When lunch bells ring at Japanese elementary schools, instead of students flocking to cafeterias to eat miscellaneous meat in various shades of beige, or to the playground to eat class-divisive packe…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years ago | 0 comments

Originally the place to go for counterfeit American and Japanese brands in the 90s, Takeshita has always had a fashionable reputation, but it’s cleaned up its act these days. Well-known and featured …

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The Tokyoiter is made by illustration and drawing freaks who are willing to present the talent of artists they like to a larger audience. Some of us are illustrators and some are just living in Tokyo…

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“Sometimes, I pick coffee based on how big the cup is,” says the 30-year-old with a smile.

That’s because it affects his style of creating coffee-cup illustrations that explore everyday life in in Ja…

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SASAYAMA, Hyogo — Daikokuji temple in Sasayama is dubbed the “Shoso-in of the Tanba area” after the repository in Nara that dates back to the eighth century. Tanba is the area in Hyogo Prefecture whe…

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A Japanese startup firm has given news reporters a look at a rocket that will be launched on Saturday. It is the first rocket built in Japan without assistance from the government.

Interstellar Techn…

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Line, Japan’s US$8 billion social media giant, today launched a food delivery service.

Called Delima, it allows users of Line’s messaging app to order and pay for food deliveries from 14,000 restaura…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 1 month ago | 1 comment

Jordan Fisher came to Japan nine years ago to work in finance. But now the New Yorker is doing something quite different – building a startup.

With Zehitomo, he’s working on Japan’s answer to Silicon…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 1 month ago | 1 comment

Line, the sticker-loving messaging app, is struggling to hold onto its users.

The social network has just lost 4 million monthly active users in three of its most important markets – the first time i…

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Japan's government has set a goal of cutting suicide rates by 30 percent over the next decade.

The Cabinet approved new guidelines on comprehensive measures to prevent suicide on Tuesday.

Government …

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