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Frederic Dannay and his wife Rose, strolling on Shinjuku Dori one Sunday, when it was closed to traffic. Dannay is better known by the pen name Ellery Queen, which he
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Taeko Yamazaki is the Director of the Yamatane Museum of Art, which has a major collection of works in the nihonga genre. She came to mind when GameStop started dominating
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One popular foreign entertainer in Japan you don't hear much about today, is Roy James. Here he is, in a TV commercial for Nescafe instant coffee. Roy James was born
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"Who's the foreigner dressed like a Taisho era gentleman?" I thought. The answer came as something of a surprise. Blow me down if it isn't Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. It's unlike many
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Junichi Tsuda of Izutsu Yatsuhashi says the Kyoto confectioner knew it benefited from overseas tourist business but didn't realize how much the firm had come to depend on it, until
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Today is the 11月11日 (11th November), or, as Ezaki Glico would prefer, ポッキー&プリッツの日 (Pocky and Pretz Day). However, the confectioner is not the only one to claim the day. The
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Yumeno Mito, who runs an organization that helps girl runaways, is angry that developments like Miyashita Park in Shibuya are removing vulnerable people from public view, without addressing the underlying
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Every so often, I'll search for 外国人 on Google Japan. There's usually a photo next to the Wikipedia link. For a long time, it's been this flying tie guy. Today,
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Shanghai Disneyland re-opened last month, and Hong Kong Disneyland will follow this week. Universal Studios Japan will also re-open this week (see video) but Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo Disneysea are
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