The Top 10 Picks for Tokyo Winter Illuminations 2018
We’re not trying to squash the romance and wonder of the season, but Tokyo winter illuminations have become something of an arms race with the various districts trying to out-gun each other with…
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Japan gov't spending on 2020 Games estimated at 1 tril. yen, 7 times original amount
This Nov. 15, 2019 photo taken from a Mainichi Shimbun helicopter shows the new National Stadium, the main venue for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, in Tokyo. (Mainichi)TOKYO -…
High schooler "forced" to quit school sues Kumamoto prefecture for a single yen
An ex-student is labeling Seiseiko High School in Kumamoto prefecture as one such school, claiming corrupt traditions there cost him his education. He has since transferred to a corresponde…
Japan Oct. spending logs 1st fall in 11 months after tax hike
KYODO NEWS - 2 hours ago - 10:16 | All, JapanJapan's household spending fell for the first time in 11 months in October, hurt by a 2 percent consumption tax hike implemented on Oct. 1 …
Japan Safest Country In The World For Men
Japan is the safest country in the world for men in 2019, according to the Global Peace Index. “Yatta!” said one salaryman feeling really comfortable traveling to work by train. “Safety cou…
Takashi Miike On His Hollywood “Longing”, New Movie ‘First Love’ & Why Japan’s Film Industry Is “Dying” – Macao
The Japanese film industry is slowly but surely dying. DEADLINE: Jeremy Thomas was a producer on First Love, and some of your previous films, how did that relationship first come about? TAK…
How the massive scale of SoftBank’s Vision Fund helps—and hurts—its investments
With nearly $100 billion in capital, SoftBank’s Vision Fund is the world’s largest tech investing fund. But in recent months, bigger has not proven to be better, and a series of scandals and sho…
How many prizes can you win from Japanese arcade crane games with 10,000 yen?【Experiment】
The crane game, commonly called the UFO catcher in Japan, has the potential to be either the dizzying high or the abysmal low of your trip to an arcade. Once there, we gave him 10,000 yen (US$96…
Department store planning redesign of taboo-busting "period badges"
KYODO NEWS - 1 hour ago - 16:58 | Lifestyle, AllA department store in Osaka that suspended a campaign to allow female staff to wear badges indicating they were having their periods is plann…
Japan local gov't hard drives with personal info sold in online auction
The hard drives had been used for data sharing servers at the prefectural government office and were replaced with new ones in the spring. The prefectural government had deleted the data, but th…