Starting November 30, One Piece f ans can board a life-sized version of Thousand Sunny ship and take a short, thirty-minute cruise at Huis Ten Bosch theme park in Nagasaki.
The replica boat isn’t new…

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Tokyo (CNN) — Often referred to as the world's busiest crosswalk, thousands of pedestrians scramble across Tokyo's Shibuya Crossing daily.
The Shibuya Crossing serves as center-stage for a Times Squa…

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On Oct 10, in Kobe, Maruyama allegedly shot to death two members of the Yamaken-gumi, Kodo-kai’s rival sub-group within the Yamaguchi-gumi.
Think of old age from a gangster’s point of view, says Shuk…

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Literally meaning “man girl,” otoko no musume are men who make their professional appearances as women.
Among otoko no musume, Ao-nyan is starting to stick out from the rest of the pack and catch the…

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Toshiba Corp. has developed technology to detect 13 types of cancer from a single drop of blood with 99 percent accuracy, the company announced Monday.
Toshiba developed the diagnosis method together…

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RELATED STORIES New Zealand's Global Impact Visa program offers Japan tips for luring global talentWhen an overseas entrepreneur wants to launch a startup in Japan, the first thing they have to do is…

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Lawyers for parents separated from their children in Japan said on Monday they would appeal a court decision that the government was not responsible for enforcing visitation rights.
Parental alienati…

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They need time off to rest their bodies and souls, and so the Japanese government builds in safeguards in the form of national holidays.
For example, last week Japan observed Labor Day.
Since the hol…

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KYODO NEWS - 6 minutes ago - 12:14 | Lifestyle, All, JapanTOKYO - Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden, one of Tokyo's largest and most popular parks, will start selling entrance tickets online later this …

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The first commercially available car navigation system was released in 1981 by Japanese company Honda.
Sat nav – The first commercially available car navigation system was released in 1981 by Japanes…

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