AC JAPAN

The French Publicis Groupe S.A. and Japanese Dentsu Inc. (株式会社電通 Kabushiki-gaisha Dentsū) are among the biggest multinational advertising corporations. Their market is divided in four main categories: National advertisement market (media projects), advertisement-related projects (marketing services), new market (sport events advertisement) and foreign market (all three categories internationally).

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ALGAE MUSEUM

From left to right: Meguro Parasitological museum, Shitamachi Museum, Tokyo Sewerage Museum "Rainbow", The Criminal Materials Museum, Ghibli Museum, Tobacco and Salt Museum, Shin-Yokohama Raumen Museum and finally Algae Museum outline the quaint "museumophilia" of Tokyo.

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BENTO

Bento is a traditional meal box in Japan, which people bring with them in order to have it as lunch or dinner. Inside bento, many kinds of food are prepared in it. From the perspective of examining bento in detail, all these delicious dishes demonstrate the food system in Japan, which could be briefly separated into four phases: source of foods, distribution, manufacturing, and consumption.

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CYBERPUNK

As a cinematic subgenre of science fiction, Cyberpunk merges High-tech and Low-life in a dystopian landscape of the near future with recurrent themes such as artificial intelligence and cybernetics, portrayed in an atmosphere of radical social changes.

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FAKE FOOD

Could you tell which one is real Sashimi down below? Fake foods, also called food model or food sample, is a model placed in the vitrines of the facade of a restaurant to display dishes provided inside.

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FROM TSUKIJI TO TOYOSU

The Tsukiji Market, opened in 1935, is one of the 11 central wholesale markets in Tokyo and the largest fish market in the world. The market conducts fish auctions every day.

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敬称陛下
(HER MAJESTY THE EMPRESS)

Since the establishment of the Imperial Cocoonery by Empress Dowager Shōkun in 1871, sericulture is one of the traditional cultures within the Imperial Household. At the time of the institution’s foundation, silk was one of  Japan’s most important export products, and Imperial patronage was meant to promote the industry even further.

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“JOB-STEALING ROBOTS“

According to the IFR (International Federation of Robotics) Japan is the largest manufacturer of industrial robots worldwide, supplying 56 percent globally. Nonetheless it places fourth in the 2016 ranking with 303 robots installed per 10,000 employees in the manufacturing industry.

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JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY 

As part of the National Research and Development Agencies in Japan, its main objective is to build the infrastructure needed to support the creation and dissemination of knowledge. The agency is overseen by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Technology (MEXT) and the Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (CSTI).

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LA FONDATION
(THE FOUNDATION)


Titans of industry have long made contributions to charitable causes. Modern philanthropy is a Gilded Age invention, meant to battle the increasing socio-economic inequality following industrialization. Steel magnate Andrew Carnegie was the first to give away most of hist vast fortune to endow – among others – universities, concert venues, and almost three thousand libraries.

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