(Seven-Eleven Japan Co. President Fumihiko Nagamatsu (C) bows with other officials at the start of a press conference in Tokyo)Related coverage:Seven-Eleven employees cheated franchise owners in purc…

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The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in Japan is an engineering marvel and record-breaker.
Akashi Kaikyo Bridge also called the Akashi Strait bridge or Pearl Bridge is one of the world's longest suspension bridg…

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London is seen as the benchmark for the IPC in terms of interest in the Games with a record total of 2.7m tickets sold.
It is an unprecedented number, three times more than in London [one year before…

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Sometimes the substitute subject is a car or other machine that’s gradually had all of its parts replaced, but the fundamental debate is still the same: is the sum of parts still the same sum if none…

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Provided in collaboration with Wada Kosan, a company that develops rental condominiums mainly in Hyogo Prefecture, these new cat homes are currently waiting for tenants in the city of Kobe.
And becau…

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Part of the reason Japan has so many ramen restaurants is because the country has so many different kinds of ramen.
The primary way to classify ramen is by the broth, and in addition to soy broth ram…

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This is Taketa City’s Chikuraku Festival.
Chikuraku is held annually in Taketa City (Oita prefecture) in central Kyushu.
More of an event than an actual festival, Chikuraku is relatively modern with …

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But Japanese students as a whole are not exactly keen to enter graduate study programs.
A similar trend was observed for master's degrees, with higher levels of education necessary to secure senior p…

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TOKYO — From a young age, Satomi Hayashi studied hard and excelled academically.
It seemed only natural that she would follow in her father’s footsteps and attend the University of Tokyo, Japan’s mos…

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