ROCKET NEWS
 Japanese pop group Perfume and American band OK Go have teamed up to create a theme song for the new Japanese anime “Sushi Police”.
To celebrate 20 years of broadcasting, Japanese TV channel Tokyo MX will be releasing a new 3DCG anime called Sushi Police, set to debut on January 6. T...

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Looking for some cute kicks to get yourself ready for spring? Then it’s time to check out this collaboration between IROnna and Sanrio!
Sanrio hardly needs any introduction at this point—we assume that if you read RocketNews24, you probably know who owns the world’s cutest character, ...

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JAPAN TIMES
 On Jan. 1, legions of Japan Post Co. employees delivered millions of nengajō (New Year’s cards) to homes nationwide.
 
Over the next few days, employees at the postal company will sort through many more as they deal with a second wave of belated New Year’s cards in the post that have...

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JAPAN TIMES
Makoto Yamauchi is taking comfort in a dizzying array of hangover cures, from clam elixirs to turmeric tonics, as Japan’s new year party season gets into full swing.
The bottled drinks are a multimillion-dollar business in Japan and ’tis the season for recovery tonics as millions turn...

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JAPAN TRENDS
The popular Q-pot Cafe is celebrating the start of 2016 — the year of the monkey in Japan — with some themed special items on their menu.
Available only from January 3rd to January 11th, the New Year menu includes chocolate banana cake, chocolate mousse, and more.
As always, the food...

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Can you hear the excited squeals of 90s kids around the world!?
In commemoration of the Pokémon trading card game’s 20th anniversary next year, the Pokémon Company has revealed that they will be reissuing starter sets of the first-generation cards originally sold in Japan in October 1...

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JAPAN TIMES
 Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed his resolve Friday for Japan to play a leading role globally in the “challenging” year of 2016, as the country plans to host a Group of Seven summit in May, a trilateral summit with China and South Korea and return to the U.N. Security Council as a...

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JAPAN TRENDS
American street artist DAAS has produced an awesome mural in
Takatsuki City, a suburb of Osaka.
Part of the Takatsuki Art Expo 2015, the mural was first featured on Street Art News.
The mural is depicts haniwa, the terracotta clay figures that were installed with burial mounds in the...

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JAPAN TIMES
Japanese architectural practice — known to balance Western innovations, while preserving its unique traditional techniques and aesthetic — has attracted students, experts and fans for centuries.
But while it appeals to an international audience, some believe that Japan still lacks “ar...

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JAPAN TRENDS
Take three cups, add some clever drawing and cutting, plus a fair amount of skill… and then you can create your very own animated One-Punch Man comic, a sort of modern-day kamishibai-style rotating storybook.
That’s what Shinrashinge (@shin___geki) did earlier this month by stacking ...

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