First female student after ban of women on submarines
January 22, 2020
In this handout picture taken and released on January 22, 2020 by Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, Saki Takenouchi (front row, 2nd R) and other students attend a ceremony to begin their national naval submarine academy classes in Kure, Hiroshima prefecture.
Japan’s Territory, Sovereignty Museum to reopen Tuesday
January 21, 2020
Tokyo–Japan’s National Museum of Territory and Sovereignty is set to reopen on Tuesday, in the Kasumigaseki central government district in Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward. The new museum has about seven times more floor space than its predecessor and more exhibits related
FOCUS: Salmon penetrating Japan’s sushi restaurant scene
January 21, 2020
Tokyo–Salmon established itself on the Japanese sushi restaurant scene relatively recently, and the fish’s popularity is growing further, especially Norwegian salmon. Some restaurants at the Toyosu wholesale food market site in Tokyo’s Koto Ward added salmon to their menus only
Japan Prime Minister Delivers Speech
January 20, 2020
Lawmakers listen as Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) delivers a policy speech at the lower house of the Diet during the opening of the 150-day regular session in Tokyo, Japan, 20 January 2020. EPA-Jiji Press
Japan Unified University Entrance Exams Begin
January 18, 2020
Supervisors distributing question papers at the last entrance examination of the university entrance examination center under the current method = Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo Students take the unified university entrance exams in Tokyo, Japan, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020.This year’s two-day unified university
Remembering Kobe Earthquake
January 17, 2020
Victims Remembered 25 Years after Kobe Earthquake Some 5,000 bamboo lanterns are lit to form lines reading a Japanese word meaning “remember” as well as “1.17” during a memorial ceremony for the earthquake in Higashi-Yuenchi Park in Kobe, western Japan,
Yohji Yamamoto’s collection in Paris Fashion Week
January 17, 2020
Japanese fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto aknowledges the public at the end of his show, during the men’s Fashion Week for the Fall/Winter 2020/21 collection in Paris on January 16, 2020. AFP-Jiji Press
Japanese Designer in Paris
January 16, 2020
Kenzo Takada, flanked by his assistants Jonathan Bouchet Manheim (L), Wanda Jelmini (2L) and Engelbert Honorat (R), poses in his studio in Paris on January 14, 2020 ahead of the launching of K3, his design brand. – After 20 years
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