Japan Blog - Tokyo Osaka Nagoya Kyoto show

Japan Blog - Tokyo Osaka Nagoya Kyoto

Summary: Listen to sounds from Japan - taiko festival (matsuri) music, funky street sounds from Tokyo and groovy temple gongs.

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 Japan News This Week 24 December 2017 | File Type: application/pdf | Duration: Unknown

今週の日本 For Kitasan Black, the Finish Line Draws Near New York Times Scientists Say Japanese Monkeys Are Having 'Sexual Interactions' With Deer NPR Drive Through Funerals in Japan BBC LDP divided over how far war-renouncing Article 9 should be changed The Mainichi Japan buys US missile defence system to counter North Korean threat Guardian Two Faces of the Hate Korean Campaign in Japan Japan Focus Last Week's Japan News on the JapanVisitor blog Statistics The percentage of undergraduate female students at Tokyo University is 19%. At Japan's number 2 school, Kyoto University, the percentage of women is 22%. Source: Kyoto University HP Data At Harvard and most elite colleges in the US - except for MIT, CalTech, etc. - the trend in the last two decades has been the opposite direction. Harvard's undergraduate student body is 53% female. Source: College Vine © JapanVisitor.com

 Japan News This Week 26 March 2017 | File Type: application/pdf | Duration: Unknown

今週の日本 For Japan’s Hitting-Hurling Double Threat, a Complex Path to the Majors New York Times Japan's oldest cartoons shown to mark 100 years of anime BBC Shinzo Abe and wife accused of giving cash to ultra-nationalist school Guardian Amid THAAD row, China overtakes Japan in poll of South Korea’s least-liked countries Japan Times Towards an Asia-Pacific ‘Depopulation Dividend’ in the 21st Century: Regional Growth and Shrinkage in Japan and New Zealand Japan Focus Last Week's Japan News on the JapanVisitor blog Statistics The latest World Happiness Report was issued. Here are the top ten (happiest) countries, plus three East Asian nations. 1. Norway 2. Denmark 3. Iceland 4. Switzerland 5. Finland 6. Netherlands 7. Canada 8. New Zealand 9. Australia 10. Sweden 51. Japan 56. South Korea 79. China Source: World Happiness Report © JapanVisitor.com Inside Track Japan For Kindle

 Luminous Forest & River | File Type: application/pdf | Duration: Unknown

徳島LEDアートフェスティバル2016 The season of illuminations is in full swing in Japan, but if you, like me, find most of them interesting but a little twee then I suggest you check out what Tokushima city over on Shikoku has on offer. The Tokushima LED Art Festival 2016 features dozens of artworks made using LEDs at numerous sites all over the downtown area. A few do look like the more traditional illuminations, but the vast majority don't, and many of them include sound and some form of interaction as well. The biggest pieces are produced by the international art collective teamLab and go under the name of Luminous Forest & River, and the biggest piece is located on the river itself about halfway between the main railway station and the Mount Bizan Ropeway Station. Consisting of more than 100 giant spheres floating on the water and speakers lined up along either bank, to a gentle soundtrack the colors of the spheres are constantly changing. Further along the banks are many more installations including a small one in a nearby arcade that has smaller white spheres suspended from the roof that when touched light up and emit a sound, very popular with kids. The grounds of Tokushima Castle also has a major installation. It would take a full evening or two to be able to visit all the art and there are numerous concerts taking place as well. Some information in English can be found here http://tokushima2016.team-lab.net/en/ and much more in Japanese here: http://tok-led-artfest.net/wps/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/program.pdf The festival runs until the 25th December so if you are nearby it is well worth a visit. © JapanVisitor.com Goods From Japan delivered to your home or business

 Japan News This Week 16 October 2016 | File Type: application/pdf | Duration: Unknown

