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Japan - space exploration, moon
Japan - international business
Tokyo Japan
Toyota - Car Manufacturing, Automobile - Industry
Japan - finance, business and corporate governance
SoftBank - Vision Fund
History of religion in Japan
a collection of articles and videos for travelers heading to Japan
a collection of articles and videos about Japan: Food and Culture
A collection of articles and videos about the Sony PlayStation - Video games, online games, and more
A collection of articles and videos about the Sony PlayStation - Video games, online games, and more
a collection of articles and videos about Japan: Tsunami and Flooding
Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control
a collection of articles about Japan and International Trade
a collection about the Xerox and Fuji film merger (proposed) - 2018
a collection of articles and videos for travelers heading to Japan
a collection of articles and videos for travelers heading to Japan
a collection of articles and videos for travelers heading to Japan
a collection of articles and videos for travelers heading to Japan
a collection of articles and videos for travelers heading to Japan
a collection of articles and videos for travelers heading to Japan
a collection of articles and videos for travelers heading to Japan
a collection of articles and videos for travelers heading to Japan
History of Japan
a collection of articles and videos for travelers heading to Japan
Surprising facts about maps and geography

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Asia’s new aid diplomacy. Charity closer to home

Richer Asian countries helping poorer ones will shape the region’s geopolitics. China isn’t the only country giving out goodies in Asia. Japan and... (2023)


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Asian integration: What Asia’s economic revolution means for the world

Investing in the neighborhood. Asia’s economies are coming closer together. That will benefit them, and the world. Links between the region’s count... (2023)


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Economic integration: How Asia is reinventing its economic model

A new Era of Asian commerce. How the continent at the heart of globalization is reinventing itself. The continent’s future will involve less Weste... (2023)


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What Happened During Ispace’s Moon Landing Attempt - The New York Times

The Japanese company aimed to complete the first moon landing by a private company, but its M1 lander joined numerous spacecraft that have crashed ... (2023)


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A Complete Guide to the Japan Rail Pass

Is the Japan Rail Pass worth it? Here's a complete guide to the JR Pass, including cost comparisons, how to get it, and how to use it! (2023)


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Poison-pill popping - Will Japan’s new prime minister continue to reform corporate governance?

A hostile takeover should provide some clues | Business (2021)


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Space startup Gitai raises $17.1M to help build the robotic workforce of commercial space – TechCrunch

Japanese space startup Gitai has raised a $17.1 million funding round, a Series B financing for the robotics startup. This new funding will be used... (2021)


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The future of SoftBank - What SoftBank’s Masa does next

Can the coronavirus-induced digital revolution restore Son Masayoshi’s reputation for investing brilliance? (2020)


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SoftBank Technology investing - The lessons from the Vision Fund

Son Masayoshi has shown that the future of technology lies as much in Asia as in Silicon Valley (2020)


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What Warren Buffett sees in Japan Inc - Schumpeter

The trading houses reflect a growing pro-shareholder culture (2020)


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Frank Lloyd Wright's Japanese education

When the young Wright moved to Chicago to work for the architect Joseph Silsbee, he was introduced to Japanese prints. It changed his career, and v... (2020)


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10 of the best books set in Japan – that will take you there | Literary trips

10 of the best books set in Japan – that will take you there | Literary trips | The Guardian (2020)


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PlayStation's secret weapon: a nearly all-automated factory

TOKYO -- Sony's PlayStation has won hundreds of millions of fans across the world since its launch in 1994. But few know just how much of the console' (2020)


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The Bomb Didn’t Beat Japan … Stalin Did

Have 70 years of nuclear policy been based on a lie? The U.S. use of nuclear weapons against Japan during World War II has long been a subject o... (2020)


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Online learning marketplace Udemy raises $50M at a $2B valuation from Japanese publisher Benesse

The internet has, for better or worse, become the default platform for people seeking information, and today one of the companies leveraging that t... (2020)


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The Japanese art of (not) sleeping - BBC Future

The Japanese don’t sleep. They don’t nap. They do ‘inemuri’. Dr Brigitte Steger explains. "The Japanese don’t sleep. This is what everyone – the... (2019)


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How East and West think in profoundly different ways - BBC Future

Psychologists are uncovering the surprising influence of geography on our reasoning, behaviour, and sense of self. ... "From the broad differ... (2019)


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State Shinto: A Religion Interrupted - How the Japanese Government took over the country's native religion

Learn why the Japanese government hijacked a religion and created State Shinto, and how it changed modern Japan. (2016)


