Electric bikes gaining in popularity in Japan amid graying population english.kyodonews.net

They launched a second model of their collaboration in December, featuring a sunshade installed on the child seat.
However, the increasing number of riders on electric bicycles has resulted in more a…

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World Famous Author Haruki Murakami's Passionate Essay on the Dispute Over the Senkaku Islands soranews24.com

Eager to bring Murakami’s firm but heartfelt message to the English-speaking world, we here at RocketNews24 set out to translate the essay in full and share it with our readers.
Not wanting to beat a…

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Tokyo Events This Week: Comedy and Shakespeare tokyocheapo.com

Tokyo events for Mon, Feb 10 to Sun, Feb 16, 2020This week is chock-full of comedy options, flower blossoms, a traditional music concert, and a lecture on love & Shakespeare.
Improv Comedy in Eng…

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Survive Said The Prophets’ Yosh sings for FINAL FANTASY VII Remake jrocknews.com

Yosh from Survive Said the Prophet comes knocking on gamers doors with a special collaboration with the revered composer, Nobuo Uematsu—best known for scoring most of the music for the FINAL FANTASY …

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Japan’s “workstyle reforms” are actually making managers’ jobs a lot harder【Survey】 soranews24.com

Less overtime for some workers means more for others if no one’s changing how much total work needs to be done.
One of the biggest buzzwords in Japanese business these days is hatarakikata kaikaku, o…

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Mitsubishi’s solution for stressed office workers in Japan: fake skylight video displays soranews24.com

Simulated sky slice might actually be better suited for a different environment, though.
But Mitsubishi Electric has an idea on how to alleviate that unique kind of stress: add a fake skylight.
The M…

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"Graffiti Temple" in Kyoto, where visitors are encouraged to deface the walls soranews24.com

As she approached the temple gates, Masami couldn’t help but wonder if the rumors about Tandenan allowing people to write on its walls were really true.
However, when she arrived, true enough a stone…

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The Famicom’s Built-In Microphone Was Wonderfully Weird kotaku.com

Added by Nintendo research and development head Masayuki Uemura, the second player microphone was hardly the console’s main draw.
In the game, Pols Voice are depicted as ghostly rodents with enormous…

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14 American Citizens on a Quarantined Cruise Ship in Japan Test Positive for Coronavirus interestingengineering.com

14 Americans that were on board the quarantined cruise ship Diamond Princess were tested positive for the coronavirus.
They are among the 3,700 passengers that have unfortunately been quarantined and…

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Japanese survey picks “slightly plump” as the cutest body type for women soranews24.com

Slightly plump (39 percent)Not only was a heavier-than-average build the top pick, slim physiques earned less than 20 percent of the votes.
1,206 did, and those in the under 20, 20-29, 30-39, and 40-…

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