今週の日本 When You Have to Go, Japanese Rest Stops Won’t Keep You Waiting New York Times Shrinking Population: How Japan Fell Out of Love with Love BBC Japanese train conductor blames foreign tourists for overcrowding Guardian In setback for female empowerment, Tokyo court rejects teacher’s bid to use maiden name at work Japan Times Reconsidering Zen, Samurai, and the Martial Arts Japan Focus Last Week's Japan News on the JapanVisitor blog Statistics Girls Opportunity Index. 1. Sweden 2. Finland 3. Norway 4. Netherlands 5. Belgium 6. Denmark 7. Slovenia 8. Portugal 9. Switzerland 10. Italy 15. United Kingdom 27. South Korea 32. USA 35. Japan Source: Save The Children © JapanVisitor.com Inside Track Japan For Kindle

 Japan News This Week 24 July 2016 | File Type: application/pdf | Duration: Unknown

今週の日本 From Japan, a ‘Chicago’ You Probably Haven’t Seen New York Times Pokemon Go finally launches in Japan BBC Japan's $1m fertility gambit to help women become mothers Guardian Okinawa protests erupt as U.S. helipad construction resumes Japan Times Hinin Taiheiki: The Paupers’ Chronicle of Peace Japan Focus Last Week's Japan News on the JapanVisitor blog Statistics The countries with the highest shares of organic agricultural land under cultivation in 2013: 1. Falkland Islands (Malvinas): 36.3% 2. Lichtenstein: 30.9% 3. Austria: 19.4% 4. Sweden: 16.4% 5. Estonia: 16.2% 6. Samoa: 14.3% 7. Switzerland: 12.7% 8. Sao Tome and Principe: 12.% 9. Latvia: 11.2% 10. Czech Republic: 11.1% 11. Italy: 10.8% ??. Japan: 0.8% ??. USA: 0.7% Source: FIBL © JapanVisitor.com Inside Track Japan For Kindle

 J-World Tokyo | File Type: application/pdf | Duration: Unknown

J-World Tokyo is an indoor theme park dedicated to popular "Jump" magazine manga such as Dragon Ball, Naruto and One Piece. Located inside the Sunshine City building in Ikebukuro, J-World Tokyo has a variety of games and attractions for visitors. Instructions for the games are given in English and Chinese as well as Japanese and there are Chinese and English guide books to help foreign visitors navigate the attractions. J-World Tokyo also has a number of manga-themed places to eat and a gift shop selling goods from the popular series. An unlimited attractions pass for adults is 2,600 yen or it is 800 yen to enter and then 800 yen for each attraction. For children aged 4-15 the prices are 2,400 yen for an unlimited attractions pass or 600 yen to enter and then 600 yen for each attraction. J-World Tokyo Sunshine City World Import Mart Building 3F 3-1-3 Higashiikebukuro, Toshima-ku Tokyo 170-0013 Tel: 03 5950 2181 Hours: 10am-10pm (last entry 9pm) © JapanVisitor.com Inside Track Japan For Kindle

