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
The Japanese School System | Nippon.com
WEBJan 11, 2016 · In Japan, education is compulsory roughly from the age of 6 to the age of 15. The school year begins in April, so almost all children who have turned 6 by April 1 each year enter elementary school ...
The Evolution of the Japanese Anime Industry | Nippon.com
WEBDec 20, 2013 · In recent years, Japanese animation has become popular around the world. Industry veteran Yamaguchi Yasuo, who has been involved in anime production for half a century, traces the history of ...
A History of Osaka, Japan’s City of Water | Nippon.com
WEBJun 4, 2019 · Osaka’s connection with water stretches back to its very beginnings. The city is situated on alluvial deposits of the Yodo and Yamato Rivers. Sediment accumulated over millennia, forming a small ...
Fujii Kaze: The Biggest Japanese Musical Phenomenon Since Utada …
WEBFeb 2, 2021 · The latest superstar on the Japanese music scene is singer-songwriter Fujii Kaze, tipped by many as the biggest talent to emerge since Utada Hikaru. A talk with Matsuo Kiyoshi, one of Japan’s ...
How the War with Japan Saved the Chinese Communist Party
WEBJul 27, 2021 · The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–45) was a devastating ordeal for China, but it was also, paradoxically, the salvation of the Communist Party of China. On the eve of the July 1937 Marco Polo ...
"Hinamatsuri": Japan’s Doll Festival - nippon.com
WEBFeb 28, 2015 · Hinamatsuri, or the doll festival, is observed on March 3 to celebrate female children and pray for their continued health and happiness. During the holiday, also known as momo no sekku (peach ...
The State of Recovery in Tōhoku 10 Years after 3/11 - nippon.com
WEBOn March 11, 2021, Japan marks precisely 10 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake brought powerful shaking to much of Japan and smashed the Tōhoku region’s Pacific coast with a massive ...
Japan’s Idol Industry - nippon.com
WEBYamaguchi 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 entertainment industry is now ...
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 ...