Over three dozen guests attend ceremony and reception where groom and Hatsune Miku drink wedding toast, cut cake, and exchange rings.
“Tomorrow I’ll finally be having my wedding ceremony with Miku.
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Tokyo events for Monday, December 16 to Sunday, December 22, 2019Preempt some good luck for the upcoming year by visiting one of the traditional hagoita markets selling lucky rackets.
TOKYO LOVEHOTEL…

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Others think eating whale is a custom that’s long past its time and needs to be rethought.
To get a preliminary understanding of some of the many different opinions on the issue that exist in the cou…

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KYODO NEWS - 1 hour ago - 08:41 | Lifestyle, AllA Japanese biotechnology startup and major trading house Itochu Corp. launched demonstration projects last month in Indonesia and Colombia to grow eugl…

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Christmas came early to SoraNews24 headquarters this week as our Japanese-language reporter P.K.
Sanjun was the first one to arrive at the office and discovered that we’d been sent some presents by n…

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KYODO NEWS - 2 hours ago - 10:41 | Sports, All, NewsKumamon, the cuddly Japanese black bear-like character whose fame has spread overseas, has missed out on becoming a runner for the 2020 Olympic tor…

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Japan has a long tradition of communal bathing with onsen and sento.
ゴゴゴゴゴゴ = ba bump ba bump ba bump息子よそれは9cmと 言 （ い ） わん= My dear son, that’s not 9 centimetersYou surprised me!
And other useful Jap…

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For otaku who choose a 2-D anime girl wife over a flesh-and-blood celebrity crush, a big reason is often the permanence of a fictional character.
So it’s got to be a shock that a number of otaku are …

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Shimane Asahi Rehabilitation Program Center, a joint public-private operation, is the only prison in Japan to offer the program in which around 30 to 40 male inmates participate.
(Kaori Sakagami talk…

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A committee of the Hiroshima prefectural government said Dec. 4 that it plans by fiscal 2022 to demolish two out of the three prefecture-owned buildings of the former Hiroshima Army Clothing Depot.
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