Next in our high-tech architecture series is Renzo Piano's Kansai International Airport, which was built on an artificial island in Osaka Bay.
Japan's Kansai International Airport, with its asymmetri…

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The rise in popularity and decades-long frenzy for tattoos is detailed in the 2017 book "Tattoos in Japanese Prints" by Sarah Thompson, curator of Japanese art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; it'…

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TOKYO/LONDON (Reuters) - Japan’s biggest supermarket group, Aeon Co Ltd has hired British online grocery pioneer Ocado to develop its e-commerce business, hoping to fend off rivals such as Amazon as …

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I love these examples, and I wish that I could have put this type of plan into action for the current holiday season.
The more we recognize fast fashion/retail and the impact it has on not only peopl…

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That’s was only one limited-time room at the awesome Haco Stadium cosplay complex, though.
Haco Stadium also has a branch in Osaka, but the closest to downtown Tokyo is Haco Stadium Tokyo, which is a…

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Taiho Ramen is indeed a type of the tonkotsu ramen for which Fukuoka is so famous, and now let’s now have our Japanese reporter detail three reasons about what sets Taiho Ramen apart from even the re…

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While writing the AD year is often acceptable for paperwork in Japan, some documents specifically require the gengo year to be displayed, such a Japanese driver’s license.
▼ Highlighted in blue is th…

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From potentially life-threatening to overwhelmingly pungent odors to just plain odd, here’s a list of 20 of the weirdest Japanese delicacies from the sea.
Fugu (pufferfish)Images: Wikipedia, Wikipedi…

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Recently, an animated short film has been making waves among Japanese netizens for the horror movie-like way it portrays the difficult and often depressing job hunting process in Japan.
The silent fi…

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The face of Doraemon, who travels from the 22nd century to help elementary school boy Nobita, is depicted on the 3.8-meter tall, 4-meter wide automaton clock.
One of his secret tools, a "mood-lifting…

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