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STUDENT EDITION, OCTOBER 2019 Celebrating Culture and History at Nihon University

was renamed Nihon University, course. These classes specialize students. Some class members and in 1920, it became a in English and the students in took on different roles such as University. The mission of this class also go to other game masters and card dealers. Nichidai is to read the needs of countries to expose them to Everyone is committed to society and provide the international cultures and making visitors, including education necessary for the era. languages. students from other schools and From 1901, new faculties were the visiting families, enjoy established one after another. But Nichidai doesn’t just different activities. There are now 20 faculties and focus on academics. The 89 departments. Nichidai Culture Festival, held In this way, Nichidai last September 14th and 15th, Hiyoshi continues to be active Nichidai Hiyoshi is an deepens students’ friendships through the introduction of new affiliated school of Nihon and also promotes a sense of educational systems as well as Nichidai Hiyoshi is known for its University. It opened in 1930 as belonging. The Nichidai exciting events like the Nichidai global academic programs. an exclusive boy’s school. In community is open to families Culture Festival. Over the next Photo by: Jaimee Bruce 1999, the Junior High School and local residents who want to few years, it will continue to accepted female students. understand the school better. meet the new challenges of the Nihon University is a Nichidai Hiyoshi is also popular era and meet the needs of well-known educational system for another reason: three years This year’s theme is to meet society. and it has many affiliated ago, the Super Global program challenges repeatedly without ------schools all over Japan. How did was launched in Senior High giving up. The hard work of the By: Nana Aikawa, Misora Nihon University, or Nichidai, School. This year, the first batch students and the staff made the Arakawa, Haruya Ishikawa, became this big? The reason is of students who joined the culture festival very successful. Soua Iwamoto, Yui Kawano, its long and rich history. program will graduate prepared Every class has a different type Chiori Kuwata, Shunta for opportunities abroad. of program. For example, a Nakamura, Miyuu Nozuki, Non Japan Law School, which was haunted house, a cafe, even a Makabe, Jae Hee Yang established in 1889, preceded For the junior high school, casino for the Senior High ------Nihon University. In 1903, it there is also the Global Leaders School 1st Year Super Global The Beauty of Japanese Kimono

Have you ever been to Kyoto? on a daily basis, but these days the special or vintage ones. Japanese culture emphasizes Kyoto is famous for its castles, it is mostly worn during formal Some people even find it fun to the concept of wa (和), meaning temples, matcha flavored food, events. It was during the Heian search for antique kimonos. harmony and peace. The kimono and another well-known era that kimonos were made in represents the wa spirit because Japanese cultural symbol: the the style currently familiar to People usually wear it shows elegance and expresses kimono. When you walk around Japanese society. kimonos during annual Japanese what it means to be part of a Kyoto station, you will probably festivals to celebrate different rich and harmonious culture. see many women wearing Nowadays, more modern occasions, festivals, and even kimonos. designs and inexpensive when they attend tea More than just an article of kimonos are being made ceremonies. clothing, the kimono can also be The kimono is considered the available to attract younger a way to prove one’s identity most famous among traditional generations. It is also becoming and social position. It remains a Japanese clothing and it has a more and more casual. Another distinct symbol of Japanese long history. Originally, kimono Japanese clothing, the yukata, is culture and society. With its was the Japanese word for less formal and is quite similar long history in Japan, the clothing. The kimono was to the kimono. Both women and kimono remains the most originally influenced by men can wear kimonos but it’s interesting and symbolic article traditional Chinese clothes. reserved for special occasions of clothing in the country. like weddings or funerals. Before the Meiji era, all ------Japanese people wore kimonos. Kimono designs are very By: Hina Deguchi, Saki During the Kamakura and beautiful and have a lot of Ishikawa, Negai Nakazawa, Muromachi eras, kimonos worn patterns and shapes. It can even Ayuri Ota, Momoko Kono on the battlefield were based on be considered a form of art. It ------the personality of each general. could be very expensive to Kimono designs have many patterns Kimonos also used to be worn purchase a kimono, especially and are considered works of art. Photo by: Ayuri Ota 2 NICHIDAI SG TIMES STUDENT EDITION, OCTOBER 2019 LIFESTYLE – POPULAR CULTURE

