Autumn Leaves (Rikugien Garden, Tokyo) 3 | Exploring Everyday Tokyo | Trend Scene | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
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Battery-Powered Plane | Science and Technology | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
A propeller aircraft took to the air while powered by nothing more than commercial dry-cell batteries this past July. The flight was the fruit of a joint project by Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. and undergraduates at the Tokyo Institute of Technology.

Vinegar Vitality | Lifestyle | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
As more and more consumers recognize the health benefits of su (rice vinegar), vinegar bars and cafes offering beverages that combine rice vinegar with ingredients like fruits and vegetables have begun to appear in Tokyo.

109 Hits 25 | Fashion | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Located in the Dogenzaka district of Tokyo's Shibuya Ward, the center of fashion for young women in Japan, Shibuya 109 marks its twenty-fifth anniversary this year.

Free Photocopying Service Takes Off | Business and Economy | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Free photocopying facilities funded by corporate advertising printed on the back of the paper are proving a big hit at universities in the Tokyo area. Known as tadakopi ("free copying"), the scheme was set up by Oceanize, a student start-up venture.

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Leave Your Chores to a Robot | Sci-tech | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
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Leave Your Chores to a Robot | Sci-tech | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
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Lifestyle 2003-2004 | Archives | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Trends in Japan Archives Celebrating International Cooperation Tourists Flock to Tsukiji A New World Heritage Site Who's the Loser? What Places Would You Recommend to Foreign Tourists? The Return of

Tenpo Ibun Ayakashi Ayashi - What's Cool - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
It is 1843, the fourteenth year of the Tenpo era. The shogunate is in a financial crisis, and in the city of Edo (present-day Tokyo), which is plagued by famine, riots, and other alarming events, ayashi fighters battle horrific beasts from the otherworld known as yoi. This is the plot of Tenpo Ibun Ayakashi Ayashi, a mystical anime series that has been on the air since October 2006.

Meikei High School - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Meikei High School is one of over 40 academic institutions in Tsukuba Science City, northeast of Tokyo. A "fieldwork" program for each grade allows students to learn from firsthand experience. During the six years at Meikei, students thus not only accumulate facts but also learn to think for themselves.

Nakao - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
A high school student from Saga Prefecture, Kyushu, became the only third person in history whose poem was read before the Emperor and the Empress for the second straight year in the New Year poetry reading ceremony, held annually at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.

Nezu - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
On one bright day in May, seven fifth-grade girls took the stage of Nezu Shrine in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward for their last mai dance performance to mark the end of their role as the Shinto shrine's official dancing girls.

Abacus - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
The Japanese Soroban Grand Prix (soroban is a Japanese abacus) for 2000 was held in Tokyo recently to determine who was the most accurate calculator on the abacus, and elementary schoolchildren ranked with adult participants in the annual championship.

Robodex - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Two-legged robots that can walk, dance, or kick a soccer ball created a sensation at a recent exhibition of "personal robots" in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo. Robot Dream Exposition, or ROBODEX 2000, was held from November 24 to 26 to showcase robots that could one day be used to look after people's daily needs.

HEADS - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Hip-hop unit HEADS, made up of two fifth-grade and two sixth-grade boys from Osaka, are in the spotlight after two years of weekend performances on busy streets in Osaka's Kyobashi and Tokyo's Shibuya, shopping and amusement districts that draw many young people.