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'Special Feature' is where articles about various aspects of Japan will be featured under a certain unifying theme.
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- Traditional culture
- April 24, 2012
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Famous Deaths Today: 1185 - Antoku Taira, Emperor of Japan (1180-85), Drowns.
Emperor Antoku (安徳天皇 Antoku-tennō) (December 22, 1178 – April 25, 1185) was the 81st emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1180 through 1185. During this time, the imperial family was involved in a bitter struggle between warring clans.
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Hugo Kempeneer(English)
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- Daily life
- April 22, 2012
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Historical Events Today: 1930 - US, Britain & Japan sign London Naval Treaty!
The London Naval Treaty was an agreement between the United Kingdom, the Empire of Japan, France, Italy and the United States, signed on April 22, 1930, which regulated submarine warfare and limited naval shipbuilding.
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Hugo Kempeneer(English)
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- Daily life
- April 18, 2012
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Famous Birthdays Today: 1969 - Princess Sayako of Japan!
Sayako Kuroda, born 18 April 1969), formerly Princess Sayako of Japan, is the third child and only daughter of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko of Japan. She held the childhood appellation "Nori no miya" (Princess Nori). She married Yoshiki Kuroda on 15 November 2005. As a result, she gave up her imperial title and left the Japanese Imperial Family, as required by law.
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Hugo Kempeneer(English)
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Dennis' Adventures in the Wonderful Japan
Dennis Chia, one of TIJ's editors,has undergone an amazing journey traveling through 47 prefectures in Japan during the past 4 years. His experience has compiled into a book written in Japanese. This special feature is a preview of his adventures in the wonderful Japan.
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Rose Ding(English)
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- Traditional culture
- April 11, 2012
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Historical Events Today: 1868 -The Shogunate is abolished in Japan.
The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the Tokugawa bakufu and the Edo bakufu, was a feudal regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family. This period is known as the Edo period and gets its name from the capital city, Edo, which is now called Tokyo, after the name was changed in 1868. The Tokugawa shogunate ruled from Edo Castle from 1603 until 1868, when it was abolished during the Meiji Restoration.
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Hugo Kempeneer(English)
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- Daily life
- April 10, 2012
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Famous Birthdays Today: 1794 -Commodore Matthew C. Perry.
Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry's naval career spanned nearly 50 years. A member of one of the most illustrious American naval families, young Matthew went to sea in 1809 at age 15, under the command of his older brother, Oliver Hazard Perry.
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Hugo Kempeneer(English)
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- Daily life
- April 09, 2012
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Toshihiro Iwao(Japanese)
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- Traditional culture
- April 05, 2012
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Historical Events Today: 1609-Daimyo of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū, Japan, completes his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa.
Shimazu Tadatsune was a tozama daimyo of Satsuma, the first to hold it as a formal fief (han) under the Tokugawa shogunate, and the first Japanese to rule over the Ryūkyū Kingdom. As lord of Satsuma, he was among the most powerful lords in Japan at the time, and formally submitted to Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1602, to prove his loyalty, being rewarded as a result with the name Matsudaira Iehisa; Matsudaira being a branch family of the Tokugawa, and "Ie" of "Iehisa" being taken from "Ieyasu", this was a
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Hugo Kempeneer(English)
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The other side of Waseda University that you may not know
This special feature is an attempt to capture the other side of Waseda University through our bloggers' descriptions of the university and around. Let's check out what information you are missing from Waseda!
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Rose Ding(English)
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