The Many Colors of Harajuku cute in Japanese. Recently, Japanese kawaii culture has Foreigners and even Anyone who comes for a been spreading all over the Japanese people are surprised by visit can probably find their own world. Harajuku is said to be the all the colorful food, thinking kawaii style. Kawaii is an origin of this global trend. that they might not be delicious admirable part of Japanese because of the flashy colors. But culture and Harajuku is WEGO is a popular clothing many people actually say the definitely the style and kawaii store on Takeshita Street in rainbow food is really tasty. capital of Japan. Harajuku that does Rainbow food is a symbol of collaborations with Korean idol Harajuku. Many people take groups. You can buy clothes, pictures of them, post these on accessories, and even pen cases Instagram, and get a lot of likes. Harajuku is best known as the of different designs there. One capital of Japan’s kawaii culture. of the advantages of going to Most foreigners who come

Photo by: Runa Nishimura Harajuku is buying all these to Japan also visit Harajuku. kawaii things for cheap prices. Why do they come? There are Harajuku is known as the quite a few reasons for this. teen city of Japan because of the Harajuku also has many First, there are many kinds of many colorful things to wear, colorful things. Surprisingly, food from other countries in eat, and post on social media. some of these rainbow-colored Harajuku. But they are different But these days, not only items are edible. They are really because they were modified to You can see lots of fashionable Japanese teens go to this kawaii. For example, rainbow fit Japanese tastebuds. Second, and kawaii shops in Harajuku

popular spot. Many foreigners cheese sandwiches, rainbow Harajuku always has the most Photo by: Nana Aikawa go to Harajuku in search of the cotton candy and rainbow cakes cutting edge style in Japan. It ------Japanese experience of kawaii. could be found there. The has the lively atmosphere with By: Runa Nishimura, Nana rainbow cotton candy can be different styles like Lolita, Aikawa, Saya Takeuchi, Nagomi What does kawaii mean? very large and customers can Gyaru, and Decora fashion of Tanaka Translated, it means pretty. or choose their favorite colors. kawaii. ------

The Charm of Stationery King Of Drinks: Milk Tea

the dried tapioca is about Of course, Japanese 350kcal for every 100g and it’s stationery is considered to be high in calories. Boiling lowers popular around the world. calories, but pearl milk tea is Having pens that can erase still a high calorie drink often characters and mechanical served with sweetened milk and pencils with cores that stay tea as well as other sweet sharp are functions that both toppings. Despite all this, why is students and adults find very it so popular? convenient. Japanese stationery Used by many university students in also have simple designs and are In 1983, tapioca became a Tokyo, Campus Note is very popular. easy to use. Lastly, Japanese popular drink in Taiwan. The

stationery is quite compact. milk tea boom came to Japan in Photo by: Asuka Enomoto These days, smaller sizes of 1990. It has become popular Just about everyone uses Japanese stationery are available, Tapioca is a very popular drink in again in 2008. Tapioca’s most stationery. Students are probably making it easy to carry and use. many countries. popular flavor is milk tea. Japan the biggest users of stationery: Photo by: Karin Yakuwa has many different toppings and mechanical pencils, erasers, Japanese stationery is These days, the most flavors like green tea and apple rulers, markers, scissors, and definitely both interesting and popular drink in Japan is pearl tea as well as seasonal ones such every kind of paper available! useful. It’s one of the best milk tea. Many teenagers and as sakura cherry. Whether you are studying or not, purchases Japanese people and young adults drink pearl milk the good kind of stationery is tourists alike can make. There is tea almost everyday. They even People always find ways to often expensive. That is, unless something for everyone so more line up for an hour just to buy drink milk tea as often as they you get them from Japan. people should try and use the pearl milk tea, or tapioca as its could. What do you think the many kinds of Japanese known to Japanese people. What next popular drink will be? There are many reasons stationery. is the charm of pearl milk tea? people say Japanese stationery ------is really useful. People around By: Miyu Michimata, Tsuki Tapioca is made of cassava, By: Yui Kawano, Karin Yakuwa, the world want stationery that’s Yamashita, Asuka Enomoto a plant that is native to South Rina Yokoyama both easy to use and designed ------America. The main component ------well too. That’s exactly what is carbohydrates, a good source Japanese stationery is! of energy for the body. However,

3 NICHIDAI SG TIMES STUDENT EDITION, OCTOBER 2019 MULTIMEDIA

K-Pop in Japan Popularity of

Korean skater who won a gold Doraemon, Death Note, and medal in the Vancouver Naruto are some of the most Olympics. Because of this, her popular manga made by name became very well-known Japanese. Recent manga style around the world, and especially was made by Teduka Osamu, a in Japan. popular manga writer.

