Sumo wrestler Shobushi, 28, is sport's first coronavirus death
(CNN) A 28-year-old Japanese sumo wrestler has died from health complications after contracting coronavirus, the first in the sport to fall victim to Covid-19. Shobushi , whose re…
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Japan firm offers couples unused hotel rooms amid Covid-19 lockdown
Tokyo (CNN) — When Keisuke Arai switched to working from home during the coronavirus pandemic , he began bickering more with his long-term girlfriend. wondered how couples across Japan were…
Thousands made homeless in Tokyo amid pandemic
Tokyo has estimated 4,000 Internet cafe refugees who sleep and eat in the cafe's small cubicles. However, they are losing the last accommodation as the government has requested to close the…
When your home is a Japanese internet cafe, but the coronavirus pandemic forces you out
The Japanese authorities are providing emergency housing to support those living in internet cafes, but the pandemic measures have exposed a problem that goes back decades. Of those, 4,000 are i…
Nintendo reveals 160,000 accounts were hacked
New York (CNN Business) Nintendo revealed on Friday that 160,000 accounts were breached since the beginning of April, by hackers using others' Nintendo Network IDs without permission. The c…
Yayoi Kusama orders coronavirus to 'Disappear from this earth' in a new poem
Written by Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNNWorld-famous Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama offered up a brief moment of pause Wednesday through the power of a poem she wrote about the coronavirus pandemic.…
WeWork sues SoftBank for bailing on $3 billion share buyout agreed to in October
Hong Kong (CNN Business) WeWork is suing SoftBank for abandoning a $3 billion share buyout and accusing the Japanese company of inventing reasons to back out of the plan, as financial pressure mounts…
WeWork rescue plan hits a snag as SoftBank backs out of $3 billion share buyout
Hong Kong (CNN Business) SoftBank is walking away from a sizeable chunk of its WeWork rescue package, which included a near billion dollar windfall for ousted founder Adam Neumann. The Japanese …
Masa Son's global tech empire is being rocked by the pandemic. Don't count him out just yet
Rajeev Misra, CEO of SoftBank Investment Advisors, expected dozens of Vision Fund companies to IPO in the next two years. Alibaba BABA Sprint S would drive down the value of its portfolio, Moody…
Ken Shimura, famed Japanese comedian, dead at 70 after contracting coronavirus
Tokyo (CNN) Famed Japanese comedian Ken Shimura has died after contracting novel coronavirus, according to his representatives. Shimura suffered pneumonia-like symptoms and passed away on S…