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Fukushima Set To Become Hydrogen Production Center
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THE JAPAN NEWS
The Yomiuri Shimbun
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday revealed a plan to make Fukushima Prefecture a center for the development of hydrogen energy technology in Japan.
According to his plan, dubbed “Fukushima new energy society initiative,” facilities will be developed in the...
The Yomiuri Shimbun
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday revealed a plan to make Fukushima Prefecture a center for the development of hydrogen energy technology in Japan.
According to his plan, dubbed “Fukushima new energy society initiative,” facilities will be developed in the...
- March 7, 2016
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Nintendo New 3DS LL Portable Console Comes in Classic Super Famicom Design
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JAPAN TRENDS
Nintendo is reaching back into its history for its latest release, bringing the 3DS LL handheld console out in a Super Famicom design.
The Super Famicom (marketed as Super NES outside Japan) was released in 1990 in Japan and defined gaming for a generation. The 16-bit game console ...
Nintendo is reaching back into its history for its latest release, bringing the 3DS LL handheld console out in a Super Famicom design.
The Super Famicom (marketed as Super NES outside Japan) was released in 1990 in Japan and defined gaming for a generation. The 16-bit game console ...
- March 7, 2016
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Investors Flock to Corporate, Local Government Bonds
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THE JAPAN NEWS
By Shota Mizuno and Masaomi Shimosato / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers
Corporate bonds and local government bonds have become a magnet for investors since the Bank of Japan decided in late January to adopt negative interest rates.
The bonds issued by private companies and local go...
By Shota Mizuno and Masaomi Shimosato / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers
Corporate bonds and local government bonds have become a magnet for investors since the Bank of Japan decided in late January to adopt negative interest rates.
The bonds issued by private companies and local go...
- March 5, 2016
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BnA Hotel Koenji, Tokyo’s “First Art Hotel”
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JAPAN TRENDS
Opening March 5th, BnA hotel Koenji is “a project that turns the entire creative city of Koenji into an art hotel.”
Bed & Art Project’s new facility is self-proclaimed as the “wackiest new hotel in town” — a title many had given to the robot-staffed Henn na Hotel in Sasebo — and fe...
Opening March 5th, BnA hotel Koenji is “a project that turns the entire creative city of Koenji into an art hotel.”
Bed & Art Project’s new facility is self-proclaimed as the “wackiest new hotel in town” — a title many had given to the robot-staffed Henn na Hotel in Sasebo — and fe...
- March 5, 2016
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INUPATHY, World’s First Wearable Dog Emotion Visualizer
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JAPAN TRENDS
INUPATHY is the world’s first “dog mental visualizer”, allowing owners and dogs to have a better communication by showing your pet’s emotional state as a color on the light collar. It uses an algorithm to analyze heart rate patterns via sensors on the belt and expresses these throu...
INUPATHY is the world’s first “dog mental visualizer”, allowing owners and dogs to have a better communication by showing your pet’s emotional state as a color on the light collar. It uses an algorithm to analyze heart rate patterns via sensors on the belt and expresses these throu...
- March 5, 2016
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Dress Like a Modern-day Samurai With New Range of Kimono T-shirts
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ROCKET NEWS
These T-shirts take their design from traditional samurai underwear.
Recently, Japanese companies have been re-styling traditional outfits for today’s modern wardrobe, with haori coats and hakama chino pants gracefully combining centuries-old fashion with a bit of contemporary flair...
These T-shirts take their design from traditional samurai underwear.
Recently, Japanese companies have been re-styling traditional outfits for today’s modern wardrobe, with haori coats and hakama chino pants gracefully combining centuries-old fashion with a bit of contemporary flair...
- March 4, 2016
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Miffy Cafe Opens at Shibuya Parco In March
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JAPAN TRENDS
In the first such event space of its kind, the Miffy Cafe opens at Shibuya Parco’s The Guest Cafe & Diner from March 18th to May 8th.
Not surprisingly, the Miffy Cafe will serve up a host of themed dishes, sweets, and more. There will also be plenty of limited-edition official merc...
In the first such event space of its kind, the Miffy Cafe opens at Shibuya Parco’s The Guest Cafe & Diner from March 18th to May 8th.
Not surprisingly, the Miffy Cafe will serve up a host of themed dishes, sweets, and more. There will also be plenty of limited-edition official merc...
- March 4, 2016
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Geezer group JI-POP is here to promote tourism
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO —Move over, Arashi! Step aside, Exile! There’s a newer, older boy band in town. These guys creating a buzz.
JI-POP (爺-POP) is a more mature “boy” band brought together to help promote tourism in Kochi Prefecture. The “JI” in their name comes from the Japanese word “ojisan,” m...
TOKYO —Move over, Arashi! Step aside, Exile! There’s a newer, older boy band in town. These guys creating a buzz.
JI-POP (爺-POP) is a more mature “boy” band brought together to help promote tourism in Kochi Prefecture. The “JI” in their name comes from the Japanese word “ojisan,” m...
- March 3, 2016
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New Dress Collection By Up-and-coming Japanese Fashion Label, Inspired by Traditional Paper Patterns
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ROCKET NEWS
Made in Japan fashion brand yucasii tokyo releases a full line of dresses designed with Japanese paper prints in mind.
In 2014, Japanese fashion designer Yuka Yoshida began her yucasii fashion label, its namesake taken from yukashii, an older Japanese word meaning “high quality” and...
Made in Japan fashion brand yucasii tokyo releases a full line of dresses designed with Japanese paper prints in mind.
In 2014, Japanese fashion designer Yuka Yoshida began her yucasii fashion label, its namesake taken from yukashii, an older Japanese word meaning “high quality” and...
- March 3, 2016
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ANA Opens Virtual Online Art Museum, Is Japan Cool?
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JAPAN TRENDS
If you want to see art in Tokyo, you can check out the city’s near endless supply of events and spaces, such as the upcoming art fair to be held at
Park Hotel Tokyo.
Or you can go online.
The rather terribly named IJC Museum — standing for “Is Japan Cool?” — is inspired by the gove...
If you want to see art in Tokyo, you can check out the city’s near endless supply of events and spaces, such as the upcoming art fair to be held at
Park Hotel Tokyo.
Or you can go online.
The rather terribly named IJC Museum — standing for “Is Japan Cool?” — is inspired by the gove...
- March 2, 2016
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