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Kana Satomi, first woman to compete in professional Shogi ranking
Shogi women’s champion Kana Satomi has been the first woman to meet the requirement to take the professional transfer exam of 10 or more wins in official tournaments and a winning percentage of 65 percent or more in Shogi also known as ” Japanese Chess “ Although he failed his historic challenge to compete among… Read more
The Lost Post Office in Japan
What do you do with a letter you can’t send?A letter to a loved one who has passed away,to the person you used to be,someone you’ve never met…The Lost Post Office collects them all. This is the Lost Post Office welcome on their website. Originally created as a work of art for the 2013 Setouchi… Read more
Park Ghibli prepares for its opening on November 1 in Aichi
The final countdown begins now for all fans of Studio Ghibli Inc. as they will soon be able to visit the theme park centered on the studio’s highly successful anime films. Park Ghibli is scheduled to open on November 1, 2022. Visitors will be able to experience the scenes depicted in the different Studio Ghibli… Read more
Murakami Haruki Receives Prestigious Cino Del Duca Award 2022
Japanese author Haruki Murakami has received the prestigious 2022 Cino Del Duca World Prize, an international literary prize that recognizes a novelist whose works convey a message of modern humanism. “Taking inspiration from daily events, Murakami also blends surreal and magical incidents in his works,” judges said at the award ceremony in Paris on June… Read more
Japan’s oldest writing revealed as permanent marker ink
In January 2020, archaeologists and scholars investigating the history of writing in Japan were excited by the discovery of what would possibly be ” the oldest writing in Japan” This writing was found on an inkstone dated to the mid- Yayoi period (300 BC to 300 AD) which was excavated at the Tawayama site in… Read more
Japan Airlines Could Be First To Fly New Boom Overture Supersonic Passenger Plane
‘A future where everyone can fly supersonic sustainably’: Japan Airlines could be among first to commercially operate ‘ son of Concorde ‘ plane There is much confidence in the idea that the Overture supersonic airliner , which is in development, will carry 80 passengers at Mach 1.7 , which would be twice the speed of… Read more
AnimeJapan confirms the 2023 event from March 25 to 28
The AnimeJapan convention team announced on Monday that the AnimeJapan 2023 event will be held from March 25 to 28. In-person public days will be held from March 25-26 at Tokyo Big Sight in halls 1-8 of the downtown East Tower. The working days will be carried out only online (online) on March 27 and… Read more
Legendary Writing of Ninja Secrets, found in Japan
On June 19, 2022, officials from the municipal government of 甲賀市 Kōka City, Shiga Prefecture, famous as the center of ninja heritage, announced that they had found an Edo period ninjutsu manuscript called 間林清陽 Kanrinseiyo. The book is said to be the basis for the 万川集海 Bansenshūkai, a representative ninjutsu book that served as a… Read more
The world’s first hotel run by robots in Japan
“Emotion meets comfort” is the phrase with which the Henn na Hotel is presented, the first hotel in the world attended by robots and located in Nagasaki Prefecture, where cutting-edge technologies are presented. The hotel reception has multilingual robots that will help you check in or check out. The experience of staying at the Henn… Read more
Japan Invents a Goat-Shaped Robot to Transport Heavy Loads
Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries , a multinational corporation known for producing heavy industrial machines and equipment, has developed its first quadrupedal robot that it believes can help with labor shortages in the country’s aging society. Named ” BEX” after the ibex species of wild goat , the robot with its large curved horns can walk… Read more