Making The Community A School | Lifestyle | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
An unusual university has opened in Tokyo's Shibuya district, a bustling cradle of Japanese youth culture. Named Shibuya University Network, it has made the district itself its campus.

Lucky Grab Bags | Lifestyle | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
One of the highlights of the New Year's season for many people in Japan is shopping for grab bags, known as fukubukuro, or "lucky bags." Every year major department stores and other businesses offer lucky bags to grab the attention of the public.

Fast Food With A Twist | Lifestyle | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Innovative varieties of fast food are making some of young people's favorite dishes more convenient and tasty. They include noodles that can be held and eaten with one hand and pizzas that can be consumed on the move.

Chiba Offers Delicacies From Land And Sea | J-food | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Chiba Prefecture, population 6.1 million, lies just east of Tokyo and occupies a large peninsula lapped by the Pacific Ocean to the South and East and Tokyo Bay to the West. The region is blessed with a mild climate and rich, fertile expanses of farmland, making it one of Japan's most prolific regions of agricultural production.

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Tokyo is home to as much as 80% of all the animation productions in Japan. The city government has designated animation a local industry and is working to support it and to train animation personnel

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Exciting Origami : NIPPONIA No. 41
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Web Japan > NIPPONIA No.35 > Special Feature* NIPPONIA NIPPONIA No.35 December 15, 2005 TOP Special Feature* Life with Mount Fuji Some people admire it from afar, some make their living on it,

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Web Japan > NIPPONIA No.33 > Special Feature* NIPPONIA NIPPONIA No.33 June 15, 2005 TOP Okushiri Island after a major earthquake off southwestern Hokkaido, and subsequent precautions When: 10:17

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Web Japan > NIPPONIA No.32 > Japanese Animals and Culture NIPPONIA NIPPONIA No.32 March 15, 2005 TOP Japanese Animals and Culture Flickering Lights Show a Healthy Natural Environment Written by

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Web Japan > NIPPONIA No.29 > Special Feature* NIPPONIA NIPPONIA No.29 June 15, 2004 TOP Special Feature* image Ichikawa Chiyoko goes to work at this store every day, and will be 83 this year.

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Web Japan > NIPPONIA No.28 > Special Feature* NIPPONIA NIPPONIA No.28 March 15, 2004 TOP Special Feature* Generating Your Own Electricity Image Right: New city office building in Itoman, Okinaw

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NIPPONIA NIPPONIA No.27 December 15, 2003 TOP Japan Travelogue Image (1)Tokyo (2)Osaka (3)Hagi japanese Hagi is situated on the Sea of Japan, in northern Yamaguchi Prefecture at the western tip

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NIPPONIA NIPPONIA No.26 September 15, 2003 TOP Japan Travelogue SAPPORO Image (1) A huge sculpture made for the Sapporo Snow Festival. The attention to detail is so remarkable that the animals loo

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NIPPONIA NIPPONIA No.26 September 15, 2003 TOP Special Feature* Digging for Hot Springs: Advanced Technology and Years of Experience Make a Difference Watanabe Kenji, Tone Geo Tech Co., Ltd. New ho

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NIPPONIA NIPPONIA No.22 September 15, 2002 TOP Japan Travelogue Sado Image (1) The Noh stage at Suwa-jinja Shrine in Ryotsu. There are Noh stages in different

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NIPPONIA NIPPONIA No.20 March 15, 2002 TOP Special Feature* Turning Desert into Farmland and Forest Toyama Masao, Director of the Japan Association for Greening Dese