Japan

Maria Korzh26.05.2022

At the age of 13, I received my first love letter (ラブレター, rabu retā). It was waiting for me in my school shoe box (下駄箱, getabako). If you didn’t know, getabako was, and still is, a favorite hiding place for romantic letters for generations of Japanese teenagers. How to imagine the years of youth in […]

Nicholas Erin19.07.2020

Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on Friday July 17th released a list of the first group of Japanese companies to be subsidized by the government to move production from China to other Southeast Asian countries or Japan. The first 87 companies or industry groups will receive a total of ¥70 billion ($653 million) […]

Nicholas Erin12.07.2020

A national facility devoted to the Japan’s indigenous people, or the Ainu and their culture opened on Sunday 12 July in their ancestral region of Hokkaido in northern Japan. The National Ainu Museum and Park in Shiraoi has a museum, a hall for the performance of traditional Ainu dance and instrumental music, as well as a […]

Denis Makhotkin28.06.2020

Japan is a miraculous country. Centuries-old traditions, rich history, unique culture, amazing unity of the nation and prominent technological development — all this is mixed in the overall image of the country. Many people are trying to answer the question: what is the essence of the Japanese miracle? The base for effective interaction in any […]

Nicholas Erin24.06.2020

Japanese meteorologists promise that this year from July to September, average temperatures across the country will be higher than usual. The Japan Meteorological Agency said on Wednesday, June 24 that two higher pressure areas — one from the Pacific Ocean and the other from the Tibetan Plateau — will overlap near Japan in the next […]

Nicholas Erin23.06.2020

Japan’s Fugaku supercomputer, built with government backing and used in the fight against coronavirus, is now ranked as the world’s fastest, its developers announced Monday. It snatched the top spot on the Top500, a site that has tracked the evolution of computer processing power for more than two decades, said the Riken scientific research centre. […]

Nicholas Erin21.06.2020

People in many parts of Asia and Africa observed a partial solar eclipse on Sunday, June 21st. The Moon started passing directly between the Sun and the Earth at around 4 p.m. on Sunday, Japan time. The celestial show lasted for two and a half hours and was the first partial solar eclipse that could […]

Nicholas Erin25.05.2020

On Monday, May 25, the Japanese authorities have decided to cancel the emergency state (ES) in the country, that was established on April 8, and then expanded on the whole country on April 16 due to the threat of the spread of a new coronavirus. According to official figures, the number of people infected with […]

Yuri Chekalin17.05.2020

There is one anime that you can be sure every single person in Japan knows, young and old alike, and that everyone has seen at least one episode. It’s inescapable but still largely unknown outside Japan. It is called Sazae-san. Although not many Western fans of anime and manga know about Sazae-san, but you should. The series […]

Igor Koroteev12.05.2020

The persistent interest in Japan among the Russian people is not very similar to the craving for exotic. About forty years ago, it was still possible to amaze the imagination of my compatriot with bright miracles. But now … Millions of Russians have already traveled to all parts of the world, but interest in Japan […]

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The Upopoy National Ainu Museum and Park Opened

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Summer in Japan Will Be Even Hotter!

Japan’s Supercomputer Recognized as the World’s Fastest

Partial Solar Eclipse Observed in Asia and Africa

Japan Decided to Cancel the State of Emergency

Sazae-san and Humor in Japan

Daruma and Vanka

The Michael Jackson Biopic is Missing its Most Controversial Story

Madama Butterfly and the Japan of the Western Imagination

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