But on Wednesday, the asteroid Ryugu welcomed a special visitor: Japan's Hayabusa-2 probe successfully landed on the asteroid's surface at 21:06 ET (01:06 UTC on Thursday).
The spacecraft captured th…

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KYODO NEWS - Jul 13, 2019 - 16:37 | All, Japan, LifestyleThe aroma of vanilla extract can help to ease muscle pain and tension and may eventually factor into a treatment for stress headaches, a team …

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Some foreign residents have also been raising their voices to ask that improvements be made to administrative facilities and financial institutions to make life easier for them.
A survey conducted in…

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Bonnie Kemske, an expert on ceramics and tea bowls and author of "The Teabowl: East and West," regards some of these contemporary bowls highly.
Indeed, contemporary Western takes on tea bowls should …

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AITEN Pub Quiz Dates: 17th Jul, 2019 Entry: Adults:On the door: ¥1,000Read morePechaKucha Night Tokyo Vol.
Touring the Vanishing and Overlooked Architecture of Hong Kong – read more Hong Kong CheapoA…

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Are folks in Japan interested in buying a Nintendo Switch Lite?
The poll asked Switch owners and non-owners whether or not they planned to purchase a Nintendo Switch Lite.
“I already have a Switch, b…

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“Foreigners couldn’t stay there.”In recent years, a number of reports of discriminatory expressions on signs have made it into the headlines in Japan.
Passing the buck to localitiesThe hate speech la…

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Tokyo (CNN) — If you've ever gotten off a long flight and thought to yourself, "I miss being on a plane," then the Haneda Excel Hotel Tokyu has the room for you.
The airport hotel near Tokyo's Haneda…

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KYODO NEWS - 3 hours ago - 20:22 | Arts, All, JapanA store themed around the work of "Astro Boy" manga artist Osamu Tezuka opened earlier this month in Tokyo's Asakusa district, presenting an array o…

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The Nature Rules: Dreaming of Earth Project at Hara Museum of Contemporary Art (Tokyo) is one that not only brings together the minds of artists, but also the minds of architects, philosophers and ev…

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