Blog Posts - Japan

randomErr writes: Japan successfully launched a solid fuel rocket named Epsilon-2. The 26-meter-long rocket launched from the Uchinoura Space Center at about 8 p.m. local time. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said this is the latest in Toky...

#Travel　-  ♪ Okinawa 001~ 2 Nights 3 Days Trip! With HIS’s Across No. 1 Travelling within Japan! Emerald Blue Sea ~ Our Trip to Okinawa inside summer, the item is actually a dream of most people who want to do snorkeling inside blue sea of...

An interview with yours truly on the not-so-gentle art of translation. Click the cover of my latest to read on.

JR常磐線・相馬―浜吉田間運行再開The Joban Line is a Japan Rail East railway that runs about 350 km from Tokyo through four prefectures: Chiba, Ibaraki, Fukushima and Miyagi up the east coast of Honshu to Sendai. Train services on the J...

You know that insane math problem showdown between Karma and Asano in that semester final episode? Yeah, I didn’t get it either. I had difficulty understanding it as a college educated adult–there was no way I would have been able to unde...

(this is not a sponsored post) In October, Canmake Tokyo release a few new products for Halloween. Items like colored eyeliner, colored mascara, cream blush and eye shadow was promoted. (I tried the colored eyeliner too however I don't...

今^週の日本What the West Can Learn From Japan About the Cultural Value of Work New York TimesJapan parliament legalises casinos BBCUS grounds Osprey fleet in Japan after aircraft crashes off Okinawa GuardianPutin set to arrive for summit w...

Ada yang menyukai film dan dorama Jepang? Atau memang fans dari tayangan peperangan? Karya dengan tema peperangan memang selalu menghadirkan kesan tersendiri. Film atau dorama yang tak lepas dari sejarah ini biasanya juga dibumbui dengan topik lain y...

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attend a joint press conference in Tokyo, December 16, 2016. (Photo by AFP)The leaders of Russia and Japan have failed to reach a peace deal to formally end World War II host...

Buat sobat yang punya hobi traveling hingga ke luar negeri, suka main air, berenang sambil ngerasain sensasi yang berbeda. Kamu berarti harus berkunjung ke 10 kolam renang terbaik di dunia ini!! Dimana aja ya itu ?? Yuk..cek daftarnya, siapa tau aja...

Well… I have visited Japan fourteen times now. Not meant as bragging, but as an indicator of how much I like the country. My Japanese blogger acquaintance who lives in Fukuoka says I should receive a medal from the Japanese Bureau of Tourism. (B...

A rare occurrence for me - two days off! As I hadn't been to Osaka before I thought I would stay locally. The weather wasn't great, cloudy about 8 degrees with a cold wind. So I set off by foot for Osaka Castle.As I wandered through the streets I no...

Mount Kurama or Kurama-Yama (鞍馬山) which is what they called it in Japan is located in the north-west of Kyoto city. Is well known for being the birthplace of the Reiki Practice and is the home of Sojobo who is the King of the Tengu. I...

Prediksi Club America vs Real Madrid 15 Desember 2016, Prediksi Bola Club America vs Real Madrid, Prediksi Skor Club America vs Real Madrid. Tim Prediksi Bola Multibetzone malam ini akan menyajikan Data Lengkap Laga Club World Cup 2016 (in Japan) kal...

Hotel Sekumiya in Obama is a three-star hotel close to JR Obama Station and the local beach on the Sea of Japan coast.The 70-room hotel has a choice of Western-style rooms with beds or traditional, Japanese-style lodging with tatami mats and futons.A...

As some of you may know, I am a professional translator of Japanese fiction into English (a new translation project has, in fact, kept me from reviewing as of late…but stay tuned). My latest translation is of Yusaku Kitano’s science-ficti...

Off to Japan for my 5th Club World Cup and 4th visit to Japan, this time via China - must have been the cheapest flights on the dates I wanted.So how did the teams get here. Well they won their respective Continental Premier Cup competition and the h...

"The Japanese city of Iruma has introduced scannable adhesive barcodes to tag fingernails of senior citizens with dementia who are prone to getting lost as a way to help concerned families find missing loved ones," writes HughPickens.com, citing this...

Russian President Vladimir Putin plays with his dogs Buffy (right) a gift from Bulgaria. Yume, (left) an Akita, was a gift from Japan in 2012. (EPA Photo) Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet at a summit conference next week with Japan Prime Mi...

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