city from Tokyo and its neighboring areas, giving people guided tours with free accommodations to show them the city and its charms.
If tour participants m...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO — If you enjoy anime or Asian cinema, odds are you’ve been hearing a lot about “your name.”, director Makoto Shinkai’s latest completed project. After all, it’s been shattering all sorts of box office records since it opened in Japan at the end of last summer.
However, if you’...

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