This teddy bear couple is part of a 1,000-doll collection at the Japanese teddy bear museum.
Officially named the Hida Takayama Teddy Bear Eco Village, the teddy bear museum is located in a 200-year-…

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In addition, oversized luggage reservations can only be made by passengers traveling by more expensive reserved-seat tickets, effectively banning the use of large luggage by travelers using the lower…

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▼ Cherry blossom at Mukojima in Tokyo (1907–1918).
▼ Hanayashiki of Asakusa at Tokyo (1907-1918).
▼ Iris Garden at Horikiri, Tokyo (1907–1918).
▼ Theatre Street, Yokohama (1907–1908) was the main ent…

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The Environment Ministry says it is very rare in Japan for more than 200 cats to be retrieved from one location.
According to city officials, a married couple in their 50s and their son in his 30s li…

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Last words before slipping are “This part is dangerous.”On the morning of October 28, a young Japanese man began a live stream on Japanese video-sharing site Niconico.
Fuji!”, the video chronicled hi…

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KYODO NEWS - 1 hour ago - 14:54 | Sports, News, All, CoronavirusLocal organizers of the Tokyo Olympics have strongly criticized the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan for publishing a parody image…

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By Kirsty Kawano May 20, 2020 3 min readOne Japanese yokai (goblin) character has a long history of helping the nation deal with plagues, and the outbreak of COVID-19 has made it into something of a …

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KYODO NEWS - 1 hour ago - 16:40 | All, Coronavirus, JapanThe number of foreign visitors to Japan sank 99.9 percent in April from a year earlier amid the global coronavirus pandemic, government data s…

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Image : Nagoya CateringKotaku East East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond.
In Nagoya, a new delivery service is staff…

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Japan is considering lifting a state of emergency in Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo later this week as the number of new coronavirus infections in each of the three prefectures has remained low, government o…

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