For over 100 years, Daiyo has contemplated this relationship, producing a series of handmade Japanese candles, or warousoku, intended to be brought inside the home to supplement our lifestyles.
Found…

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Nike has designed basketball and soccer uniforms for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics that it says will be the "most sustainable" and "highest performing" to date.
On the medal stand, athletes will wear Nike …

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Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka is bringing her twerk-friendly funny to Quibi with the woke Japanese game show appropriately titled Let’s Go Atsuko!
In the new series, Game master Okatsuka will lead two civ…

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The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time turned 20 years old today.
In spite of this, Ocarina of Time remains a unique experience even two decades later.
There have been countless open world games si…

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She was lucky — her employer agreed to let them temporarily share an executive office with another mother and child.
“I was shocked by the news of the school closures, and thought, what should I do?"…

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We’d meant to compare French tonkotsu with Japanese tonkotsu, but we couldn’t resist trying a brand new kind of ramen!
There she came across the Parisian branch of the popular ramen shop Ippudo, whic…

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A characteristic feature of the Japanese landscape, whether urban or rural, is the omnipresent light of the vending machine.
Located near Kouryuji, one of the oldest temples in Kyoto, the vending mac…

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As games have gotten more rewarding for long-term play mechanics, though, ergonomics have also gotten more important, and now you can find specially designed ergonomic gaming chairs and desks.
But Ja…

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Shinji Tsuchimochi is a Tokyo-based illustrator who creates unique views of Tokyo and Japan, inspired by ukiyo-e but produced with a modern sense of whimsy and surrealism.
His art book UKIYO is a com…

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