Four-day dance festival held in Tokushima
August 15, 2017
Dancers and performers showcased their talents during the Awa Odori festival in Tokushima. Different traditional dance were seen in the streets, performers also played the shamisen- a three-stringed instrument. Awa Odori festival is part of the Obon festival in Tokushima
Pikachu Outbreak! event at Yokohama
August 15, 2017
Hundreds of Pikachu character were seen during the Pikachu Carnival Parade in Yokohama, South of Tokyo last Monday. Visitors cheered as Pikachu mascots dance and perform during the parade as part of the “Pikachu Outbreak!” event. Jiji Photo (EPA/CHRISTOPHER JUE
Wall painting of doves made under Japan-Vietnam project
August 13, 2017
TOKYO- A wall painting of flying white doves has been completed at a museum in Ho Chi Minh City by Japanese and Vietnamese painters, students and other people to express a wish for peace. Participants in the painting project included
“Spa-Musement Parkˮopens
July 30, 2017
BEPPU, OITA PREF.- A unique “spa-musement park” combining hot spring with an amusement park opened on Saturday, though operating for only three days, in the famous spa resort city of Beppu in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan. In the park, created at
Sophia Univ. Prof. Ishizawa wins Magsaysay Award
July 27, 2017
MANILA- Yoshiaki Ishizawa, who worked for decades to save Cambodia’s Angkor archaeological site, is among the winners of this year’s Ramon Magsaysay Award, known as Asia’s version of the Nobel Prize, the award organizer said Thursday. Born in Obihiro in
Kimonos of 196 nations created to revitalize craft
July 25, 2017
TOKYO- A project to create kimonos representing 196 countries is in progress, taking the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games as an opportunity to spread the wonders of Japan’s master craftsmanship across the country and overseas. With the output of
Smartphone game Pokemon Go strikes series of records in first year
July 23, 2017
TOKYO- The smash-hit smartphone game Pokemon Go has struck a series of records since its launch in Japan on July 22 last year. While the product helped invigorate the game market, it caused a lot of problems, such as fatal
Festival begins in disaster-hit Ishinomaki
July 23, 2017
ISHINOMAKI, MIYAGI PREF.- An art, music and food festival kicked off in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Saturday to help revitalize the Tohoku northeastern Japan region hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. In the event, “Reborn-Art Festival,” which will run through Sept.
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