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    Inflation and hotel prices curtail Japanese ‘Golden Week’ travels

    Inflation and hotel prices curtail Japanese ‘Golden Week’ travels

    03 May 2025

    Japan’s annual “Golden Week” holiday period gets into full swing Saturday, but inflation and hotel prices sent soaring by record inbound tourism have left domestic travellers less eager to...

    Japan's famous cherry blossoms bloom early due to climate change

    Japan's famous cherry blossoms bloom early due to climate change

    31 Mar 2021

    Japan's famous cherry blossoms have reached their flowery peak in many places earlier this year than at any time since formal records started being kept nearly 70 years ago,...

    Japanese fashion themselves with luxurious face-masks made of diamonds and pearls

    Japanese fashion themselves with luxurious face-masks made of diamonds and pearls

    25 Nov 2020

    Niloufar Saleem, Staff Reporter   While the whole world fights the coronavirus pandemic in their own style, the Japanese have found a way out through luxury.   Fashion-conscious Japanese...

    Japanese artist creates ramen face mask to complement fogged glasses

    Japanese artist creates ramen face mask to complement fogged glasses

    26 Sep 2020

    Takahiro Shibata's glasses are fogging up because of his face mask - a problem familiar to many spectacles wearers during the coronavirus pandemic.   But Shibata has turned the...

    Tokyo's new see-through toilets aim to enhance public spaces

    Tokyo's new see-through toilets aim to enhance public spaces

    27 Aug 2020

    Public toilets are usually a welcome sight to anyone who has had too much to drink, but some might do a double take when they come across the ones...

    Coronavirus crisis threatens to unravel Japanese artist's kimono ambitions

    Coronavirus crisis threatens to unravel Japanese artist's kimono ambitions

    24 Aug 2020

    Japanese artist Hiroko Takahashi fought through sexism and suspicion from traditional kimono artisans to establish a globally known brand that sold hundreds of her original garments every month -...

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    A hole new world: Japan city lights up sewer covers

    24 Aug 2020

    The humble manhole cover might not seem like much of a blank canvas, but one Japanese city is reimagining the possibilities with illuminated versions featuring anime characters.   Tokorozawa,...

    Japanese amusement park encourages visitors using rollercoasters to stay silent, scream inside the heart

    Japanese amusement park encourages visitors using rollercoasters to stay silent, scream inside the heart

    14 Jul 2020

    It might be the unlikeliest instructional video ever, but footage of two Japanese amusement park executives demonstrating how to "scream inside your heart" to avoid spreading COVID-19 while on...

    Japan’s flying soap bubbles that carry pollen grains could save the world from starvation

    Japan’s flying soap bubbles that carry pollen grains could save the world from starvation

    18 Jun 2020

    Flying robots equipped with bubble guns could one day help save our planet.   That's according to a study published in iScience on Wednesday by a Japanese scientist who...

    Calls for boycott of Japan grow in South Korea as labour row simmers

    Calls for boycott of Japan grow in South Korea as labour row simmers

    05 Jul 2019

    Calls in South Korea for a boycott of Japanese goods in response to Japanese restrictions on the export of high-tech material to South Korea picked up on Monday, as...

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