Yayoi Kusama, one of Japan’s most prolific and successful artists, is opening her own museum in Tokyo’s Shinjuku ward. The 5-story structure will open to the public on October 1st, 2017.

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An exhibition of photos taken by Ernesto "Che" Guevara opened on Wednesday in Tokyo.

A film-making company is holding the event with about 240 photos to mark 50 years since the death of the man who w…

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Masako Wakamiya spotted a gap in the games market - and created a games app based on a traditional Japanese dolls festival.

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Panasonic wants to have lots of its electric wheelchairs in place at major airports across the country in time for the Olympics, which is coming to Japan in 2020. Trials have just launched at Tokyo’s…

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In my opinion this is a sad example of how technology does quite the opposite from improving people's lives. It might be fun to imagine yourself dating a virtual character, but in the long run it is …

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Haruo Nakajima, who was the man inside the monster suit for every "Godzilla" film from the 1954 original to 1972's "Godzilla vs. Gigan," died Monday (Aug. 7), according to Variety, citing "Godzilla" …

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Has there been such a pleasurable ending to an anime of late? That’s what I was thinking as I watched the final episode of “Little Witch Academia,” savoring the sense of speed and catharsis.

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Another interesting research from WhatJapanThinks.

1 Doing している株式会社
2 One Night Stand 株式会社ヤリステ
3 Pitching a Bamboo Root Tent もっこり竹の子観光株式会社
4 △□○ (Triangle, square, circle) 株式会社△□○（ミヨマル）
5 Underpants …

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Japanese electronic musical instrument manufacturer Roland has teamed up with Kodo, a taiko traditional drumming company, to provide the world’s first electronic Japanese taiko.

Although still in dev…

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About 100 babies took part in a ritual called "crying sumo contest" on Saturday at a shrine in Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto.

The Kitano Tenmangu shrine began the annual event 2 years ago, praying…

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