Typhoon Hagibis is no jokeThe forecast for wind and torrential rain is getting grimmer by the hour.
Categorized as a violent typhoon, the highest category on the Japanese scale, Hagibis is making lan…

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Japanese illustrator Makoto Wada passed away on October 7, 2019 due to pneumonia.
The Osaka-born artist graduated from Tama Art University in 1959 and entered the advertising industry where we quickl…

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Japan is starting to get quite nervous that Typhoon Hagibis may be pretty lame like all the other typhoons that have hit Japan in the past 24 months.
“I really hope Typhoon Hagibis is gonna live up t…

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New for the 2021 model year, Toyota has announced a plug-in hybrid variant for its hot-selling RAV4 compact crossover.
It'll be the brand's second plug-in model after the Prius Prime and make its ful…

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Superstar tennis player Naomi Osaka said Thursday she intends to represent Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo next year.
The two-time Grand Slam champion will give up her U.S. citizenship to …

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Mobile measurement firm Adjust has acquired Force Operation X (F.O.X), an advertising effectiveness measurement tool for smartphone apps, from Japanese marketing agency CyberZ.
The move is Adjust‘s f…

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Forty-four-year-old Tadaaki Abe has been arrested in Kagawa, Japan, for moddi…

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The car maker just revealed the 2021 hydrogen fuel cell EV Mirai, which goes into production in late 2020.
Fuel cell developmentMeanwhile, several automakers (including Toyota) have been researching …

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(CNN) Tennis star Naomi Osaka has decided to take sole Japanese nationality over US citizenship with a view to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, according to Japanese public broadcaster NHK.
Two-time grand sl…

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