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As we showed you yesterday, the legendary Japanese pop artist, Hajime Sorayama has been busy building up a few bodies of work for two coinciding exhibitions with Nanzuka in Tokyo.
The first was the s…

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KYODO NEWS - 41 minutes ago - 14:36 | All, JapanA SoftBank Corp. subsidiary operating Yahoo Japan online services gained shareholders' approval Wednesday on its merger with messaging app provider Lin…

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Public awareness of vegetarianism and veganism is gradually growing in Japan, as are the number of stores and restaurants serving meals for people who choose to not eat animals.
Even so, Japan still …

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Perfect Liars Club is the smash-hit US comedy story interrogation show taking Tokyo by storm.
Four people tell a story, and three are completely true, but one person is telling you a lie!
March is th…

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this event has been canceled.
As a preventative measure against the spread of COVID-19The AMP team have spent a lot of blood, sweat and tears organizing this night of music and it’s going to be nothi…

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Etoni Mama (etn.co_mam on Instagram) is a mother of three and posts photos of her food to Instagram regularly.
But she is not just your run of the mill food art blogger – she’s a published author and…

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Nintendo and LEGO are joining forces for Super Mario themed playsets.
The LEGO Mario playsets are interactive, not only recreating the world of Super Mario in brick form but also the experience of pl…

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For the last couple of years, I've wanted to spend some time with an Acura NSX.
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At the end of February, with the extent of coronavirus infection in Japan surpassing initial expectations, Tokyo Disneyland and Disney Sea announced that they’d be shutting down from February 29 to M…

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