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Pro-gamer Fuudo is a world-class Street Fighter players around.
Yuka Kuramoch…

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Nintendo has sold over ten million Switch consoles (including Switch Lite) in Japan as of November 3.
On November 15, Pokémon Sword and Shield will be released, so yes, that number will go up!
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Light Up The Night.
Tokyo, Japan.
By Adrian Tiu .
JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting.
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So traditionally, there is a lot of vegetarian food in the Japanese diet.
You’ll find the following foods at most izakaya and other typical Japanese restaurants.
Eggplant/nasu なす (and other vegetable…

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Authorities in Kyoto have banned photography in parts of the city’s main geisha neighbourhood, amid a flurry of complaints about harassment and bad behaviour by foreign tourists in the quest for the …

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Xerox Holdings Corp. XRX 3.55% and Fujifilm Holdings Corp. FUJIY 0.49% agreed to end a 57-year-old joint venture more than a year after an attempt at a full merger soured.
Xerox has agreed to sell it…

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"We cannot do farming without technical interns.
Labi and other technical interns in the region were earning 821 yen ($7.70) per hour as of September, the minimum wage for Nagano Prefecture at that t…

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“That is when I realised that [the] tea ceremony isn’t solely about strict adherence to the rules.
That was the beginning of the Kyūtō-Ryū tea ceremony.
A new-wave of office gatheringsThe Kyūtō-Ryū, …

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At some point in the pre-dawn hours, a fire had broken out at Okinawa’s Shuri Castle, and photos and video of the blaze showed three of the cultural site’s structures in their final moments before th…

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Since the koyo (autumn leaves) arrived late this year, there are still chances to experience some of Tohoku’s stunning seasonal beauty.
Pack your bento and enjoy a quiet lunch on one of the trail’s b…

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