K-Pop fashion looks simpler In Japan, copyright than many contemporary infringement crime is a Shin -Okubo is one of the best places to Japanese fashions like Lolita complaint. Japan has too many shop if you want the K-Pop experience. and Gyaru styles and this may fanfiction to even list. Photo by: Miyuu Nozuki be one reason why it’s very Fanfiction manga make original popular in Japan. Korean manga more popular. After that, These days, many Japanese fashion is considered to be a is considered one of the some people make other people love K-pop. For example, different kind of cute from most popular mangas in Japan. fanfiction manga. Then it makes music, food, fashion, and Japan’s kawaii fashion so many the original one popular and Photo by: Sena Nakamura cosmetics. The K-pop boom Japanese people imitate K-Pop some people make other isn’t a recent trend in Japan but idols and wear Korean fashion. Many countries have their own fanfiction manga. This cycle had actually started in the early kind of manga, but many people produces more mangas. 2000s. K-Pop fashion, music, agree that Japan has the best cosmetics, and foods are manga. “Manga” means comic Japanese manga has also In 2004, a Korean drama widespread in Japan and Korean in japanese and is one of the affected so many artists around called “Winter Sonata” caused culture will most likely continue most popular subcultures of the world. There are many the first Korean boom in Japan. to be popular for quite some Japan. foreign illustrators who say that At that time, the center of the time until another trend takes its the inspiration for their art is boom was the Korean drama place. What do you think will be The first known manga in Japanese manga. Hayao industry and was made popular the next big trend in Japan? Japan was Tyozyu-Zinbutu-Giga, Miyazaki, one of the most by TV. The second boom was in written about 800 years ago. It’s famous Japanese illustrators, is 2010 and was triggered by the ------difficult to identify who wrote it widely considered to be Japan’s Japanese debut of K-pop idols By: Miyuu Nozuki, Miki Kojima, because it seemed to have been answer to Walt Disney. like TVXQ and KARA. Chiori Kuwata, Misora written by many people. Arakawa ------Korean celebrities are also ------The first manga was called By: Sena Nakamura, Soua quite famous in Japan. Many “Shonen club” and now, there Iwamoto, Hayato Ogami, Yu Japanese young people admire are many kinds of manga Serita Korean idols such as TWICE published like “Korokoro ------and BTS as well as Korean comics” and “Weekly Shonen athletes like Kim Yona. She is a magazine”. One Piece,

The Making of the Best Video Games

There are many video game This was perhaps Nintendo’s development division. He their imagination to create more companies, such as Nintendo first step towards becoming a mentored Shigeru Miyamoto games for players to enjoy. and Sony with games that are game company since it and they created Donkey Kong ------now played all over the world. introduced character and culture in 1981. After that, Miyamoto By: Hiroto Sato, Ryotaro Suzuki, How did these companies to “hardware” in the form of created many of the characters Haruya Ishikawa, Shunta become popular in Japan and playing cards. and games that represent Nakamura spread worldwide? Nintendo. Super Mario Bros, a ------But how did a playing card franchise many people know Nintendo was founded as a company become a videogame and love, was one of the games playing card company by giant? Gumpei Yokoi was so he created. Registered in the Fusajiro Yamauchi in 1889. The bored of his job maintaining Guinness World Records as the company began producing electricity that he began creating best selling game to ever exist, playing cards made of plastic toys using an engraving Super Mario Bros, with its for the first time in Japan. machine. One day, the president iconic characters Mario, Princes Though it was more expensive asked him to present a toy he Peach, and Luigi, has sold 40.24 than the usual playing cards that made. He thought he was going million copies. were printed on paper, it to be scolded, but the president eventually became a success. asked him to mass-produce his The video game industry is Negotiations with Disney's Roy creation: Ultra Hand. one of the fastest growing in the Handheld game consoles are very Disney to acquire the copyright world. Japan is at the forefront popular among Japanese gamers. resulted in Nintendo releasing It was a big hit and Gumpei of this growth. It continues to

Disney Trump six years later. Yokoi was promoted to the inspire game developers to use Photo by Ryotaro Suzuki

