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Main responsibility these days for Hiroshi Mizohata, head of the Osaka Tourist Bureau, is wearing a ring of MYAKU-MYAKU eyes.

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The bloke arrested for financing the brothel is quoted saying "I didn't know it was a prostitution business." mainichi.jp/english/arti...

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Looks like we get this nice weather in Tokyo until Sunday, then it all goes south again. Transition to Monday looks bracing.

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It's farewell to Shinjuku Alta on Friday. The building's owner says nothing has yet been confirmed about the future for the site. www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/202...

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Banano Yoshimoto says she didn't write a book being sold for the Kindle under her name, and warns readers not to buy it. She is looking at taking legal action. The Amazon listing has since been removed. www.zakzak.co.jp/article/2025...

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A Fukuoka pet shop owner has been given a 30 year prison sentence. He terrorized 6 female staff, falsely claiming to be a yakuza, and threatening them with death if they didn't obey him, and perform sexual favours. www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/202...

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Survey says Generation Z uses Instagram more than specialist websites to find restaurant recommendations. newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/-/1...

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The England rugby team put out a video clip of post-match snack in the changing room. If you'd told a gnarly old prop fifty years ago the players would be eating sushi, he'd have laughed in your face.

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Kevin Braswell, coach of the Utsunomiya Brex basketball team, has passed away at 46. He had emergency surgery for heart trouble last month, and it appears there were complications. www.yomiuri.co.jp/sports/etc/2...

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Video of the Dinner in the Sky experience at Toyosu. Will be giving this a miss. www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2Nq...

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In another indication the trend has legs, Komeda Coffee has just opened a new onigiri store (おむすび米屋の太郎) in Shinjuku. All the onigiri are made to order. www.ryutsuu.biz/report/r2025...

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Owner of an onsen ryokan in a ski resort area says overseas tourists find the onsen water too hot. They sometimes try to cool it down with cold water. nikkan-spa.jp/2072877

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Broad definition of "Subculture" in this bookshop. Shelf has James Clavell's "Shogun", and a memoir by David Suchet on filming TV show "Poirot".

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Sankei gallery for 猫の日(Cat Day) leads with this photo. www.sankei.com/article/2025...

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Views of Mt. Fuji from Haneda Airport. Can't help feeling Lawson is missing a trick not setting up a convenience store on top of one of those buildings behind Haneda. www.sankei.com/article/2025...

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This looks like a robot which could be diabolically repurposed for more than cutting tree branches. www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...

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Mainichi has an English write-up on Shiori Ito's decision to re-edit "Black Box Diaries". The documentary's use of unauthorized footage has been the main barrier to a domestic cinema release. mainichi.jp/english/arti...

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The managers of North Safari Sapporo have said they will take everything down by 2029. The City will decide whether this is a credible plan or a stalling tactic. www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/202...

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Writing in IT Media, Masaki Kubota criticizes recent media reports which portray overseas tourists as a scourge on local areas. He argues foreigners are often being scapegoated for problems endemic to Japanese society. www.itmedia.co.jp/business/art...

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99 couples got married in Wakkanai last year but only one couple held a reception there. Wakkanai has announced it will subsidize receptions in the city to try and bring the practice back. www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/202...

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Asahi report says algorithm changes mean Uber Eats delivery drivers in Japan are rejecting low-paying jobs, in the hope of getting the system to throw up a big bonus job. This can mean more orders going unfulfilled. www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...

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Randy's Doughnuts announced last year it would be entering the Japanese market this spring. The first store will open in Log Road Daikanyama in May. www.ryutsuu.biz/store/r02187...

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On the left, Mayor Takuya Murakami promising to make Tagawa City genki again. On the right, Mayor Murakami bowing in apology for getting too genki with a female staffer. They had an affair, and Murakami would take her on overnight business trips around the country. www.asahi.com/articles/AST...

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Rick Buckler, drummer with The Jam, has passed away after a short illness. He was 69. www.uncut.co.uk/news/paul-we...

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The press were invited to view a stockpile of 20,000 tons of rice at a warehouse in Saitaima. The location of the warehouse, and others like it around the country, is not publicly disclosed. www.sankei.com/article/2025...

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Starbucks reached the milestone of 2,000 stores in Japan yesterday. It's in Ginza, the same area as the first store the coffee chain opened in 1996. www.yomiuri.co.jp/economy/2025...

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Tokyo Metropolitan Gov't wants public opinions on a draft of the Jingumae 5-chome District Urban Development Policy. This looks at ways to utilize the 45,000m2 site of the old Children's Castle, Aoyama Hospital, Cosmos Aoyama and UN University. www.toshiseibi.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/bosai/toshi_...

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Unregistered SUICA and PASMO cards will go on sale again from the 1st of March. Chip shortages meant all sales were supended in August 2023. Registered cards went back on sale in September last year. travel.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/16...

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A 28 year old Taiwanese accountant has been arrested at Haneda with 22kg of cocaine hidden in boxes of sweets and cakes. It's the largest haul of coke found in personal belongings at an airport in Japan. www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/202...

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A Korean woman has been arrested at Fukuoka Airport. She tried to take photos of a Korean star going through customs (an area where photography is prohibited). When an official stopped her, she allegedly struck him, though she denies doing so. kbc.co.jp/news/article...

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Takehiro Hira, who played Ishido Kazunari, the main villain in "Shogun", appears as Ozaki, the Japanese Prime Minister, in the new Captain America film. Shame for him it hasn't been well-received.

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