- By Kensuke Fukushima Japan News
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July 11, 2024
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Supermarkets integral to the daily lives of local residents are serving up a storm, with some attracting customers across the country and even from abroad.
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Japan’s government has finally eliminated the use of floppy disks in all its systems, two decades since their heyday, reaching a long-awaited milestone in a campaign to modernize the bureaucracy.
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- By New York Daily News
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July 4, 2024
News of the alleged criminal investigation comes after yet another sex trafficking lawsuit was filed on Wednesday against the Grammy-winning artist.
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About 1,700 committed yoga practitioners braved the rain on the summer solstice, June 21, at Tsukiji Hongwanji temple in Chuo ward in Tokyo.
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- By Japan News
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July 4, 2024
The introduction of an animal gamete bank system to preserve the frozen sperm and eggs of rare animals is progressing at zoos and similar facilities with the aim of continuing to breed endangered species in the future.
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- By Yasuhiro Kobayashi Japan News
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July 4, 2024
Oishii Farm, a U.S. startup run by a Japanese entrepreneur, announced in early June that it began operating the world’s largest indoor vertical strawberry farm in Phillipsburg, N.J.
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- By Asako Kisui Japan News
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June 27, 2024
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As he twists together two copper wires, then two more and two more, a woven pattern of shiny metal hexagons takes shape.
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On two recent occasions, a foreign tourist walked into Shoji Matsumoto’s barbershop, through a front door that grates loudly when opened more than halfway, wanting a haircut.
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With the second half of Season 3 upon us, here’s a quick refresher on where things stand in Netflix’s version of Regency-era London.
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- By Kai Nishimura Japan News
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June 13, 2024
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A restaurant near Haneda Airport is brewing up a buzz for its craft beers flavored with local specialties from across Japan.
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- By Japan News
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June 13, 2024
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“Crying Sumo,” a traditional event to pray for babies to grow up healthy, was held at Tanabu Shrine in Mutsu, Aomori prefecture, on May 5, celebrated as Children’s Day.
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In its latest week out, “Tortured Poets” had the equivalent of 148,000 sales in the United States, including 157 million streams and 27,000 copies sold as a complete package, according to the tracking service Luminate.
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- By Japan News
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June 6, 2024
Many fans have been flocking to see a special exhibition featuring Pokemon at the Sagawa Art Museum in Moriyama, Shiga prefecture.
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- By Katsuhiko Takeyama Japan News
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June 6, 2024
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A project to find new owners for recovered Wajima lacquerware is underway in areas affected by the Noto Peninsula earthquake on Jan. 1.
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- By Japan News
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May 30, 2024
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Three bottlenose dolphins kept in an oceanfront facility in Sanuki, Kagawa prefecture, have gone viral for picking up trash drifting in the ocean.
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Flying a giant: Participants flew Japan’s largest kite, measuring approximately 48 square feet and weighing about 2,094 pounds, during the Oodako Matsuri on May 4.
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- By Japan News
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May 30, 2024
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A new drone-based tsunami detection system is launching this year in Namie, Fukushima prefecture, to streamline the evacuation of residents in the event of a massive tsunami.
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But how healthy is our favorite seafood? Is it good for our bodies? What about the world’s mangrove forests and sea turtle populations? And how do you know what to buy the next time you are at the seafood counter?
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