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KYODO NEWS - 21 minutes ago - 12:18 | Japan, All, CoronavirusJapanese universities are set to provide students with cash to help them with costs related to taking online classes as the nati…
(Supplied photo shows the official logo for Pull stay, a game developed by Nito Souji during the past five years of his hikikomori life.) He had initially only planned to remain a hikikomori for…
KYODO NEWS - 1 hour ago - 14:20 | All, Coronavirus, JapanCoronavirus fears left shinkansen bullet trains and expressways deserted on the first day of the Golden Week holiday on Saturday as …
KYODO NEWS - 3 hours ago - 16:15 | All, Japan, CoronavirusThe Japanese health ministry is considering introducing an antigen test to more quickly screen for the new coronavirus amid a rise …
The "mitsu desu" game, first posted on Twitter last Thursday, had more than 23,000 likes and was shared around 13,700 times before it was taken down by the social media giant. One of h…
By Dave Hueston, KYODO NEWS - 2 hours ago - 13:25 | Lifestyle, All, Japan, CoronavirusAs the coronavirus pandemic rages unabated, nations around the world have started looking at each other…
KYODO NEWS - 3 hours ago - 16:17 | All, Japan, CoronavirusPrime Minister Shinzo Abe has decided to declare a nationwide state of emergency in an attempt to prevent the further spread of the…
The number of people between the ages of 15 and 64 was 75.07 million and accounted for 59.5 percent of the total, the lowest percentage on record for the working-age population. There were …
The Hokkaido Shimbun Press - 30 minutes ago - 14:50 | All, Japan, LifestyleA whisky made in Hokkaido, northern Japan, has won a "Double Gold" award at a major U.S. competition, wi…
KYODO NEWS - 2 hours ago - 16:41 | All, Japan, CoronavirusJapanese fiber and biotechnology firm Toyobo Co. said Monday it has developed a test kit capable of detecting the new pneumonia…
