CWAJ Presents: A Touch of Love from Shakespeare, 12th Feb, 2020 tokyocheapo.com

Why not join The College Women’s Association of Japan (CWAJ) for a dynamic and interesting lecture, A Touch of Love from Shakespeare, given by Stuart Varnam-Atkin.
A delightful presenter, Stuart offe…

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Young and elderly alike can satisfy their feline frenzy with this $180 cat robot companion soranews24.com

Digirect, a leading Japanese provider of companion robots, seeks to meet this need by expanding on their product line with Neko-chan.
The cat robot companion also comes with voice recognition softwar…

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Japanese Valentine's Day surveys: women likely to succeed at confessing, men split on chocolate soranews24.com

190 participants filled out the survey titled “Valentine’s Day Confessions”.
First, the main question pitched at female participants:When you confessed on Valentine’s Day, were you successful or were…

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Shibuya's train-car tourist info center to be relocated to Akita english.kyodonews.net

KYODO NEWS - 2 hours ago - 09:55 | All, JapanAn old train car that has been serving as a tourist information center outside Tokyo's busy Shibuya station is to be relocated to the northeastern Japan b…

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2020 Top Jobs in Japan Week 6 blog.gaijinpot.com

Babysitters, Kitchen Staff, and an Engineer position at Rakuten are among our top picks for this week!
On Feb 10, 2020If you’re looking to work in Japan, check back here each week as we look through …

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Japanese makeup artist Kazu Hiro wins second Oscar for work on 'Bombshell' www.japantimes.co.jp

Makeup artist Kazu Hiro on Monday picked up an Oscar for best makeup and hairstyling at the 92nd Academy Awards in Los Angeles.
The film, directed by Jay Roach and written by Charles Randolph, stars …

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The Japan tourism explosion stalled in 2019 because of a spat with South Korea qz.com

The drop in South Korean tourists stems from a trade war between Japan and South Korea that makes the US-China trade war look like a minor skirmish.
South Korea was occupied by Japan from 1910 to 194…

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Why do Japanese people wear surgical masks? It’s not always for health reasons soranews24.com

Like kimono and T-shirts with English writing (sometimes vulgar, sometimes comical, always unintelligible), the number of people you’ll see in Japan wearing surgical masks is pretty surprising.
Healt…

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Tokujin Yoshioka reveals new photographs of Tokyo 2020 torch www.dezeen.com

Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka has revealed new details of the Tokyo Olympics 2020 torch, as the country prepares for the games this summer.
Yoshioka used an aluminium extrusion technique to make…

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Japanese cherry blossoms inform Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch design www.dezeen.com

The 2020 Olympic torch has been unveiled ahead of next year's Games in Tokyo, designed by Tokujin Yoshioka to resemble the cherry blossom flower.
"I designed the Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch in the wish …

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