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Ginza, Tokyo, April 2014, from the series Sorry, You’ll Never Walk Alone Shin says: ‘In this project, I try to show a piece of Japan through unusual objects that people are carrying. Snapping so…
The resulting triple meltdown at the nearby Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant forced the evacuation of more than 150,000 people and sent a plume of radiation into the air and sea. Facebook T…
A recent social-media post summed up the mood among rugby lovers in Japan days before the World Cup kicks off in Tokyo. “As Japan prepares to welcome the world, Rugby World Cup fever is wel…
Ramen is Japan’s national obsession – and there more than 10,000 shops to choose from in Tokyo alone. In 2016, he helped open Mensho Tokyo SF in San Francisco with master ramen chef Tomoharu Sho…
Facebook Twitter Pinterest Rice balls are made from local grains. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Omori has an overtly traditional feel. Facebook Twitter Pinterest A house restored by Gungendo, …
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More than a million tonnes of contaminated water lies in storage but power company says it will run out of space by 2022Fukushima: Japan will have to dump radioactive water into Pacific, minister say…
A team of researchers at Japan’s Keio university have built a robotic tail. Dubbed 'Arque', the grey one-metre device mimics tails such as those of cheetahs and monkeys, used to k…
A cryptocurrency exchange in Tokyo has halted services after it lost $32m (£25m) in the latest apparent hack on volatile virtual monies. Remixpoint, which runs the Bitpoint Japan exchange, disco…
The latest culinary obsession gripping Japanese people and cafes such as Galant, which has been sustaining Tokyoites for more than 40 years, is how to perfect the art of making toast. While eati…
