November 24, 2017

LAKE PLACID, NY- Takahito Mura of Japan competes in the Men’s Short Program during day one of 2017 Bridgestone Skate America at Herb Brooks Arena on Friday, November 24, 2017 in Lake Placid, New York. Jiji Press

National Rugby

November 24, 2017

PARIS- France’s national rugby union team players warm up during a training session on the eve of a friendly rugby union international match between France and Japan in Marcoussis, south of Paris, on Friday, November 24, 2017. Jiji Press

FIS Nordic Combined World Cup

November 24, 2017

FINLAND-Akito Watabe (center) of Japan poses with Santa Claus after taking the third place in the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup in Ruka, near Kuusamo, Finland, Friday, 24 November 2017. Jiji Press Akito Watabe (right) of Japan is on his

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FIS Ruka Nordic 2017 FIS World Cup

November 23, 2017

FINLAND- Hideaki Nagai of Japan soars through the air during the Nordic Combined Ski Jump provisional competition round of the FIS Ruka Nordic 2017 FIS World Cup in in Northern Finland on Thursday, November 23, 2017. Jiji Press

Blue Chrysanthemum

November 22, 2017

Ibaraki Prefecture- Naonobu Noda, left, a senior researcher at the National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, unveils to reporters a blue chrysanthemum created through genetic modification in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, Wednesday, November 22, 2017. Noda said he hopes

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Toyota Robot

November 22, 2017

TOKYO- Toyota Motor Corp. ‘Kirobo Mini’ robots are displayed during a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, 22 November 2017. Toyota launched sales of its communication compact robot Kirobo Mini across Japan at a price of 39,800 yen (around 300

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Japanese master shoemaker in European art

November 22, 2017

TOKYO- This photo taken on November 7, 2017 shows Japanese master shoemaker Yohei Fukuda posing in his workshop in Tokyo. When Yohei Fukuda left for England more than a decade ago to learn his trade as a master leather shoemaker,

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Men in 20s go out less on holidays: survey

November 22, 2017

Tokyo- Men in their 20s in Japan went out far less on holidays in 2015 than 23 years ago, a government survey has found. The average number of their daily travels stood at 1.91 for weekdays and 1.24 for holidays,

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