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Japanese beer slushie innovator Kirin Ichiban launches the home-sized frozen brew machine, less than two years since his frosty beverages hit the scene.
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Members of Japan’s popular singing group AKB48 were injured in a violent attack by a man wielding a saw during a fan event.
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Just before the arrival of United States President Barack Obama, a number of ice cream and beverage vending machines were shut down in Tokyo. Reportedly, Japan is normally known as the kingdom of vending machines.
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Japanese police Friday arrested a man suspected of tearing pages out of books written on Anne Frank. Police suspect the man is linked to the vandalism of more than 300 books related to the Holocaust, including the "The Diary of a Young Girl."
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Tokyo governor Yoichi Masuzoe's worst nightmare is a catastrophe hitting the city during the 2020 Summer Games and disaster prevention and mitigation tops his Olympic to-do list.
In the Media
by Karolos Grohmann (Reuters)
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Prosecutors in Tokyo raided offices of Swiss drugmaker Novartis <NOVN.VX> on Wednesday as part of an investigation into alleged use of manipulated data to promote its best-selling blood pressure drug Diovan.
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by Reuters
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Voters in Tokyo went to the polls Sunday to elect a new governor in a race that was being closely watched as a popular verdict on the use of nuclear power.
In the Media
by Miwa Suzuki (AFP)
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Voters in Tokyo went to the polls Sunday to elect a new governor in a race that was being closely watched as a popular verdict on the use of nuclear power.
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by AFP
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Women in Tokyo are threatening a sex boycott against any man who votes for the front-runner in this weekend's gubernatorial election, in protest at his claim that menstruation makes women unfit for government.
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by AFP
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In an effort to be prepared for the unexpected, officials at Tokyo zoo ran an emergency drill on Thursday. They dressed a member of staff in a gorilla costume, who then mimed the great escape.
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Baseball and softball should be part of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics despite failing to make the cut last year, the head of the powerful Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) said on Wed
In the Media
by Karolos Grohmann (Reuters)
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What kind of food is it that a line of 250 would form for three hours in Brooklyn to sample? It was a Ramen Burger, and while 250 people were in line, the creator of the burger had only planned on making 150, before so many people heard about it.
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The Japanese government is not amused, as two cartoons appear in a French newspaper — one depicting sumo wrestlers with additional limbs and the other set in front of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant — and both related to the 2020 Toyko Olympics.
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People had got their hopes up a little too high that Madrid would succeed in their bid to host the 2020 Olympics. As Tokyo was announced the winner, everyone just went home, very disappointed. But is this such a bad thing, in a crisis-torn nation?
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In what could possibly have been the height of sheer boredom, or maybe a touch of paranoia, a Tokyo man has been arrested for making 28,000 prank calls to the local emergency number 110.
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Tens of thousands of Japanese rallied in their nation's capital on Sunday to protest government plans to resume nuclear power generation.
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March against Monsanto protests were held in 40 countries in the world on May 25, 2013. The message of all these protests was "Stop Monsanto" and "No more GMOs." This article will concentrate on events in Earth's southern hemisphere.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was involved in a five-car pile-up at a toll gate in Tokyo en route to a rally on Saturday. He escaped unhurt, but two guards sustained facial injuries.
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In the run up to the second anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that caused the disaster at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, tens of thousands have taken to the streets of Tokyo in protest against nuclear power.
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The video game and anime company called Bandai Namco announced a new indoor theme park in Tokyo for summer of 2013. The park focuses on characters and titles from the "Weekly Shonen Jump."
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Around seven people are believed to have been trapped under rubble, following the collapse of a section of ceiling in the Sasago tunnel on the Chuo expressway in Koshu City, Yamanashi prefecture, Japan on Sunday. (Updated).
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Mass transit systems in most major urban centers in Japan are very safe and efficient, but also extremely involved; Japanese children are taught the ins and outs of trains and subway fares, connections and proper subway manners from a very early age.
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Tokyo saw yet another huge protest on Sunday, as thousands rallied in the streets against the nuclear restart in the country.
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In sweltering summer heat, around 170,000 protesters hit the streets of Tokyo, protesting against the nuclear restart, as another reactor prepares to go online.
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Despite massive protests in Tokyo, Japan's Kansai Electric Power Company (KEPCO) has restarted the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui prefecture. Seismologists warn of the dangers.
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Shareholders of Japan's electricity companies voted on Wednesday to reboot nuclear power in Japan. 200,000 people hit the streets yesterday to protest this.
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Thousands of police are on the streets of Tokyo today, June 8, searching for the final member of a doomsday cult that attacked the city's subway system with deadly sarin gas in 1995.
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Two American men were arrested in Tokyo, Japan, in connection to the death of a twenty-one year old female Irish exchange student.
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As if Japan hasn't got enough problems, now a severe storm has been beating Japan's main island of Honshu at rates of 140 km/h with a torrential downpour of rain.
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A group of three students from Tokyo found themselves taking an unexpected water trip on their vacation in Australia.
The trio was driving to North Stradbroke Island and their GPS took them straight into Moreton Bay.
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Protest in Tokyo on eve of Fukushima anniversary
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Large forklifts transport boxes with seafood within the market.
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March against Monsanto, May 25, 2013 - Tokyo, Japan
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Protesters in Tokyo on Friday.
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The Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan
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Huge clams on sale at the intermerdiate wholesalers area of Tsukiji Market.
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The first Hooters to open in Japan, October 25, 2010
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The zoo in Tokyo ran a simulation of a gorilla escape to test preparedness in the event of an earthquake and a genuine escape.
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Starbucks in Shibuya Tokyo, Japan
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Walking around the market is risky because of heavy traffic of trucks and electric carts.
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Hachiko, Shibuya Station, Tokyo Japan
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Protestor shout anti government slogans during a rally in front of the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on June 30, 2014
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Empty grocery store shelves in Tokyo four days after a devastating earthquake struck Japan
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The grocery store shelves in Tokyo after the earthquake
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Pedestrians in Tokyo, Japan
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Damage in Urayasu, Chiba prefecture, Japan, caused by liquefaction during March 11, 2011 earthquake.
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A picture of a Starbucks in Tokyo.
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