A long stretch of the Yamanote Line is taking a break while construction crews get ready for its newest station.
The Yamanote Line is so crucial to life and leisure in Tokyo that it’s never once been…

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For most of my life, I have not played Pokémon games, and I’ve been fine with that.
This includes friends of mine who don’t really game much.
If I had to guess why, I’d say it’s because the success o…

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For decades, arcades have been built around a single coin experience, either the 50 yen ($.44) coin or the 100 yen ($.88) one.
AdvertisementBecause the one-coin experience is so entrenched into Japan…

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KYODO NEWS - 33 minutes ago - 20:49 | All, JapanHuawei Technologies Co. will introduce several new smartphone handset models for the next-generation 5G wireless networks in time for the Tokyo Olympic…

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Japanese comics, called manga, are hugely popular. Although you probably knew that, you probably don't know the extent of it. In 2015, Japan's bestselling manga series, One Piece, sold more than 14 m…

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KYODO NEWS - 16 minutes ago - 18:01 | All, JapanConvenience store operator FamilyMart Co. said Thursday it will allow its franchise owners across Japan to shorten operating hours from March in a bid …

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In much the same way as we approach teaching classes with special needs students, we should also recognize that victims of trauma are also unique.
It’s important to consider that trauma can come from…

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We have been working hard on Akihabara.Tokyo and we’ve accomplished a lot. Our machine learning algorithm knows how to find news about Japan all over the web and post it here. But our goal is not jus…

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So with starter Pokémon being such a big decision, which one of the original three was the most popular?
To find out the answer, Japan’s MyNavi recently conducted a survey of 400 college students, as…

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Historical Computers in JapanHere is exhibited the development history of computers in Japan over 40 some years since the dawn of the country's computer age in the 1950s.
And, the history is displaye…

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