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Okinawa
Where To Go Next: This New Resort Opening In Okinawa
Forbes - Laurie Werner
Halekulani has been the star of the Honolulu hotel scene for over 100 years, a place of serenity and gentle elegance within the steadily increasing hubbub of Waikiki. It’s expanding that position by taking
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Tokyo
Tokyo’s New Strategy for Easing Subway Overcrowding: Free Soba, Tempura
CityLab - Linda Poon
To ease the morning rush traffic, the city’s Metro will reward riders with buckwheat noodles and tempura for traveling outside peak hours. For all the efficiency that Tokyo’s subway system boasts, the
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Australian Open (Tennis)
Australian Open 2019: Japan's Kei Nishikori recovers from two sets down to beat Pablo Carreno Busta in Round of 16
Firstpost - Agence France-Presse
Melbourne: Japanese marathon man Kei Nishikori recovered from two sets down to reach the Australian Open quarter-finals with an epic five set win …
China
Japan slammed over ‘useless and provocative’ aircraft carriers
scmp.com - m.scmp.com
Japan is getting its first aircraft carriers since the second world war and buying dozens of fighter jets under a new defence plan that was approved …
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Tokyo
Tokyo's Nikkei share average opens up 0.24 pct
investing.com
TOKYO, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Japan's benchmark Nikkei average .N225 opened up 0.24 percent at 20,770.06 on Tuesday, while the broader Topix .TOPX gained …
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Green Roofs
A peek inside Japan’s Solaniwa Onsen, the world’s biggest hot-spring theme park
scmp.com - Caspar Li
The world’s biggest hot-spring theme park, Solaniwa Onsen, in Japan – spanning more than 16,500 square metres – will hold its grand opening on …
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Commuting
Tokyo Metro Is Offering Free Noodles to Commuters Who Use Off-Peak Subway Lines
thepointsguy.com - Jordan Allen
In an effort to relieve some of the overcrowding on the Tokyo metro, commuters who take subway lines outside of morning peak hours are being rewarded …
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Hot Springs
Japan’s Masazo Nonaka, Recognised By Guinness World Records As The World’s Oldest Man, Passes Away At 113
swarajyamag.com - Swarajya Staff
The world’s oldest man - Japan’s Masazo Nonaka has passed away at the age of 113. He died in the morning’s wee hours on Sunday (20 January). He was …
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Japanese Companies
For $450, This Japanese Company Will Quit Your Job For You
kcur.org - Bill Chappell
Stressed out, overworked, or just over it: Workers in Japan who want to leave their jobs — but don't want to face the stress of quitting in person — …
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Smart Cards
Swiss ‘Smart Card’ Crypto Wallet Tangem Gets $15 Million From Japan’s SBI Group
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Switzerland-based Cryptocurrency ‘smart card’ wallet manufacturer Tangem has secured $15 million in funding from Japanese finance giant SBI Group, …
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Ellen DeGeneres Show
kemio is japan's internet superstar
i-D USA - YOSHIKO KURATA
Since being discovered on Vine, he's garnered a million Youtube subscribers and met Gaga. He'd still like to be on Ellen however. This article originally appeared on i-D Japan. "Hello everyone on the It’s
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Cherry Blossom
How to see Japan’s Cherry Blossoms in 2019
cntraveller.in - Katherine LaGrave
This year's sakura forecast covers everywhere from cities in Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan's islands, to Kagoshima, a seaside prefecture on …
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IMF
Asian shares, U.S. stock futures slip as growth worries loom
investing.com - By Swati Pandey
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares and U.S. stock futures slipped on Tuesday amid signs of pessimism about world growth, while sterling dithered as the …
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Tokyo
Putin, Abe hold summit to break island impasse
24matins.uk - By Maria ANTONOVA,
Russia and Japan’s leaders meet for talks in Moscow Tuesday over the disputed island chain that has long prevented a peace treaty to end World War …
The Wall Street Journal.
