Netflix has announced that it is partnering with the Japanese messaging app Line to create a Netflix original animated series on Brown & Friends characters which started out as emoji-like sticker…

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KYODO NEWS - 2 hours ago - 16:17 | Arts, All, JapanThe kanji "rei" has been picked as the Chinese character best describing this year's social mood in Japan after the new imperial era Reiwa commenced…

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By Mason Dayot Dec 12, 2019 3 min readJust as every school is different, every ALT is different.
But after years of teaching English in Japan, I think that I’ve boiled it down to a few different styl…

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You really autumn know...November in Japan is about one thing: the colorful spread the changing autumn leaves brings.
Our readers really embraced this wonderfully-colorful season this year.
Thanks to…

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The kanji character 令 (rei), meaning authoritarian command or iron-handed order, has been chosen as the character best representing Japan in the year 2019.
Iron-handed order!” said one citizen on soc…

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A couple of days ago, Square Enix accidentally posted the trailer for the upcoming Kindom Hearts III DLC on its official YouTube page.
Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind comes out January 23 on PlayStation a…

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There are many New Year’s traditions in Japan, but the most delicious tradition is the eating of osechi ryori, special food eaten to give thanks and wish for happiness and prosperity in the new year.…

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SoftBank Group Corp.’s Vision Fund has agreed to sell its nearly 50% stake in Wag Labs Inc. back to the struggling dog-walking startup, according to people familiar with the matter, marking another d…

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FILE PHOTO: The Nissan logo is seen at their booth at the Tokyo Motor Show, in Tokyo, Japan October 23, 2019.
REUTERS/Edgar SuTOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s markets watchdog said on Tuesday it has recomme…

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Conceptually, it unites the notions of heart, mind, and spirit: It sees these three elements as being indivisible from one other.
We should take the interrelationship of our thoughts, feelings, and d…

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