Wood salvaged from old miso barrels has been used to clad a house built by Tato Architects in Japan for the owner of a nearby brewery specialising in soy sauces.
Into this structural shell Tato Archi…

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February is the month of Setsubun, Valentines’s Day, and plum blossoms in Japan.
With warmer weather than usual this year, February was filled with hints of spring earlier than ever before.
Near the …

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This is a bilingual research assistant position reporting directly to the company chairman.
In this position, you will research and write articles and op-eds in English for global media on Japan's do…

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KYODO NEWS - 3 hours ago - 12:43 | All, JapanA new train station opening on Tokyo's loop rail line was unveiled to the media Monday, with its operator showing off "futuristic" features including wayf…

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Since the announcement by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Feb. 27 of the nationwide school closures, offers of free online education materials have poured in.
The Tokyo-based company is offering online …

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It’s even got raised plush stoppers so that a user’s arms or elbows won’t accidentally slide off the bottom when a round of gaming—or furious replying to Tweets—gets especially intense.
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With the coronavirus outbreak an ongoing situation in Japan, the country has indirectly been told to stay home as much as possible.
Manga publisher Shueisha has announced that, as of March 9, it’s ma…

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Well, according to Miyazaki’s long-time friend and Ghibli co-founder and producer Toshio Suzuki, it all comes down to money.
Suzuki answered questions in his usual friendly, casual manner, revealing …

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According to Hayao Miyazaki, the act meant “I defeated him”.
While many people were forced to relent to Weinstein’s menacing ways, one man and his team in Japan refused to let the producer mess with …

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It was a sad day for anime fans everywhere when Studio Ghibli announced that their acclaimed director Hayao Miyazaki would be retiring in 2013.
Since then, however, the veteran filmmaker has been una…

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