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The Olympic Evolution of Japan country hosted the Olympics. as part of the 2020 Olympics. ------Even though it has a long However, it was canceled due to According to some reports, AI By:and Risa complex Kusunoki, history Jaehee when Yang, it the influence of the will perform the scoring and Noncomes Makabe to hosting the Sino-Japanese War and became commentary on some of the ------Olympic Games, Japan’s known as the Phantom competitions. evolving technology as well Olympics. as the spirit of omotenashi By holding the Olympic will draw many tourists as Later, the 1960 Olympic Games in Japan, it is possible to well as the attention of the Games were scheduled to be deepen other countries’ whole world. MIRAITOWA is the mascot who will held in Tokyo during the understanding of Japanese ------promote a future full of hope forever. summer but it did not push culture. Omotenashi or Japanese By: Risa Kusunoki, Jaehee Yang, through because of the outbreak hospitality to wholeheartedly Photo by: tokyo2020.org Non Makabe of World War II. The Tokyo look after guests will make sure ------When it was announced Olympics, held in 1964 saw that anyone who comes to watch during the 2016 Summer Japan’s return as a peaceful and the 2020 Olympics will have a Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, globally minded nation. great experience. The Tokyo many people were excited to Olympics is providing a hear that the next venue was In the wake of the first landscape that incorporates going to be Tokyo. Olympics, new roads and Japanese culture with the railways have been opened in teamwork and sportsmanship. The Olympic Games have Japan. The Shinkansen is one of been held three times in Japan. them, opening the train service NICHIDAI SG TIMES It was first held in Sapporo in between Tokyo and Osaka ten Published by a group of 20 students 1972 and the second time was days before the 1964 Tokyo of Nihon University High School, a held in Tokyo in 1964. The Olympics. Since then, more private high school in Yokohama latest Olympic Games held in technology such as the Internet, City, in cooperation with the Japan was in Nagano in 1998. as well as the use of not-for-profit Global Education smartphones, has spread. This, Information Center (GEIC). Only six events were held in along with the advent of various Publisher : Nihon University Sapporo, and even in the platforms of social media, has SOMEITY is inspired by the phrase High School Olympics held in Nagano, there made information from around “so mighty” and cherry blossom to Project Supervisor : Yuta were only seven competitions. the world more accessible. represent the Paralympic athletes. Sakurai Holding the 1940 Olympic Photo by: tokyo2020.org Project Coordinator : GEIC Games in Sapporo would have Recently, AI or artificial Editor: Yuta Sakurai been the first time an Asian intelligence has been introduced Contributing Editor: Jaimee

Bruce Staff Writers : Nana Aikawa, Japan’s Table Tennis Journey Misora Arakawa, Saki Ishikawa, Haruya Ishikawa, Soua Iwamoto, Asuka from the U.K. with a 10-piece table tennis is becoming Enomoto, Hayato Ogami, table tennis set. In 1938, the first stronger because of its many Ayuri Ota, Daigo Kamijiki, International table tennis promising young players. Along Yui Kawano, Risa Kusunoki, meeting was held in Japan. with Harimoto in 5th place, Chiori Kuwata, Momoko From the 1950s to the1970s, Japan also has three players in Kono, Miki Kojima, Sho Japanese table tennis players the women’s world rankings: Sakaki, Shogo Sasaki, Hiroto were considered top class in the Mima Ito in 7th, Kasumi Sato, Ryotaro Suzuki, Yu world. A total of 13 men and Ishikawa in 8th, and Miu Hirano Serita, Saya Takeuchi, women have been champions in in 9th. Japan’s performance in Nagomi Tanaka, Hina the singles division. world rankings is not far from Deguchi, Negai Nakazawa, China, which currently holds the Young athletes like Tomokazu Harimoto Shunta Nakamura, Sena In the next Olympic Games, most places in world table bring pride to Japan through table tennis. Nakamura, Runa Nishimura, Japan will continue to send tennis rankings. Photo by: Tomokazu Harimoto Miyuu Nozuki, Tomokazu great table tennis players. Harimoto, Non Makabe, Miyu Table tennis is one of the Worldclass athletes such as Much is expected of Japan’s Michimata, Karin Yakuwa, most popular sports in Japan. Tomokazu Harimoto, Jun athletes. Because of their Tsuki Yamashita, Jae Hee Table tennis has an interesting Mizutani, Kouki Niwa, Kenta strength in sports and the honor Yang, Rina Yokoyama history in Japan. Japan has a lot Matsudaira, and Kasumi of Japan now that it is hosting Contact :2-9-1 Minowacho, of skills and good players. Isikawa will represent Japan in the 2020 Olympics, it can be Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Players are starting younger and 2020. Harimoto is currently said that the future of table Japan 223-8566 getting stronger because of a ranked 5th in the world and is tennis in Japan is bright. URL : better training program. known for his expression ------http://www.yokohama.hs.nihon-u. “Chorei!”, which he says when By: Daigo, Kamijiki, Sho Sakaki, ac.jp/ In 1902, table tennis came to he scores in a match. Shogo Sasaki, Tomokazu and spread in Japan when Harimoto Gennbou Tsuboi came back Japan’s world ranking in ------