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Citrus fruit for skin whitening

June 7, 2018

A Japanese woman massages her hands with the fragrant smelling yuzu citrus fruit used for skin whitening and moisturizing in Kyoto city, Japan, 27 December 2017. The citrus fruit, found also in Korea and China, has traditionally been used by

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Giant Dinosaurs May Have Incubated Eggs

June 6, 2018

Tokyo- Giant dinosaurs weighing 2 tons may have sat surrounded by their eggs during incubation, a research group led by Nagoya University has found. Dinosaurs are believed to have tried not to crush their eggs during incubation by arranging them

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Newspaper Found beneath Picasso’s Painting Held by Japanese Museum

June 6, 2018

Hakone, Kanagawa Pref.- Employing a state-of-the-art imaging technology, Japan’s Pola Museum of Art has discovered jointly with foreign museums that Pablo Picasso created his early oil painting masterpiece “Mother and Child by the Sea” over newspaper attached to the canvas.

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Now Anyone Can Meet Xiang Xiang, if Not Mind Waiting in Long Line

June 5, 2018

Tokyo- Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo lifted on Tuesday its limit on the daily number of people who can see Xiang Xiang, ahead of the female giant panda cub’s first birthday on June 12. Visitors to the zoo in Taito Ward can

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EXCLUSIVE: Japan to Make Better Use of Beaches for Foreign Visitors

June 4, 2018

Tokyo- The Japan Tourism Agency plans to utilize beaches not only as summer destinations but also as tourism resources to attract foreign visitors throughout the year, informed sources told Jiji Press on Monday. The agency will start test operations as

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Culion Leprosy Archives officially inscribed as UNESCO documentary heritage in Asia-Pacific

June 3, 2018

The Philippines’ Culion Leprosy Archives is officially inscribed to the UNESCO Memory of the World Asia-Pacific (Mowcap) 2017-2018. Mowcap, on its Facebook page, congratulated those involved in the “successful inscriptions” of the 10 documentary heritage in the region, including Culion

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Record 1.35 M. Japanese Living Abroad

June 1, 2018

Tokyo- The number of Japanese living overseas for at least three months as of October last year grew 1.0 pct from a year earlier to 1,351,970, hitting a record high, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday. Of the total, the largest

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New Pokemon Games on Nintendo Switch to Connect to Pokemon Go

May 31, 2018

Tokyo- Pokemon Co., an affiliate of Nintendo Co., said Wednesday that it will release new games featuring Pokemon Go compatibility for the Nintendo Switch video game console. The new games–Let’s Go! Pikachu and Let’s Go! Eevee–will hit markets worldwide on

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