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Starting in September Street Solicitation is Banned in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward 26 Aug 2013 | 02:17 am
Shinjuku Ward in Tokyo, home to one of the country’s largest nightlife districts, is set to ban any kind of soliciting in the street not only for sex clubs but also karaoke parlors, pubs and bars from...
Japan Sees Tighter Scrutiny as Its Economy Recovers 26 Aug 2013 | 02:04 am
Mainstream media outside Japan has focused on the Fukushima Dai-ichi radioactive leakage. According to Tokyo Electric Power Co, which manages the facility, radiation “levels as high as 100 millisiever...
Conductor Seiji Ozawa applauded by Japan’s Emperor and Empress 25 Aug 2013 | 07:32 am
The Japanese Emperor and Empress have applauded a performance of conductor Seiji Ozawa at a concert in Matsumoto City, central Japan. The imperial couple enjoyed the performance of Maruice Ravel’s ope...
Fukushima Nuclear Plant – Leaky Tank Disassembled Once 25 Aug 2013 | 07:22 am
Three storage tanks, including the one that has leaked water contaminated with radioactive substances, had been disassembled before being moved to the current area at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukush...
Poster for Patlabor Unleashed – New Movie from Oshii Mamoru Director of Ghost in the Shell Coming Soon 19 Aug 2013 | 12:50 pm
"Patlabor", the award-winning science fiction manga, spawned 3 anime movies, an anime series, two OVA series, a three-part series of short films and two light-novels. Whew!!! Yuki Masami’s wrote the s...
MUCC Has Two Fans Added to its Line up 19 Aug 2013 | 12:42 pm
DEAN and Hancho are the two lucky fans that joined the Japanese band MUCC today. They join the band becoming YUKKE’s junior fellows. On July 26th viewers of MUCC’s nico program could vote and choose t...
Japan’s Sakurajima Volcano Explodes in Largest Eruption in Decades 19 Aug 2013 | 12:57 am
Sakurajima, one of Japan’s most active volcanoes, experienced one of its most powerful eruptions in decades Sunday, sending an ash plume thousands of feet into the air. The volcano, located in the far...
Higher water temperatures around Okinawa pose risk to corals 19 Aug 2013 | 12:48 am
High water temperatures around Japan’s southernmost prefecture of Okinawa are damaging coral reefs. The country’s Meteorological Agency says the average water temperature around Okinawa during the fir...
Fireworks Show Blast Claims a Spectator’s Life in Japan — 3 More in Critical Condition 19 Aug 2013 | 12:41 am
A 44-year-old woman died Saturday due to an explosion that occurred Thursday night at a fireworks festival site in Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, police said. The woman, Hiromi Takeuchi, was amo...
Deadly Landslides and Floods Strike Across Northern Japan 12 Aug 2013 | 10:32 am
At least six people are dead following severe flooding and landslides that struck the northern part of the country Friday. The English-language Japan Times reports four people were found dead Saturday...
