Drilling starts offshore Japan

Edit Offshore Energy Today 07 Jun 2016
Japan’s Inpex has started drilling an exploration well offshore Japan. The well was spudded on Sunday, June 5. The drilling operations are part of a project commissioned by the Agency of Natural Resources and Energy of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of Japan for the agency’s “Heisei 26~28 Domestic Offshore Drilling Program in […] ... ....

Joshua Hale Fialkov and Brian Churilla discuss taming Godzilla

Edit The Examiner 06 Jun 2016
Joshua Hale Fialkov is the creator (or co-creator, depending) of graphic novels, including ELK'S RUN, THE BUNKER, THE LIFE AFTER (all from Oni Press); PUNKS and ECHOES (from Image, and KING (from Jet City Comics) ... Resurrection, and as Executive Producer of the cult hit LG15 ... Did you have a say in which version of Godzilla you could use? Such as Heisei or Millennial Godzilla? ... The Heisei (G 89) is one of my all- time favorites as well! ... ....

BEYOND THE PAPER SCREEN / Shards of a burst bubble litter Japan’s landscape

Edit The Japan News 20 May 2016
Nearly three decades into the Heisei era, Japan seems overburdened by the Showa era obsession for things ... In her book “Katsuo ga Isonoke o Katazukeru Hi” (The day Katsuo cleans up the Isono household), Aya Watanabe presents an unlikely sequel to the cartoon series Sazae-san, in which the Isonos, a quintessential Showa-era family, face Heisei reality....

Two New SHIN-GOJIRA Trailers Debut From Toho!

Edit The Examiner 19 May 2016
Not one, but two new trailers for Godzilla Resurgence aka Shin Gojira was released today by Toho Studios revealing a new and horrific look to the king of the monsters - Godzilla ... This Godzilla design gets two super thumbs up from me ... He is shown to be emitting a meltdown type look much like the Heisei Godzilla from the film Godzilla vs. Destroyah ... https.//www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysRIwlEBjuw ... ....

Learning Japanese from the news / Nationwide popularity vote for tasty water

Edit The Japan News 06 May 2016
Stay abreast of current events and learn Japanese at the same time through articles originally printed in The Yomiuri KODOMO Shimbun ... ===== ... In commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the system, a popularity vote was conducted on the Internet ... Besides the original selected waters, another 100 exquisite waters named the Selected 100 Exquisite and Well Conserved Waters of the Heisei period chosen in 2008 also became candidates ... ===== ... ....

Eating out / New cafe at home of exquisite spring water

Edit The Japan News 05 May 2016
Organizers hope to vitalize the depopulated community by attracting people from other areas to the cafe and promoting exchange among local residents and visitors ... Coffee made using local spring water, chosen as one of the Selected 100 Exquisite and Well Conserved Water of the Heisei era (1989-) by the Environment Ministry, is also available. At the cafe, local products such as yuzu citrus jam and agar are also sold ... Open ... Closed ... Address....

Japan's Movie Posters Could Be Great, Like This

Edit Kotaku 04 May 2016
In Japan, the reputation for many modern cinematic posters is that they’re not cool. The ones distributors create for the local market are often criticised for lacking in style ... During the Showa Period (1926-1989), poster design was often wonderful ... During the early years of the current Heisei Era (1989 to present day), that continued, but as time passed by, many Japanese film posters have lost what made them special ... [Image ... Facebook] ... ....

Quakes disrupted flows of Kyushu groundwater

Edit The Japan News 28 Apr 2016
The Yomiuri ShimbunKUMAMOTO — Abnormalities have been observed in Kumamoto Prefecture’s abundant groundwater sources, apparently due to a series of earthquakes that hit the prefecture and its surrounding area ... Slide 1 of 2. PrevNext ... The Suizenji-Lake Ezu Springs that surround the park were designated in 2008 by the Environment Ministry as part of the Selected 100 Exquisite and Well Conserved Waters in the Heisei era ... Speech ... + - ... ....

MUSINGS / April 13, 2016

Edit The Japan News 13 Apr 2016
The following is a translation of the Henshu Techo column from The Yomiuri Shimbun’s April 13 issue. * * *. “Ikoku no Oka” (Hills of a Foreign Land) is a song of longing for home that was sung in Siberian detention camps. The song, written by Koji Masuda, goes. ... Around the time Japan moved from the Showa era to the Heisei era, music critic Ryotaro Konishi made a proposal to Tadashi Yoshida, the composer of this song ... It reads. ... + - ... ....

Kabuki for an international audience: Somegoro’s show in Las Vegas a touchstone for expansion

Edit The Japan News 06 Apr 2016
By Junichiro Shiozaki / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff WriterKabuki actor Ichikawa Somegoro will star in a new production, themed on a mythical lion, in Las Vegas in May. The show will follow a successful kabuki production in the U.S ... In 2004, Nakamura Kanzaburo XVIII (then Nakamura Kankuro V) and his Heisei Nakamura-za troupe performed in New York at a tentatively erected theater that recreated the atmosphere of the Edo period (1603-1867) ... + -....

Possible upcoming SNES games for 3DS Virtual Console

Edit Pixel Dynamo 10 Mar 2016
1-4, Dragon Ball Z 2, Ganbare Goemon 4, Kamaitachi No Yoru, Torneko no Dai Bouken, Otogirisou, Shin Megami Tensei, Heisei Sin Onigasima Zen, Heisei Sin Onigasima Kou, Wrecking Crew ’98, Mini Yonku Let’s & Go!! 2, Kirby no Kirakira Kids, Power Soukoban, Hajimari No Mori, Der Langrisser, Nekketsu Kouha Kunio Kun, Treasure Hunter G, ......

Iroha Nihon – Experience the Soul of Japan Press Conference and Temple Tour Program to experience traditional culture while staying at a private temple and to preserve cultural properties (The Nippon Foundation)

Edit Public Technologies 10 Mar 2016
(Source. The Nippon Foundation). The Nippon Foundation, in cooperation with the Kyoto Culture Association, the Hyatt Regency Kyoto, and five Kyoto temples, will offer a program to allow Japanese and non-Japanese visitors to experience Japanese culture by staying at a temple that is normally closed to the public ... Press conference Lecture Hall, Heisei Chishinkan, Kyoto National Museum. (527 Chaya-cho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto) ... Shinnyo-ji ... Tel....

Matsui runs again in 2016 Hakone Ekiden (Tokyo Institute of Technology)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Feb 2016
(Source. Tokyo Institute of Technology) ... Matsui, who ran the 21.4-km 8th section from Hiratsuka to Totsuka in 1.06.12, participated as a member of the Kanto Region University Student United Team, a group of top runners from universities that did not qualify. Handover of the sash ... He continued at an impressive pace and outran three others before handing over the sash to the next runner, Takuma Shibata from Heisei International University....
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