The Tokyo 2020 organising committee has poured cold water on suggestions that the Olympic Games need to be postponed for up to two years to deal with the coronavirus outbreak, after an executive memb…

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In reality, Japan is the second largest per-capita generator of plastic waste in the world, producing more than the entire European Union.
“The concept of mottainai is rooted in Japanese culture, but…

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Apollo Architects & Associates has designed the austere metal-clad exterior of this compact home to disguise a central planted courtyard covered by exposed wooden rafters.
Leaf House is located i…

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The latest stylish rendition of Japanese confectioneries not only look good and taste good, but are scientific, too, because they’re designed based on weather data.
▼ Sweets designed based on the wea…

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Japan’s government says it will pay up to about 80 dollars per person per day to businesses as income compensation for parents taking leave from work in response to temporary school closures that beg…

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Enlarge Image HondaHonda has pulled the plug on the Honda Clarity Electric.
According a Monday report from Green Car Reports, the Japanese automaker said it discontinued the Clarity Electric at the e…

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With the confirmed discontinuation of the Clarity Electric for 2020, Honda no longer has a single battery-electric model in its U.S. lineup.
The other two Clarity models, the Clarity Fuel Cell and Cl…

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Japan's initial fascination with reggae is thought to have been sparked when Bob Marley and The Wailers toured the country in 1979.
Over time it has evolved from the influence of Jamaican reggae on J…

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When the original Mobile Suit Gundam TV series began in 1979, it offered something extremely original.
The RX-78 Gundam mobile suit, though, was just a machine.
Because of that, Gundam is the grandda…

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Bryan McFarland, a 33-year-old in Mesa, Arizona, started looking for a copy of Ring Fit Adventure three weeks ago.
The nearest one listed online as selling Ring Fit Adventure was in Dallas, a 15-hour…

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