Anime film director Takahata dies
April 6, 2018
Tokyo- Japanese animated film director Isao Takahata, known for such films as “Hotaru no Haka” (Grave of the Fireflies) and “Heisei Tanuki Gassen Pompoko” (Pom Poko), died of lung cancer at a Tokyo hospital Thursday. He was 82. Takahata made
Japanese spend less on dining out amid vegetable price surge
April 6, 2018
Tokyo- Japanese consumers have spent less on dining out and travel as their expenses on foods grew due to a surge in vegetable prices, a Bank of Japan quarterly survey found Thursday. According to the March survey, the proportion of
Snow monkeys bathe in hot springs to relieve stress: study
April 4, 2018
Kyoto- Japanese macaques in Jigokudani valley, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, take a dip in hot springs during the winter to relieve stress by warming themselves up, a research team has found. The team including Rafaela Sayuri Takeshita, a researcher at
Okinawa aims to make coffee new signature product
March 30, 2018
NAGO, OKINAWA Pref.- Farmers in the southernmost Japan prefecture of Okinawa are trying to popularize homegrown coffee while the country mostly depends on imports for its coffee consumption. Local farmers established a producers association in 2014, hoping to make coffee
Blue light
March 27, 2018
Taiwan- Two students checks cellphone in a university restaurant in Taipei, Taiwan, on Monday, March 26, 2018. A joint study by Taiwan’s Fooying University Hospital and Japanese researchers showed that long-time exposure to blue light from digital devices is harmful
‘Hanami’, or ‘flower viewing’
March 26, 2018
Tokyo- Visitors gather under cherry blossoms in full bloom at Shinobazu pond of Ueno Park in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, 26 March 2018. People enjoyed the ‘Hanami’, or ‘flower viewing’, as temperatures reached 22 degrees Celsius in the Japanese capital. EPA-Jiji
Cherry blossom festival starts in Washington
March 26, 2018
Washington- The National Cherry Blossom Festival kicked off in Washington Sunday, drawing a crowd of people who had waited in the prolonged cold weather for the annual event to herald the arrival of spring. In the opening ceremony at the
Governor touts Fukushima products at Paris event
March 26, 2018
Paris- Fukushima Governor Masao Uchibori at an event in a Paris suburb has expressed his hope to see growth in Europe-bound exports of products made in the northeastern Japan prefecture, home to the nuclear power plant where an unprecedented triple
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