
If you have been keeping up with the latest news around the world today, then you’ll know that Japan’s been getting a bad rap. But, what can you do? Well how about a laugh about it.
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The Japanese Space Agency has unveiled a prototype of what it says is the world's first solar powered sail spacecraft.
It will be launched together with the country's first Venus orbiter on May 18. There is also a campaign you...
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A strong magnitude 6.6 earthquake hit off the eastern coast of Japan on Sunday, rattling buildings across a broad swath of the country, including the crowded capital.
There were no reports of casualties, with only light damage to structures near the...
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Thirty Japanese women were injured in an accident Friday while watching the making of an animated drama starring South Korean heartthrob Bae Yong Joon, according to the Japanese Embassy and South Korean police and firefighters. While most of the 30...
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X Japan leader Yoshiki has filed a lawsuit with the Tokyo District Court against the music production company Nexstar Corporation, seeking approximately 375 million yen in damages. However, that figure could grow by another 600 million yen.
According to the lawsuit,...
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Earlier this year, whale hunters and environmentalists clashed in the Southern Ocean.
A high-speed environmentalist vessel, the Ady Gil, and a Japanese security vessel collided, in a culmination of weeks of tension over whale hunting.
After the incident, the captain of the...
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Japan-based Korean singer Iconiq (25) is making a splash and is about to be in a wave of new commercials aired in Japan. She will be in commercials for no less than seven different corporations at the same time only...
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Omotesando, Tokyo is home of the St. Patrick's Day Parade for Japan biggest city. This year's parade is on March 14 and starts from Omotesando Hills; it runs from 2 p.m. till 4 p.m.
Tokyoites aren't the only ones that think...
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The first delivery of at least 850 canisters of high-level radioactive vitrified waste arrived Tuesday morning by ship from the U.K. in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, where it will sit in storage for decades before being buried deep underground. Antinuclear activists...
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