Shinkansen Route Map - nippon.com
WEBMar 16, 2024 · Discover the history and expansion of Japan's high-speed train service, the Shinkansen, with this interactive route map and informative features.
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 ...
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 ...
Traditional Japanese Patterns - nippon.com
WEBFeb 17, 2020 · Here are some of the best-known traditional Japanese patterns. This pattern was favored by samurai for use in auspicious crests because it was a play on words. (to capture nine castles). It holds ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Chrysanthemum: Flower of Emperors | Nippon.com
WEBOct 22, 2018 · It is believed the chrysanthemum became the imperial symbol when the emperor Go-Toba (1180–1239; r. 1183–98) chose the flower as his personal emblem. In Japan alone there are more than 350 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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