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State Shinto - Wikipedia

State Shintō ( Kokka Shintō) describes Imperial Japan's ideological use of the native folk traditions of Shinto.[1]:547 The state strongly encourag... (2019)


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The Sapporo Snow Festival is a feast for the eyes, and you need to see it - Matador Network

The Sapporo Ice Festival has amazing ice sculptures. What to see, where to eat, where to stay in Sapporo, Hokkaido. (2019)


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Why the Food in Okinawa's Not Like Anything in the Rest of Japan | Saveur

Get a taste of the unique island cooking that most travelers skip right over. Laurie Woolever tastes and cooks her way through the unique landscap... (2019)


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An Atomic Anniversary in the City the Bomb Spared - CityLab

At the end of World War II, Kokura, Japan, escaped nuclear destruction not once, but twice. Every August, the modern city’s residents mark the anni... (2019)


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Japanese anime studio Khara moving to Blender — blender.org

”We finally got a 3D creation tool like paper and pencil.” The reason why Khara, Inc. started moving to Blender. (2019)


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The Illegal Ramen Vendors of Postwar Tokyo - Gastro Obscura

Black markets and American wheat imports popularized ramen. (2018)


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How I Made $8,000 per Month Podcasting, and Why You Probably Don’t Want To

I run the Disrupting Japan podcast. Like many podcasts, the show dives deep into a small niche. It has no real hope of mass-market appeal. It turns... (2019)


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Japan is increasingly renting cars for everything except driving - 2019 - TNW

Many people in Japan who rent cars through vehicle-sharing services don't drive them at all - instead, they use them for naps, chats, and meals. (2019)


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Sony launches a taxi-hailing app to rival Uber in Tokyo – TechCrunch 2019

Sony last year announced it would enter Japan’s taxi-hailing space and, good to its word, the electronics giant has kicked off its S.Ride service i... (2019)


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The reason Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in WWII

Japan attacked the U.S Pacific Fleet at its base at Pearl Harbor on the 7th of December 1941, but what led to that decision? Why did the Japanese a... (2023)


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Why Tokyo Is Insanely Well Designed

Why Tokyo Is Insanely Well Designed (2022)


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How Ocean Shipping Works (And Why It's Broken)

Sign up for the Nebula/CuriosityStream bundle deal at http://CuriosityStream.com/WendoverWatch an exclusive behind the scenes video showing how we ... (2021)


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Why There are Now So Many Shortages (It's Not COVID)

Why There are Now So Many Shortages (It's Not COVID) A look at the Toyota “just in time” (JIT) supply chain system (2021)


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TOKYO: Earth's Model MEGACITY

Tokyo is the most successful metropolis in the history of the world with 39 million residents, 50% more people than any other urban area. It is the... (2019)


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Discover Osaka: sushi, tattoos, and a flourishing nightlife | The Economist

Japan’s second city has become the country's fastest growing tourist hotspot. Famed for its food, Osaka stands apart from other cities in Japan. A ... (2018)


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I didn't bring business cards to Japan. Big mistake. - Vox

Vox Published on Jun 1, 2017 The ritual of Japanese business cards. Follow Johnny for more photos and videos from his travels around the globe... (2018)


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Why Japan has so many vending machines - Vox

What vending machines can teach you about this country Subscribe to the Vox Borders newsletter for weekly updates: http://www.vox.com/borders-email... (2018)


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Japan Tsunami 2011 Street View

Watch as the March 2011 Tsunami floods a city. The videographer is on the street as the tsunami makes landfall. I do not own this video. (2018)


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The best kindergarten you’ve ever seen | TEDTakaharu Tezuka

TED Published on Apr 14, 2015 At this school in Tokyo, five-year-olds cause traffic jams and windows are for Santa to climb into. Meet: the wor... (2018)


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Stalking the Wild Nutrino | Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey

National Geographic Published on Apr 23, 2014 The nutrino, one of the most elusive elements, takes a tremendous amount of effort to find. Abou... (2018)


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History of Japan

YouTube, History of Japan (2017)


Podcast

Return of the Yokai - Roman Mars - 99% Invisible Podcast

Listen to this episode from 99% Invisible on Spotify. In the US, mascots are used to pump up crowds at sporting events, or for traumat... (2020)


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Japanese 'Prince' Switched At Birth Was Raised A Pauper : NPR

A court has ruled that a social welfare organization that ran a hospital where the mix-up occurred must pay the man about $317,000 for causing him ... (2018)