It was a night in 7th century Japan when a red, flaming light darted across the sky.
Now with modern science, we know better than to fear it.
Back then Japan’s magnetic latitude would have been 33 de…

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A huge faux staircase interrupts the floor plan of this house in Tokyo, which design studio Nendo has created for three generations of the same family.
Stairway House is situated in a quiet residenti…

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Since last summer, producer Toshio Suzuki has been dropping hints that Studio Ghibli, the animation house he co-founded along with legendary director Hayao Miyazaki, might be restructuring.
Hearing s…

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The suspension, to be in place until April 15 at the latest, will lead to vehicle production cuts of about 36,000 units, according to the world's second-largest vehicle maker by sales.
Toyota manufac…

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KYODO NEWS - 2 hours ago - 16:11 | All, Japan, CoronavirusThe Immigration Services Agency of Japan said Friday it will extend for three months the deadline for foreigners to renew their period of sta…

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A bunch of Java-based phone games from the early 2000s are finally headed to the Switch, at least in Japan.
Japanese mobile game company G-Mode announced G-Mode Archives earlier today which will be p…

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But at times the fans’ love of Love Live!
But while the feminists are happy with the more tasteful approach, Love Live!
The ad is for Numazu Cha tea, which is tea grown and produced in the Numazu are…

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In March, the Grandia Housen, a traditional-style "ryokan" inn in Awara, a hot spring resort in Fukui Prefecture, began providing an unlimited monthly stay plan, including breakfast, for around 50,00…

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Line, which is a quite popular messaging app in Japan, surveyed the chat app's users in Tokyo and surrounding areas in collaboration with Japan's health ministry.
The survey concluded that 7.1% of th…

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During that time, one of my fellow authors here and food guru Raitzeno shared an interesting article about McDonald Japan’s new rice burger line with me (link).
The Gohan Teriyaki burger caught my at…

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