Archives for July 2021

JAPAN| An unusual sight greeted residents at a popular park in Tokyo Friday morning – a giant face, hovering high in the sky and staring right back at them.The floating head was seen looming above trees in Yoyogi Park, a popular tourist destination in Shibuya City just west of Tokyo’s city centre. Video captured by Greg Yang and corroborated by news agency Storyful shows … [Read more...] about After a Giant human face appeared in the sky of Tokyo

JAPAN| Every year, during the Fall in Norther Japan, the Wara Art Festival takes place. Here Musashino Art University student in Tokyo creates stunning sculptures out of rice straw. This is how you create these amazing creations: braid the golden straw on a wooden frame that's shaped like the animal it's creating. You can create lions and gorillas or … [Read more...] about Giant Straw Animals Invade Japanese Fields After Rice Harvest And They’re So Badass

JAPAN| Meaning “joining with gold”, this centuries-old art is more than an aesthetic. For the Japanese, it’s part of a broader philosophy of embracing the beauty of human flaws. Kintsugi is the Japanese art of putting broken pottery pieces back together with gold — built on the idea that in embracing flaws and imperfections, you can create an even stronger, more … [Read more...] about Kintsugi: Japan’s ancient art of embracing imperfection

TOKYO | IOC President Thomas Bach referred to his Japanese hosts as Chinese when he appeared in public on Tuesday for the first time since arriving in Tokyo last week. Giving a pep talk at the headquarters of the Tokyo Olympics organizing committee, Bach’s opening remarks were, “You have managed to make Tokyo the best-ever prepared city for the Olympic Games. This is even … [Read more...] about Olympics boss refers to Japanese people as ‘Chinese’

TOKYO| The first positive coronavirus case inside the Olympic Village has been confirmed just six days before the Opening Ceremony, officials said Saturday, amid growing fears about the spread of the virus during the Games. Tokyo Olympics organizing committee officials declined to identify the person infected with the virus but said the individual had traveled to Japan … [Read more...] about First case of coronavirus in Olympic Village confirmed six days before Opening Ceremony

Japan's Deputy Prime minister made statements about Taiwan's defense, raising the possibility of a "Japan exception to China's policy of no-first-use nuclear weapons. After the swearing-in of Joe Biden, America's 46th president, Suga Yoshihide, the Japanese prime minister, visited the White House in April. After private discussions Yoshihide was given a joint statement by … [Read more...] about Does Japan control the trigger for US nuclear war on China?

JAPAN| Get ready for the most thrilling train ride of you life. Universal Studios Japan will unveil a new Demon Slayer ride at the park in September. This ride was inspired by 2020's box office smash 'Demon Slayer - Mugen Train'. It surpassed Titanic and'Ghosted Away to become Japan's highest-grossing film. It was a huge success in Japan, with anime fans from all over … [Read more...] about Universal Studios Japan is opening a new Demon Slayer ride

TAIPEI | In its "Defense of Japan" white paper published on Tuesday (July 13), Japan's Ministry of Defense (MOD) removed Taiwan from a map of China for the first time. In previous years, the white paper merged Taiwan and China in the same chapter and map, drawing criticism from Taiwanese living in Japan. However, the latest version stresses the distinction between the … [Read more...] about Japan removes Taiwan from China map in defense white paper

JAPAN| At 10.30pm on a cold December night in 2019, a former titan of the global car industry lay bundled inside a box on board a plane, waiting to flee Japan. "The plane was scheduled to take off at 11pm," recalls Carlos Ghosn."The 30 minutes waiting in the box on the plane, waiting for it to take off, was probably the longest wait I've ever experienced in my life."Now, … [Read more...] about How I escaped Japan in a box : Ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn

TOKYO| Japan is now the country that holds the world record for the fastest internet speed ever, destroying the previous record.Japan has just set a new world record for the fastest internet speed, absolutely obliterating the previous record by nearly double. According to a paper presented at the International Conference on Optical Fiber Communications in June 2021, Japan … [Read more...] about Japan obliterates world record for fastest internet speed ever

JAPAN| The Gate Tower Building is one of the many several tall office buildings that make up Osaka’s impressive skyline, but there is something about it that makes it unique in the world – it has a functional highway going right through it. Photos of this architectural anomaly have been doing the rounds on social media for over two decades now, and it’s easy to see why. … [Read more...] about This Japanese Building Has a Highway Passing Right Through It

JAPAN| The Aruka Shrine in Japan’s Ebina City is the oldest shrine in all of Sagami Province, but to the general public it’s known for a unique ceremony that involves a priest wearing a 2-meter-long headgear in the shape of a green onion. Negi-san, the head priest at Aruka Shrine has been performing the green onion ceremony for about four years , but it only went viral … [Read more...] about Every Year, This Japanese Shrine Holds the Weirdest Ritual You’ll Ever See