In Japan, women have started wearing Period Badges at that magical time of the month to “encourage bonding and sympathy”.
There are many more human conditions that it would be better if everyone you …

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Elon Musk and Yusaku Maezawa at a SpaceX event on Monday.
Photo : Chris Carlson ( AP )SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced the first paying tourist that the company plans to fly around the moon on a 240,00…

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Funeral prices in Japan are sky high at around 2 million yen( $18K).
A company called Tsubasa in the Nagano prefecture have decided to make things a little easier on the pocket by offering a DIY Fune…

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Image copyright AFP/Getty Images Image caption The atomic bomb destroyed thousands of buildings in HiroshimaIwao Nakanishi, 89, was in one of the buildings when the city was bombed.
"These are valuab…

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KYODO NEWS - 29 minutes ago - 18:05 | All, JapanMobile phone carrier KDDI Corp. and convenience store operator Lawson Inc. said Monday they have agreed to form a capital tie-up and cooperate on smart…

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A foreigner has bought what was believed to be one liter of fresh milk yesterday in Shizuoka Prefecture.
“Yep, I just katta me some oishii gyuunyuu,” thought 32-year-old gaijin James Dodd.
“I can’t w…

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I’m a writer, and I’m writing, but at the same time I feel as though I were reading some exciting, interesting book.
When I’m writing a novel, I wake up around four in the morning and go to my desk a…

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Design allows owners to mix and match upper body art, and also has a practical purpose.
But a new line of products being sold by Japanese company Bell Fine is mixing 2-D and 3-D elements within the f…

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All good things must come to an end, but at least this delicious beef katsu sandwich will live on in its diner’s memory!
What we were here for, though, was the beef katsu sandwich dubbed Law Land.
Wh…

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You said you’ve never heard of anyone having a DIY funeral?
Tsubasa, a funerary services company based in Nagano Prefecture, has begun taking orders for its new DIY Funeral Set.
Priced at 25,800 yen …

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