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Image : Muse Nintendo Game Freak The Pokemon CompanyPikachu-themed medicinal soap and a “no -touch” automatic dispenser have recently gone on sale in Japan.
The soap is blue soda lemon-scented and is…

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City-Cost - 20 minutes ago - 21:01 | ArtsRegional Japan is no stranger at dressing up its historical icons to be paraded as tools for economic revitalization but for residents of Aizuwakamatsu City i…

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By Teni Wada Mar 9, 2020 7 min readThe start of spring in Japan is all about the sakura, or cherry blossoms.
There’s got to be more when it comes to spring in Japan than cherry blossoms, right?
Hina …

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The Tsukiji Fish Market has appeared in literally every guidebook about Tokyo and is (still) high on most visitors’ Tokyo bucket list.
Pro tip: You can visit the new Toyosu Fish Market and the histor…

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By Amelie Marie Nishizawa Mar 7, 2020 2 min readIn what turned out to be a worldwide famous coincidence, cult cyberpunk anime Akira predicted that (Neo) Tokyo would host the 2020 Olympic games.
In a …

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So on February 21st, our Japanese-language reporter Momo Momomura treated herself to a one-night hotel stay at the “Henn na Hotel” in Maihama Bay, Tokyo.
The room she got was simple and reminded her …

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Since the mid-19th century, Japanese fishers have been leveraging this unusual technique to create dazzling images known as gyotaku.
Like a pre-photography proxy for fish Instagram, the prints origin…

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KYODO NEWS - 1 hour ago - 17:06 | Sports, News, All, JapanA microsatellite carrying model robots from the popular Japanese science fiction anime "Mobile Suit Gundam" was successfully launched into sp…

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JAXA expects reusability to slash rocket launch costs to around a hundredth of the current 7 billion yen ($66 million), strengthening Japan's competitiveness in aerospace amid growing demand.
The age…

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