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- Firefighters show how they used to do it in the Edo Era
- January 6th, 2012Category: Events
- The annual New Year’s Fire Review, called “Dezomeshiki,” is a spectacular demonstration of fire and disaster prevention performed by the Metropolitan Fire Department. It features firefighting drills, rescue, first aid, a parade of firefighting equipment ... » Continue Reading
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- Outdoor ice skating rink opens at Tokyo Midtown
- January 6th, 2012Category: Outdoor/Sports
- If you're looking for somewhere to go ice skating this winter, try the newly opened outdoor ice skating rink at Tokyo Midtown in Roppongi. Each January and February, the rink draws ice skating enthusiasts, both Japanese and foreign. Turin Olympic figure skating gold ... » Continue Reading
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- New ARROWS ES IS12F smartphone for au
- January 6th, 2012Category: Uncategorized
- Fujitsu is releasing its new ARROWS ES IS12F smartphone, manufactured by Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications. The new smartphone will be available in a steady roll-out starting Saturday from KDDI Corp and Okinawa Cellular Telephone Co. Measuring just 6.7mm thick an ... » Continue Reading
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- Japanese stores offer big bargains in lucky bags
- January 5th, 2012Category: Shopping
- Every New Year, stores across Japan start the business year with huge bargain sales, featuring "fukubukuro" (lucky bags). You never know what you are going to find in the bags, but the value of the items is usually twice the price of the lucky bag ... well, it i ... » Continue Reading
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- Yamanote line likely to get first new station in 40 years
- January 5th, 2012Category: Uncategorized
- JR East is studying the possibility of adding a new station to the Yamanote line in Tokyo between Shinagawa and Tamachi stations—a distance of 2.2 kilometers. If the plan is realized, it will be the first new station on the line in about 40 years, JR East said in a st ... » Continue Reading
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- Soft drink vending machines offer free Wi-Fi Internet access
- January 3rd, 2012Category: Uncategorized
- Asahi Soft Drinks Co has developed a vending machine that provides free Wi-Fi connection to the Internet.The company said on its website that 1,000 Wi-Fi vending machines will be rolled out this month in Tokyo, Sendai, the Chubu and Kinki regions, as well as Fukuoka. ... » Continue Reading
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- TV commercial of the week: Fan+ (Pet Dog) EX
- January 2nd, 2012Category: Arts & Entertainment
- This is the commercial for fan+ (fan plus) which distributes various movie content such as sports, history, science fiction, and so on. The commercial introduces "Aiken (Pet Dog) EX" which shows extreme dog sports for all dog lovers. The French bulldog wat ... » Continue Reading
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- Falcons and firefighters start off New Year
- January 1st, 2012Category: Events
- Hama-rikyu Onshi Garden Hama-rikyu Onshi Garden in Tsukiji has some New Year events on Jan 2 and 3. "Hoyojyutsu" is a falconry exhibition. There will be two hour-long performances each day from 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. You can experience traditional Japanese ... » Continue Reading
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- What impresses foreign visitors about Japan
- December 31st, 2011Category: Culture
- Foreign people who have been Japan have various impressions -- both positive and negative. An article in Madame Riri lists some of the positive things that visitors had to say about Japan. 1. Japanese are kind Many foreign people who have been Japan say that Japa ... » Continue Reading
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- Retweeted collections of funny images in 2011
- December 30th, 2011Category: Arts & Entertainment
- "Togetter" introduces funny images that were retweeted by many people in 2011. (Togetter is a popular Japanese web service that allows users to bundle specific tweets on certain topics and then add a Permalink to them. Although it is difficult to get certain informat ... » Continue Reading
