KYODO NEWS - 3 hours ago - 12:32 | Lifestyle, All, JapanA snow crab caught in the western Japan prefecture of Tottori attracted the highest-ever bid for a crab at auction of 5 million yen ($46,000), …

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KYODO NEWS - 3 hours ago - 12:38 | All, JapanTOKYO - All 10 Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet trains that were inundated in central Japan last month by floods triggered by Typhoon Hagibis will be scrapped d…

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Sure, sexy cars and even sexier game systems are great, but what would you choose as the truly exceptional Japanese inventions that influenced the world?
Chinese media site, Xinhua Net News, weighed …

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Unfortunately, the free Shinkansen ride for all luggage is about to become a thing of the past on the most popular Shinkansen lines.
Starting in May, passengers planning to take “large suitcases” abo…

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INTERACTIVE Hiroshima Nagasaki Kyoto Kokura Emperor's palace, Tokyo Niigata Yokohama Hiroshima × First atomic bomb dropped, 6 August 1945.
× Nagasaki × Second atomic bomb dropped, 9 August 1945.
Colo…

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TOKYO—SoftBank Group Corp. said it lost at least $4.7 billion on U.S. office-sharing company WeWork, an investment Chief Executive Masayoshi Son called an error in judgment.
SoftBank marked down the …

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I’d told my people back in Texas that I had flown out to finish a novel.
Omurice is a cross between an omelette and Japanese fried rice.
Worcestershire sauce (preferably a Japanese brand)2 Tbsp.
Usin…

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FILE PHOTO: Japan's SoftBank Group Corp Chief Executive Masayoshi Son attends a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, November 5, 2018.
SoftBank Group Corp said its $100 billion Vision Fund contributed an…

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Someone doesn’t think blasting EDM in the streets is a good pon pon wei to celebrate Halloween.
Let’s face it: people either love Halloween in Shibuya or they hate it.
Japanese pop star Kyary Pamyu P…

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The Hollywood actor eats natto, puts soy sauce in the wrong spot, and tries a hack for avoiding wasabi “burn”.
Hollywood actor Will Smith was in Japan recently to promote his new movie Gemini Man, an…

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