Bank of Japan
Numbers Game: For the Bank of Japan, 80 Trillion Means About 20 Trillion
The Wall Street Journal. - Megumi Fujikawa
Central bank is on track to miss its bond-buying target by a wide margin—again TOKYO—How much is about 80? The Bank of Japan’s answers include 79, 38, and, lately, about 20. Since October 2014, the central
Reuters
Sanctions
Japan's Fuji Oil loads Iran oil, first cargo since U.S. sanctions waiver
Reuters - by Yuka Obayashi
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese refiner Fuji Oil Co (5017.T) has lifted Iranian crude oil in the first cargo to head for Japan since the country received a waiver from U.S. sanctions on Tehran, a company spokesman
SFGate
Hotel fires half its robot staff for sucking at their jobs
SFGate - Bonnie Burton
Many of the unusual robots working at Japan's Henn na Hotel are now out of work. This article, Hotel fires half its robot staff for sucking at their jobs, originally appeared on CNET.com. Humans worried
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Emperor Akihito
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko stroll arm in arm on the beach as the 85-year-old prepares the first Japanese monarch
dailymail.co.uk - Chiara Fiorillo
Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko stroll arm in arm on a beach near the Hayama Imperial Villa in Hayama, Kanagawa, as the monarch prepares …
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Japan’s squid industry in crisis amid record low catches
The Telegraph - By Danielle Demetriou
Grilled, raw, stewed, dried, fermented, fried: squid has long been consumed with abundance in Japan, appearing in countless everyday dishes. Now, however, Japan’s long-running love affair with squid is
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Hitman (Video Game)
Your Guide To Hitman 2's Snow Festival (Every Challenge, No Unlocks Required)
gameinformer.com - Leo Vader
Click here to watch embedded videoHitman's time-limited content has been controversial since the 2016 release. While many rightfully wish that the …
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World Economy
Japan firms wary of boosting investment amid intensifying trade war: Reuters poll
investing.com - By Tetsushi Kajimoto
TOKYO (Reuters) - Over a third of Japanese firms aim to raise capital expenditure in the fiscal year starting April, with many others worried about …
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Australian Open (Tennis)
Osaka, Svitolina cruise into Australian Open quarters
thequint.com - IANS
Melbourne, Jan 21 (IANS) Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka and Ukrainian Elina Svitolina on Monday cruised into the quarter finals of the Australian …
Sport (South Africa)
| Djokovic survives examination to reach Open QF
sport24.co.za - www.sport24.co.za
Novak Djokovic dropped a set for the second match running but survived a tough examination to reach the Australian Open quarter-finals.
Australian Open (Tennis)
2019 Australian Open: Four players in the hunt for Halep's No.1 ranking
wtatennis.com - www.wtatennis.com
With three of the four quarterfinals carrying No.1 ranking implications, here's how the final eight shake out: Top Half: No.8 Karolina Pliskova vs. …
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Australian Open (Tennis)
Booed off the court: Pablo Carreno Busta served up the biggest meltdown of the Australian Open.
mamamia.com.au - belinda.jepsen@mamamia.com.au
There’s still three rounds of the Australian Open singles contest to go, but we feel perfectly safe calling it. The hissy fit of the Australian Open …
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Australian Open (Tennis)
Tennis: Osaka working on adding prowess to power - coach
Reuters India - By Ian Ransom
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Whacking the cover off a tennis ball was once Plan A, B and C for Naomi Osaka but the hard-hitting U.S. Open champion has been trying to add dimensions to her game as she searches
Amateur hunter mauled to death on mountainside by wild boar
atimes.com - By Asia Times staff
An amateur hunter was mauled to death by a wild boar on a mountain near Tokyo on Sunday, telling friends on a radio “I’ve had it” before he lapsed …
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World Economic Forum
Davos 2019 in Pictures
Bloomberg
This year's theme is "Globalization 4.0." Among those attending are Japan's Shinzo Abe, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and IMF chief Christine …
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Oil
Japan has started process of importing Iranian oil, according to Tehran
CNBC
Japan has started the process of importing Iranian oil, which was suspended due to U.S. sanctions, the governor of Iran's central bank said on Monday. …
Salonadded this to Health & Science
Fukushima
Fukushima residents return despite radiation
Salon - Jane Braxton Little
Bags of radioactive soil, scraped from certain rice farms, are stored on other farmland. (Jane Braxton Little/Scientific American) Eight years after the nuclear meltdown, wary citizens are moving back