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Japan Sports Agency, Gates Foundation Tie Up on U.N. Development Goals

November 10, 2018

Tokyo–The Japan Sports Agency and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said Friday that they have formed a partnership to utilize the power of sports for achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. The move comes in the run-up to

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Japan TV Appearance of K-Pop Group Canceled over A-Bomb Shirt

November 9, 2018

Seoul–The scheduled appearance of South Korean pop group BTS on a popular music show on Japanese television on Friday night has been canceled, following media reports that a member of the group has worn a T-shirt with an image of

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Haruki Murakami Meets Press in Japan for 1st Time in 37 Years

November 5, 2018

Tokyo, Nov. 5 (Jiji Press)–Renowned Japanese author Haruki Murakami has held a press conference in Japan for the first time in 37 years, to announce a plan to donate his manuscripts, books and other materials to Waseda University. The private

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AI Helps Develop Chocolate Flavors of The Times

November 2, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese technology firm NEC Corp. and Japanese chocolatiers at U.S.-based chocolate chain Dandelion Chocolate have jointly developed chocolate bars with flavors associated with symbolic events that shaped the times by utilizing artificial intelligence. The chocolate bars of five different

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Skipping Breakfast Leads to Weight Gains: Study

November 2, 2018

Nagoya- Skipping breakfast disrupts internal body clocks and leads to weight gains, a recent study by a Japanese team has shown. The study of the team, led by Hiroaki Oda, associate professor at Nagoya University Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences,

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Beach crowd treated to rare laying of eggs by turtles in La Union

October 29, 2018

SAN JUAN, La Union– An olive ridley sea turtle came ashore Sunday afternoon in barangay Urbiztondo here to lay her eggs in broad daylight. Olive ridleys lay their eggs where they are hatched, which means Urbiztondo was where they were

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Fake Exhibitions Pitched in China as Those by Japanese Artists

October 26, 2018

Tokyo- Exhibitions of works passed off as those of renowned Japanese artists Yayoi Kusama and Takashi Murakami have been held across China recently, and the two artists are considering legal action to seek criminal charges, it has been learned. According

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Animator Miyazaki Wins L.A. Film Critics Award

October 25, 2018

Los Angeles- Renowned Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki has won the Los Angeles Film Critics Association’s Career Achievement Award. The association made the announcement on Tuesday. The award ceremony will be held in Los Angeles on Jan. 12 next year. In

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