Japanese Divine Visit Rituals to Be Listed as UNESCO Heritage
October 25, 2018
Tokyo- A UNESCO panel recommended Wednesday that a set of traditional divine visit rituals in Japan be inscribed on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list. The listing of “raiho-shin, ritual visits of deities in masks and costumes” is expected to be
Yamagata High School to Introduce Anime Classes in 2020
October 25, 2018
Yamagata- Tokai University’s Yamagata Senior High School in the northeastern Japan city of Yamagata said Wednesday that it will introduce anime classes in April 2020. The anime classes will be available as an optional subject for students in the second
Revamped Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi Store Opens in Tokyo
October 24, 2018
Tokyo- Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. reopened on Wednesday its flagship Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi department store in Tokyo’s Chuo Ward after renovation. The department store operator drastically changed the interior of the first floor of the store’s main building that mainly sells
Japanese Zoo Succeeds in Breeding Endangered Rat
October 24, 2018
Tokyo- A zoo in the southwestern Japan city of Miyazaki has succeeded for the first time in the world in breeding endangered Amami spiny rats, according to the Environment Ministry. With Amami spiny rats in danger of extinction for such
Seven individuals to receive National Artist awards
October 23, 2018
President Rodrigo Duterte is set to confer the National Artist awards to seven individuals in a ceremony in Malacanang on Wednesday. Those who will receive the prestigious awards include Francisco Mañosa for Architecture; Eric de Guia aka Kidlat Tahimik for
2008 Nobel Prize Winner Shimomura Dies at 90
October 22, 2018
Nagasaki- Osamu Shimomura, who won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, died of old age in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Friday morning, Nagasaki University said Sunday. He was 90. Shimomura shared the prestigious prize with two U.S.
Spain May Dethrone Japan in Life Expectancy Rankings by 2040
October 19, 2018
London- Spain is expected to dethrone Japan to second place in global life expectancy rankings by 2040, estimates by a U.S. research institute show. Spain’s Mediterranean lifestyle is key to the change, according to the study by the University of
Constellation Named after Godzilla
October 19, 2018
Tokyo- An international research group using the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, including NASA, has named a constellation of gamma ray-emitting stars Godzilla, according to Japanese movie distributor Toho Co.. The constellation is among the 22 newly created constellations of such
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