Our Japanese-language reporter Masami decided to leave her Frappuccino-reporting duties behind for a day to meet the furry residents of one of these cat islands, settling on Manabeshima as her dream …

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Grand Hyatt Tokyo has announced a huge list of holiday and New Year celebrations to get you feeling all festive and fuzzy inside.
All-you-can-eat chocolate afternoon teaThere’s no better way to enjoy…

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In Japan, inanimate objects, including Aibo robot pets, are considered to have a spirit or soul 2019 Sony Corporation“HELLO, I’m Scout.
Want to play?” My daughter has a toy dog that yaps and comes ou…

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: Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy(27 volumes and counting 1998-present)30 million copies soldThis dark comic fantasy was based on themes of mythology and the Bible.
The first-run printing of the sixth volu…

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A few years ago, I sat down with Ari Horie and we talked about why men need women founders.
Investors and Founders who have visited Japan for the first time are often amazed at the number of Women Fo…

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Lots of people came to the first day, and you’d think that by today, the crowds would have subsided.
Twenty minutes after opening today, the wait reached 4 hours.
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A new, safe, and quick method for detecting 13 different kinds of cancers has been developed by Toshiba Corporation.
The diagnosis method was developed alongside the National Cancer Center Research I…

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KYODO NEWS - 28 minutes ago - 20:56 | Lifestyle, All, JapanLego Group said Monday it will globally release a scaled-down replica of Nissan Motor Co.'s GT-R Nismo in January, marking the first-ever pa…

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“Every Living Thing: Animals in Japanese Art” is on view through Dec. 8 in LACMA’s Resnick Pavilion.
Cats are one ancient symbol for good fortune in Japanese art; cranes are another, overlapping with…

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Major publisher’s promotion of Musume no Tomodachi has some saying the company is encouraging an illegal relationship with a minor.
Most of the bullet points for the premise of publisher Kodansha’s M…

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