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JAPAN PULSE

Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Oct 22, 2013
J-blip: Pipo-kun's new song and dance
Is Hatsune Miku moonlighting as Pipo-kun?
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Oct 10, 2013
Psssst! Wanna bottle of fresh air?
Is that bottle of air half full or half empty?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Japan Pulse
Sep 18, 2013
Rent a dude for ¥1,000: an interview with Takanobu Nishimoto of Ossan Rental
Would you pay u00a51,000 to kill time with a hip 46-year-old guy?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Sep 3, 2013
10 charming things believed by little kids in Japan
Certainly everyone has some embarrassing things they thought were true as a kid. You are not alone.
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Aug 20, 2013
The cutest little whitehead, Kakusen-kun
Will this kimo-kawaii anime cause you to rethink your relationship with clogged pores?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Aug 16, 2013
Inside Nazo Tomo Cafe
What awaits visitors to the pop-up puzzle cafe in Shibuya? Read the details of our hands-on experience!
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Aug 14, 2013
Nazo toki trend goes mainstream
A pop-up shop with a difference appeared on the fashionable streets of Shibuya last month. Open until Aug. 25, and again between Sept. 6 and Sept 23, the Nazo Tomo Cafe is a mystery waiting to be solved. Inside, for ¥1,000, customers can team up with strangers or friends to solve a puzzle of their choice....
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Aug 12, 2013
Recycled udon — a viable energy alternative or a sign of extreme extravagance?
Instead fermenting udon scraps for electricity, shouldn't we reduce the amount of food we are wasting in the first place?
CULTURE / Art / Japan Pulse
Aug 9, 2013
Japan by the numbers (8.9.13)
First check out these fresh stats, then let's think how to get the nutritional breakfast-focused mom percentage up to the LINE user percentage.
BUSINESS / Japan Pulse
Aug 2, 2013
J-blip: Bandai's smartphone panties
Underwear for your phone. Yes, this has become a reality.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Jul 30, 2013
Next stop: French toast?
Is the pancake boom giving way to a new brunchy trend?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jul 29, 2013
Cinderella stories inspire women to find their prince on social networking sites
Can a girl actually find her true love on web networks, or are the stories about Social Cinderellas only fairytales?
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Jul 25, 2013
Tweet Beat: #allstar
The All-Star Series hashtags were more widely tweeted than Upper House election ones last week. #TweetBeat
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Jul 24, 2013
The last of the McDonald's Jewelry
The final McD jewel — Ruby Spark — packed a spicy meat punch.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / Japan Pulse
Jul 23, 2013
Crafty creators converge on HandMade in Japan Fes 2013
Lovers of homespun goodness gather to celebrate the power of craft and creativity.
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Jul 22, 2013
Tweet Beat: #孤独のグルメ
The 'late night eating terror' is back and ranking this last week's most popular Twitter hashtags!
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Jul 19, 2013
Konbini Raiders: The lesser-known cousins of Popin' Cookin' Sushi
We sample a few examples of Japan's notorious DIY candy kits.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / Japan Pulse
Jul 17, 2013
Resting in peace has never been so easy
The array of after-life choices, especially for families with fewer financial means, is growing.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Jul 17, 2013
Limited-edition burgers, ep. deux
Round two of McDonald's 'Jewelry' series leads us to the Black Diamond, a burger more enticing than its name suggests.
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Jul 12, 2013
Tweet Beat: #七夕, #鯖アニメ, ＃愛国競争
Tanabata wishes, political demonstration and a whole pile of anime premieres featured big in last week's Japanese Twitter hashtags! #TweetBeat
Ban on dual nationality is constitutional, Fukuoka High Court rules
Yuri Kondo (center), who filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Japan's ban on dual nationality, speaks at a news conference in the city of Fukuoka in December 2023.
17-year-old girl found dead in Osaka hotel room was strangled
A security camera footage shows a 17-year-old girl and a man entering a hotel in the city of Osaka on Saturday. She was found dead in the hotel room several hours later.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
Long-time 'Doraemon' voice actor Nobuyo Oyama dies at 90
Nobuyo Oyama
Ishiba keeps low profile as he makes diplomatic debut
Ishiba addresses the ASEAN-Japan Summit meeting in Laos on Thursday.
Peter Barakan’s Live Magic! takes its final bow
Annual festival Peter Barakan’s Live Magic! was born a decade ago when Barakan (left) decided to create a platform to share his love of roots music, which he attributes to growing up in 1960s England.
Spate of sumo tour dropouts highlights need to rethink wrestlers' health
Shonannoumi hits the dirt at the hands of Kotozakura during a bout in Tokyo in May. Shonannoumi is among the many top wrestlers who have dropped out of this month's regional tour due to injury.
Japan pushes fossil fuel tech in Asia carbon neutrality initiative
Coal-fired power plants in Bataan, the Philippines, in June 2023. A third of the 158 agreements signed under the Japan-led Asia Zero Emission Community are linked to fossil fuel technologies, a recent study by a climate research group has found.
The forgotten Japanese naturalist who created a U.S. national park
Without Japanese outdoorsman George Masa, America might not have the Great Smoky Mountains National Park — so why do so many people in Japan not know he existed?
Experts move to allay replicon COVID shot fears in Japan amid backlash
A man receives a COVID-19 vaccine in Tokyo on Oct. 1. Experts say fears over the newly approved replicon vaccine are unwarranted.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Dul Saroth (left) and Soeum Samrach, deminers with the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority, practice using the Advanced Landmine Imaging System in Cambodia’s Siem Reap province in August.
The Japanese tech that could one day make Southeast Asia landmine-free
By Anton L. Delgado

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