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With the coronavirus outbreak becoming an increasingly international issue, people around the globe are staying home as part of social distancing precautions. Those are all descriptions applicab…
It was on that winding street that I first encountered amazake, an ancient, non-alcoholic, lightly fermented rice drink, which a helpful English sign noted could be served “hot or cold”. Sa…
However, some katana look like works of visual art because that’s precisely what they were designed to be. Ieyasu’s grandfather and father were both killed by Muramasa katana, and one of the swo…
Officials in western Japan's Mie Prefecture say a man who was a passenger on a cruise ship that was hit by the coronavirus has again tested positive after recovering from infection. The man…
SoftBank Group Corp. told shareholders of WeWork that it could withdraw from an agreement to buy $3 billion of stock in the embattled co-working business, casting doubt on a deal that had been s…
Sometimes you get hungry when you’re on your way from Point A to Point B, and so noodle stands are a common sight inside Japanese train stations. What’s not so common, though, are noodle stands …
Ski or snowboard at Ryuoo Ski ParkMost winter sports enthusiasts who come to Japan seeking pristine powder snow are already familiar with Niseko—the cream of the ski crop in Japan’s far north, Hokkai…
SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son talking on WeWork’s financials, as represented here as a downward arrow with no data points, in November 2019. SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son has since more or less …
Once again ambitious plans to rebuild Tokyo were made which would remedy the lack of green space and a modern, comprehensive infrastructure system. For example, 10% of the urban areas were to be…
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