Swimming like mermaids from a fairy tale
"Mermaid swimming,” while wearing colorful swimsuits and mermaid-like fins, is gaining popularity.
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Flu may spread along with Covid-19: Government panel
The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said vaccines for the novel coronavirus and flu can be administered at the same time.
Japanese university pageants move away from focus on looks
There is now a growing movement to focus more on internal beauty and make such events gender-neutral.
Too busy to eat healthy meals? ‘Complete’ foods claim to supply all daily nutrients
These products are made in consideration of the standard intake of 33 nutrients as indicated by Japan's health ministry guidelines.
Japan, US must take lead in creating new economic bloc
The paper encourages Tokyo to drive the creation of economic rules for the Indo-Pacific region.
Japanese calligraphy enthusiasts write new script to popularise art form
Shodo, or calligraphy, was designated as an Intangible Cultural Property by the government in December.
Japan’s financial firms finding new value in digital domain
Driving some of these moves are the growing concerns that a lack of IT talent could be a barrier to the nation’s economic growth.
Govt. site hit by apparent cyber-attack; pro-Russian hackers claim responsibility
Killnet has announced attacks against countries hostile to Russia and supportive of Ukraine, and claims to have targeted the websites of US companies and the Italian government.
3-year-old girl in Shizuoka Prefecture dies after being left inside daycare bus for hours
The bus was parked in an area with no shade, with temperatures believed to have risen to dangerous levels, with a recorded high for Makinohara that day at 30.5 C.
Hard to melt ice cream attracts customers
The ice cream bar was left out in a room temperature of 28.6 C for 30 minutes, and when workers tried to figure out when it was ready to eat, but the ice ceam hardly melted and…