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A company based in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, is aiming to open a theme park in the prefecture around 2022 featuring exhibitions of famous cities around the world using miniature models. The attr…
Japanese advertising tends to consist of merely hiring some ubiquitous celebrity and having them hold the product in question. This lazy and mind-numbing approach has become the default for almo…
Faced with a rapidly graying population, Japan has charted a new course toward opening its doors wider to foreign immigrants, and is hurriedly tearing down hurdles in the way of foreign citizens seek…
"I tried disengaging from the conversation. “Well, it was nice talking to you!” I said. My student just stared at me expectantly, waiting for me to continue. After a moment of silence, I tried a…
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…
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…
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 …
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 Saturd…
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…
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; …
