Image copyright Wag Inc.Technology giant SoftBank has reportedly agreed to sell its stake in dog-walking app Wag.
If confirmed, it would mark another disappointment for SoftBank's Vision Fund investm…

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Prev Next View AllPoliticians everywhere are crap—even the ones who are thinking about building a giant, working mecha.
In an upcoming broadcast on Japanese video platform Nico Nico Live, members of …

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At about 4 p.m. on 19 September, the doorbell of an 85-year-old woman in Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture rang.
Standing at the entrance was a man claiming to be a police officer who was canvassing t…

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Mr. Sato tracks down a rice omelet unlike any he had ever seen before at a small French cafe in Tokyo’s Koenji.
A rice omelet or “omuraisu,” is a widely consumed food in Japan enjoyed in both homes a…

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KYODO NEWS - 1 hour ago - 14:31 | All, Japan, LifestyleThe Japanese government said Tuesday it hopes to double the country's output of wagyu beef, known for its tenderness and marbled fat, to 300,000…

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KYODO NEWS - 1 hour ago - 14:15 | All, JapanPolice referred a 17-year-old high school student and two men to prosecutors on Tuesday over their alleged involvement in the online trading of uranium in …

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Essentially Japan’s version of a hot pot, nabe (pronounced na-bay) is a large, simmering pot of meat and vegetables that’s served during the winter.
It typically sits on a portable stove and people g…

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Honda (Tokyo) — Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced that it has begun demonstration testing of Miimo HRM520 (Miimo), Honda’s robotic lawn mower, jointly with the Tokyo Metropolitan Park Association…

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But what is Japan’s favorite fast food?
They asked 5,708 men and women in their teens to their eighties to comment about their favorite fast food chains.
Survey takers were first asked to list every …

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Shogo Ando, a fourth-year elementary school student in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, passed Suken's top-level 1st kyu test held in October by the Mathematics Certification Institute of Japan.
Ando b…

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