Loading
Search
Cardcaptor Sakura Brings Anime Flair to Your Hair with Beautiful Traditional Japanese Hairpin
- Category:Souvenir
ROCKET NEWS
The magical girl often dons a cap for her anime adventures, but you won’t need one with this kanzashi keeping your hairstyle in place.
We usually don’t think of elementary school students as fashion icons, but there’s no denying that Sakura Kinomoto, the star of anime and manga Card...
The magical girl often dons a cap for her anime adventures, but you won’t need one with this kanzashi keeping your hairstyle in place.
We usually don’t think of elementary school students as fashion icons, but there’s no denying that Sakura Kinomoto, the star of anime and manga Card...
- January 9, 2017
- Comment (0)
- Trackback(0)
Publisher Ordered to Suspend Publication of Book on Nippon Kaigi
- Category:Other
JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO — A Tokyo court has ordered a publisher to suspend publication of a bestseller nonfiction book featuring links of a conservative lobby to a religious group, saying the book has some untrue information following a defamation claim.
Published last year, “Nippon Kaigi no Kenkyu” ...
TOKYO — A Tokyo court has ordered a publisher to suspend publication of a bestseller nonfiction book featuring links of a conservative lobby to a religious group, saying the book has some untrue information following a defamation claim.
Published last year, “Nippon Kaigi no Kenkyu” ...
- January 8, 2017
- Comment (0)
- Trackback(0)
Koike Political Group to Field Some 40 Candidates in Tokyo Assembly Election
- Category:Other
JAPAN TIMES
Riding a wave of popularity, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike plans to field some 40 candidates from her political group in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election slated for the summer, a source said.
A first list of candidates from the group, Tomin First no Kai (Tokyoites First), will b...
Riding a wave of popularity, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike plans to field some 40 candidates from her political group in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election slated for the summer, a source said.
A first list of candidates from the group, Tomin First no Kai (Tokyoites First), will b...
- January 7, 2017
- Comment (0)
- Trackback(0)
Japan’s Coin Laundries Clean up Their Act with Better Designs, Cafe, New Services
- Category:Other
JAPAN TRENDS
Coin laundries are hoping to spruce up their image in Japan by transforming into cafes.
The trend is being set by such venues as Eco Wash Cafe, a large and stylish laundromat in Fuchu City on the outskirts of western Tokyo that is aimed at middle-class housewives and women. In addi...
Coin laundries are hoping to spruce up their image in Japan by transforming into cafes.
The trend is being set by such venues as Eco Wash Cafe, a large and stylish laundromat in Fuchu City on the outskirts of western Tokyo that is aimed at middle-class housewives and women. In addi...
- January 7, 2017
- Comment (0)
- Trackback(0)
Japan to Upgrade Air Traffic Control System
- Category:Other
JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO — Upgrading of Japan’s air traffic control system is set to commence in March, with a new digital monitor to be introduced for all planes in the air and paper strips to be eliminated, government officials said.
The new system will help airlines to draw up more efficient flight...
TOKYO — Upgrading of Japan’s air traffic control system is set to commence in March, with a new digital monitor to be introduced for all planes in the air and paper strips to be eliminated, government officials said.
The new system will help airlines to draw up more efficient flight...
- January 6, 2017
- Comment (0)
- Trackback(0)
Tokyo Metro Employs Megaphone Translation Tech at Station Near Harajuku
- Category:Event
ROCKET NEWS
The underground train operator has commissioned several real-time translation megaphones to facilitate communication with foreign customers.
If globally lauded Japanese customer service has one major weakness, it might just be the lack of communication skills in languages other than...
The underground train operator has commissioned several real-time translation megaphones to facilitate communication with foreign customers.
If globally lauded Japanese customer service has one major weakness, it might just be the lack of communication skills in languages other than...
- January 6, 2017
- Comment (0)
- Trackback(0)
Nishikori Survives Scare From Qualifier in Brisbane
- Category:Event
JAPAN TODAY
BRISBANE — A rusty Kei Nishikori survived a scare from qualifier Jared Donaldson to move into the quarterfinals of the Brisbane International on Wednesday.
The third seeded Japanese lost the first set to the American, ranked 105, but recovered to take the match 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in two ...
BRISBANE — A rusty Kei Nishikori survived a scare from qualifier Jared Donaldson to move into the quarterfinals of the Brisbane International on Wednesday.
The third seeded Japanese lost the first set to the American, ranked 105, but recovered to take the match 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in two ...
- January 6, 2017
- Comment (0)
- Trackback(0)
Masashi Sada Creates Traditional Japanese Music Version of Piko Taro’s Pen Pineapple Apple Pen (PPAP)
- Category:Event
JAPAN TRENDS
If you thought Piko Taro’s “Pen Pineapple Apple Pen” (PPAP) couldn’t get any more “Japanese”, think again.
Adding to the countless numbers of adaptations and parodies already out there clogging up YouTube, veteran musician Masashi Sada has now produced this slick and entertaining “...
If you thought Piko Taro’s “Pen Pineapple Apple Pen” (PPAP) couldn’t get any more “Japanese”, think again.
Adding to the countless numbers of adaptations and parodies already out there clogging up YouTube, veteran musician Masashi Sada has now produced this slick and entertaining “...
- January 5, 2017
- Comment (0)
- Trackback(0)
Japan to Embark On Work-hour Reform After Dentsu Worker's Suicide
- Category:Event
JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO — Japan is finally starting to seriously seek ways to curb excessive work hours, with the overwork-related suicide of a young employee spotlighting a long-standing issue that has always been in question but never quite addressed.
The traditional corporate culture in Japan of p...
TOKYO — Japan is finally starting to seriously seek ways to curb excessive work hours, with the overwork-related suicide of a young employee spotlighting a long-standing issue that has always been in question but never quite addressed.
The traditional corporate culture in Japan of p...
- January 5, 2017
- Comment (0)
- Trackback(0)
Simple Heart Drawing Test May Help You Tell Someone’s Age
- Category:Experience
ROCKET NEWS
Who knew those little doodles in your notebook could reveal so much about your generation?
We’ve all done it. We’ve all drawn hearts. We’ve filled pages with them when we should’ve been learning how to square numbers in math class. Whether you want to admit it or not, we know there ...
Who knew those little doodles in your notebook could reveal so much about your generation?
We’ve all done it. We’ve all drawn hearts. We’ve filled pages with them when we should’ve been learning how to square numbers in math class. Whether you want to admit it or not, we know there ...
- December 31, 2016
- Comment (0)
- Trackback(0)