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Japan’s Idol Industry - nippon.com
WEBJapan’s Idol Industry. Yamaguchi Momoe, the duo Pink Lady, and Matsuda Seiko were among the most popular pop music idols of the 1970s and 1980s. The niche they carved out in the Japanese ...
Japan in Video - nippon.com
WEBProbing explorations from a Japanese perspective of the nation's politics and economy. Japan in Video. Video explorations of the country's people, places, and events.
Male-Male Desire: “Danshoku” Culture and Its Legacy in Japan
WEBSep 29, 2023 · Male-male love in male-dominated or male-only societies, such as boys’ boarding schools, is not limited to Japan. It is well known that affairs between men or men and youths were a custom in ...
Japan’s Industrial Revolution - nippon.com
WEBJul 10, 2019 · Major production and export of cotton and silk yarn ensured Japan achieved an industrial revolution in light industry in the late nineteenth century. Less than 30 years after the Meiji Restoration ...
The Prefectures of Japan | Nippon.com
WEBApr 13, 2023 · series on Japan’s prefectures, giving brief overviews of the 47 areas, from Hokkaidō in the north to Okinawa in the south, that make up the nation as a whole. Japan has 47 prefectures. These ...
Shinkansen Route Map - nippon.com
WEBMar 16, 2024 · Line Route Distance Top Speed Shortest Travel Time; Tōkaidō Shinkansen: Tokyo–Shin-Osaka: 552.6 km: 285 km/h: Tokyo–Nagoya: 1 h 33 m Tokyo–Shin-Osaka: 2 h 21 m
Japan’s National Holidays in 2024 - nippon.com
WEBJun 30, 2023 · The final three weekdays of the year are generally taken as holidays by companies and schools in Japan. January 3, too, as part of the —the first three days of the New Year—is treated as a ...
”The light of hope”: Japanese same-sex couple overjoyed by …
WEBMar 22, 2021 · For Jenny and Narumi, who plan on a life together and have held a non-legally binding marriage ceremony, it was much more personal. “I felt light, the light of hope,” said Narumi, 27. Both she ...
Japan’s Most Popular Baby Names of the Heisei Era
WEBApr 9, 2019 · Every year, Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance publishes a list of the most popular baby names in Japan. Looking back over the 30 years of the Heisei era, which began in 1989, shows changing trends in ...