 Homeless Problem in Nagoya | File Type: application/pdf | Duration: Unknown

ホームレス The increase in the number of homeless people living rough in Japan's major cities dates from the 1990's and the beginning of the "Lost Decade" as Japan's economy began to contract after the collapse of the assets and property bubble of the 1970's and 1980's. Hard figures for the exact number of homeless people in Japan are hard to come by. Government statistics quote a number of around 25,000 people as officially homeless in Japan. In Nagoya alone, the city authority says around 100-200 people are living on the streets. Caritas, a Catholic social welfare group, dedicated to helping disadvantaged people, believes the figure is much higher at approximately 2000-3500 people. These figures are supported by such organizations as Oasis in the UK. The years 1999-2008 saw an explosion in the number of people rendered homeless in Nagoya due to the downturn in the fortunes of small, subsidiary companies related to the area's biggest employer, Toyota Motor Corporation. Low-tier workers, predominately older males, began to fall through the societal cracks at this time as employment dried up. Industrial injuries, family break-ups, poverty and pure bad luck meant that many older men with few qualifications and skills were forced on to the streets. Traditionally in Japan, when the main bread-winner (mostly male) lost their jobs, the wife would decamp with any children to the wife's family, leaving the man to cope as best he could. Partial relief came in 2005 with the hosting of Aichi Expo 2005 in Nagoya, when the global spotlight forced Nagoya city to act and set up a shelter for its homeless community. However, the budget was time limited and soon after the Expo ended, the shelter was closed and the homeless had no option but to return to the streets. Since then, various NPO's and churches in Nagoya have been trying on an ad hoc and uncoordinated basis to aid the city's homeless community. These efforts include food handouts and opportunities for the homeless to bathe and seek medical attention. Unlike in cities such as London in the UK, the churches in Nagoya have not yet come together to formulate a centralized plan to seek to get the needy off the streets by pressurizing  the city to open drop-in centers or shelters, where the homeless can obtain an address, gain or replace ID documents, apply for jobs or state welfare and open bank accounts. The homeless in Japan's cities are open to abuse by gangs of youth who may terrorize them at night, beating them up and destroying their tarpaulin shelters or by Japan's mob, the yakuza, who set up vulnerable individuals in shoddy, inadequate apartments to scam the welfare system, taking the lion's share of any benefits from the state they may receive under threat of violence. What the homeless need in Nagoya and in Japan's other major cities is a government funded system to provide a long-term shelter where they can get off the streets at night, obtain a legitimate address and hope to reintegrate in to society. Over the coming year, JapanVisitor will be following the work of the Rev. Daniel Rea in Nagoya, an American Puritan, experienced and committed to finding practical solutions to the homelessness problem in Nagoya, after his previous work with the disadvantaged in Houston, Texas. Rev. Daniel Rea has produced a comprehensive plan for a homeless day care center in Nagoya with costings and a needs analysis of the current homelessness problems of the city. We ask you to join us as we seek together to end the scourge of homelessness in Nagoya by setting up a day center in the city. Over the next weeks and months we will detail the people living rough on the streets of Nagoya, their lives and stories, and the attempt to set up a Day Center to help them. © JapanVisitor.com Inside Track Japan For Kindle Keywords Japan Homeless Homeless Chubu Nagoya Japanese Homeless

  Japan News This Week 6 October 2013 | File Type: application/xml | Duration: Unknown

今週の日本 Japan should request international collaboration, IAEA chief Yukiya Amano says Asashi Kerry at 'Japan's Arlington' in apparent US Yasukuni push Global Post US to send drones to Japan; Tokyo agrees to pay $3.1B to move Marines from Okinawa NBCNEWS.com The Threat of ‘Abegeddon’ From Taxes in Japan Bloomberg Japan’s Nuclear Refugees, Still Stuck in Limbo BBC University of Tokyo ranked No. 1 in Asia: global survey Japan Times Historic Japanese erotica comes to London BBC News Japan third quarter big manufacturers' mood improves - BOJ tankan Reuters Japan Auto Sales Climb Most in 14 Months as Korea Slumps NPR Sazae-san, world's longest-running cartoon to go digital in Japan The Straits Times Last Week's Japan News on the JapanVisitor blog Statistics Japan's imports and exports between September 2012 & September 2013 Imports: up 29.8% Exports: up 16.5% Source: Japan Ministry of Finance . © JapanVisitor Book a hotel in Japan with Bookings Happi Coats Tags Japan News Japan Statistics politics © JapanVisitor.com Inside Track Japan For Kindle Tags Japan news Tokyo Kyoto Nagoya Japanese

 Toyoko Inn Kenkyugakuen Tsukuba | File Type: application/x-shockwave-flash | Duration: Unknown

つくば Toyoko Inn near Kenkyugakuen Station on the Tsukuba Express (TX) Line that runs between Akihabara and Tsukuba (Science City) in Ibaraki Prefecture is a decent business class accommodation for travelers and conference goers. Located just a few minutes walk from Kenkyugakuen Station, the Toyoko Inn Kenkyugakuen is close to a good Chinese restaurant, an adult-friendly shochu bar and the nearby Kenkyugakuen-mae Park. Other Tsukuba attractions within reach of the Toyoko Inn Kenkyugakuen Tsukuba include the Tsukuba Cultural Center Ars which houses the Tsukuba Museum of Art and the Municipal Library. The Iias shopping complex is within five minutes walk. Another nearby hotel is the Mark-1 Hotel Tsukuba. Toyoko Inn Kenkyugakuen Tsukuba 305-0817 Ibaraki Tsukuba Kenkyugakuen D3 Town Districts 7

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