When do Japanese women have their first kiss? Survey finds gap between different parts of Japan
Miyazaki (18.1 years)30 (tie). Kagoshima (18.1 years)30 (tie). Saga (18.1 years)30 (tie). Shizuoka (18.1 years)30 (tie). Yamagata (18.1 years)30 (tie).
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Tokyo unveils toothless coronavirus rules as cases hit record high
TOKYO -- The Tokyo municipal government launched a stepped-up campaign against the coronavirus on Friday, requesting a full or partial shutdown of businesses in the region. The To…
Your Spring 2020 Anime Guide
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Japanese wife creates izakaya pub at home during coronavirus outbreak
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It’s-a them! Uniqlo’s awesome line of Super Mario 35th anniversary T-shirts【Photos】
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Filmmaker Obayashi, whose work featured Japan hometown, dies at 82
Obayashi, who earned global recognition for his work including at the Berlin International Film Festival, revealed that he had stage-four lung cancer in August 2016, prior to shooting his film …
Tower of Wind in Tokyo
Located just to the southeast of Tokyo's Haneda airport, in the middle of the ocean, is a rather interesting structure. The truth, however, is very mundane – it is just a ventilation shaft …
Tower of Wind Emerges Out of Tokyo Bay
It certainly looks like one, though in actuality it's a simple ventilation shaft known as the Tower of Wind. Maybe simple isn't quite right, a more accurate description would be, stunn…
Kaze no To and Umi Hotaru, Tokyo Bay
So on a whim I spread the search down the line into Tokyo Bay, and BAM, found it. Wikipedia gave the low-down: The Tower of Wind is a ventilation shaft for the Tokyo Bay Aqualine- the …
Tokyo’s Towers of Wind(s)
The reality is rather more mundane – the Tower of Wind is a ventilation shaft outlet for the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line – the world’s longest undersea tunnel for cars. The 9.6km tunnel is coupled …