Ginza Wako Department Store and Hattori Clock Tower tokyocheapo.com

Once you’ve spotted the iconic Wako department store, then you know you’re in the heart of Ginza—a popular neighborhood known for its upscale shopping in Tokyo and worldwide.
At Wako, you can find lu…

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"Right to disconnect" presents challenges in work-driven Japan english.kyodonews.net

As others grapple with ways of implementing work-style reforms, these firms are giving employees the "right to disconnect," which is catching on as law in a number of European countries.
He shared em…

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Ceremony marks 1 year since opening of Tokyo's new fish market english.kyodonews.net

KYODO NEWS - 1 hour ago - 12:41 | All, JapanA ceremony was held Friday to mark one year since the opening of a new fish market in Tokyo's Toyosu waterfront district, which replaced the 83-year-old Ts…

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The Toyota bB Open Deck Is the Scion xB Pickup Truck We Never Got Stateside www.thedrive.com

The Scion xB was as polarizing as it was polygonal.
You'd struggle to find a car more divisive unless you researched the xB's genealogy and found out that it has an even weirder fraternal twin with a…

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Nintendo Switch Brain Age followup gets January launch in Europe venturebeat.com

Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training for Nintendo Switch is heading to Europe.
Nintendo confirmed that the Brain Age followup is launching January 3 in that region.
Nintendo previously announced Brain Trai…

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Rugby World Cup 2019: The cost of cancelling England vs France and New Zealand vs Italy revealed www.independent.co.uk

Rugby World Cup 2019 best pictures 1/45 Rugby World Cup 2019 The tournament takes place in Japan AFP/Getty Images 2/45 Rugby World Cup 2019 France's players attends a training session at the Fuji Hok…

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Quartz | “Unprecedented scale”: Super Typhoon Hagibis hits Japan, millions evacuated qz.com

Someone who flew around the world in a solar plane?
This group of Pros are absolutely fascinating—and I can’t wait to see them contributing their insightsThe co-founder of Casper?
Someone who flew ar…

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NHK Reports Godzilla Has Emerged From Tokyo Bay www.therisingwasabi.com

Things are going from bad to worse in Japan with the national broadcaster reporting there have been sightings of Godzilla surfacing from Tokyo Bay.
Godzilla will be the fifth disaster to strike the c…

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Oeshiki Festival at Ikegami Honmonji Temple, 11th Oct–13th Oct, 2019 tokyocheapo.com

IMPORTANT: Typhoon Hagibis, a Category 5 typhoon, is expected to make landfall in Japan over the weekend.
While many events across Tokyo have been canceled, the Oeshiki Festival will carry on as plan…

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Watching This Ultra-Rare Nissan Skyline R34 GT-R Get Washed and Detailed Is Therapeutic www.thedrive.com

Nissan Skyline R34 GT-Rs are currently a hot commodity, especially in the United States where we can't quite get our hands on them yet.
Built both for NISMO's anniversary and as a sayonara to the R34…

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