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Staff members wait for guests at an eel restaurant at "Toyosu Senkyaku Banrai," an Edo Period-themed hot spring complex at Toyosu Market, Jan. 29 2024, Tokyo

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‘Each pig is unique’: Inside the quirky Japanese café pulling in tourists.

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This aerial photo show the burn-out Japan Airlines plane at Haneda airport on Wednesday, January 3, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan.

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This e-scooter is so small that you can fit into your carry-on when you travel

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When folded, the Arma e-scooter is as tall as a stack of 10 A4 sheets of paper and can travel up to 15 km on a single charge.

23/12/2023

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A cultural melting pot: What makes Tokyo’s arts scene so special?

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IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TOKYO METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT

Tokyo is home to a vibrant and creative arts scene, boasting a variety of live performances and exhibitions, drawing on Japan’s rich history and culture.

13/12/2023

Mens medallist day one

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Tokyo Judo Grand Slam kicks off in style to close the 2023 season

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02/12/2023

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01/12/2023

The Do Tokyo! campaign in Paris

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A glimpse of Tokyo: promoting the Japanese capital in Paris

PARTNER CONTENT PRESENTED BY TOKYO METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT

The city of Tokyo has a lot to offer for visitors, with its exciting attractions, traditional monuments, natural sites, and of course its delicious food. As tourists can enter Japan again, it is a great time to discover all that its capital has to offer.

29/11/2023

Members of team UK pose with their victory trophy at an award ceremony during a trash picking competition known as "Spogomi World Cup" in Tokyo.

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Watch: UK wins first ever litter picking World Cup in Japan

The competition aims to raise awareness about the amount of pollution flowing into our oceans.

24/11/2023

Tokyo Tower, Japan's biggest building measuresing 330 meters, opened on November 24, 2023 and overtakes the place of Osaka’s 300m tall Abeno Harukas.

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While Asia and the Middle East are full of towering skyscrapers, Japan's tallest buildings are of a slightly different stature due to the increased risk of earthquakes in the Japanese archipelago.

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Halloween goers in costumes pose for pictures as thousands gather in Shibuya district in 2021.

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05/10/2023

Sumo wrestlers Minoru Suzuki and Sanshiro Takagi fought on the bullet train in a world first on Monday

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Japan is prone to earthquakes due to its geography along the active Pacific Ring of Fire, where multiple tectonic plates converge and interact.

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How Tokyo quake-proofed itself 100 years after a deadly disaster

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01/09/2023

Image shows a six-armed wearable device designed by researchers at the University of Tokyo.

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Watch: Japanese scientists develop wearable robot with 6 bionic arms

Masahiko Inami and his team at the University of Tokyo have created a wearable - and exchangeable - multi-armed device to explore the social interaction between multiple users of the robotic limbs. The bot has six sockets that can hold fingers, arms or a claw.

29/06/2023

A model of Professor Dumbledoor from the Harry Potter series in the Great Hall

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22 years after the first Harry Potter film was released, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is about to enjoy a new lease of life at the Warner Bros theme park in the Japanese capital.

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10-year-old French-Japanese kabuki actor Maholo Terajima (L) during a rehearsal at the Kabuki-za theatre in Tokyo.

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