Just to give you a few examples:

Tenshi (Angel) College
Institute of Techologists (Making Things University)
Cyber University
Poole (Japanese identical to Pool as in Swimming Pool) Gakuin
Digital Hol…

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The company doesn’t own the apartments, but taps private property owners or large asset management companies who have idle properties up for lease. MetroResidences takes care of setting up and stylin…

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Jam-lovers tried out many varieties of the fruit spread at a promotional event in the central Japanese city of Komoro on Sunday.

Komoro in Nagano Prefecture is said to be the birthplace of strawberry…

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About 1,300 people dressed as samurai warriors have paraded in a city in central Japan to celebrate a 16th-century warlord.

The parade in the streets of Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture on Saturday is part…

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We have been regularly seeing stories about big names like Toshiba and Sharp ending up with losses. Is this the end of the line for big companies in Japan? What is the next big thing for Japan? Let's…

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Makoto Shinkai's Your Name is the highest-grossing anime film of all-time, and it hasn't even come out in the United States yet. It beat Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away; give it a few more months and …

posted by  banzaitokyo | 8 years ago | 1 comment

A group is using drones to study the activities of brown bears on Japan's northernmost main island, Hokkaido.

The group consists of members of a Hokkaido-based NPO and IT firms in Tokyo and Hokkaido.…

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Before the dawn of the internet, sex museums in tiny Japanese spa towns provided a refuge for locals seeking a frivolous and liberating form of entertainment.

A breathtaking portfolio of photographs …

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Crowds of tourists and residents set off a flurry of selfie sticks and mobile phones in Tokyo's Ueno Park on Tuesday, as they flocked to enjoy the cherry blossoms marking the start of spring.

Japan h…

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A snake-like robot that is capable of scaling and descending steep steps has been developed by a group that includes The University of Electro-Communications (UEC) in Tokyo, it has been learned.

The …

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