- 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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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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- 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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- 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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- By Japan News
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May 23, 2024
In April, Japanese sake manufacturer Asahi Shuzo Co., known for its flagship Dassai sake, released Dassai Blue in Japan. The release is notable because the special Junmai Daiginjo sake is produced at a brewery in the United States.
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- By Tomoko Shiraishi Japan News
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May 23, 2024
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Hotakubo Housing, a 1991 complex in Kumamoto City, was a new concept in housing for Japan that was introduced by Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto.
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- By Kie Noguchi and Miho Kibiki Japan News
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May 16, 2024
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To curb Japan’s declines in birth rate and population, it’s crucial to overcome the so-called “second child barrier,” the reluctance to have more than one child.
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- By Japan News
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May 16, 2024
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A hydrogen station has opened near Harumi Flag, the extensive condominium complex that was originally the Athletes Village for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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