Like kimono and T-shirts with English writing (sometimes vulgar, sometimes comical, always unintelligible), the number of people you’ll see in Japan wearing surgical masks is pretty surprising.
Healt…

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Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka has revealed new details of the Tokyo Olympics 2020 torch, as the country prepares for the games this summer.
Yoshioka used an aluminium extrusion technique to make…

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The 2020 Olympic torch has been unveiled ahead of next year's Games in Tokyo, designed by Tokujin Yoshioka to resemble the cherry blossom flower.
"I designed the Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch in the wish …

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How to turn that blank in your resume into the inspiring story of your life so far.
While he’s part of the workforce now, our Japanese-language writer Daiki Nishimoto was a NEET for eight years, up u…

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Japan is changing: a rapidly ageing society, a record-breaking influx of visitors from overseas, and more robots than ever.
As they walk through the glass doors, they pass two security guards, each d…

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The Japanese chemist had been studying a broth made from seaweed and dried fish flakes, called dashi.
He called it “umami”, riffing on a Japanese word meaning “delicious”.
Also, umami taste behaves a…

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Health officials in protective gear transfer Diamond Princess passengers found infected with a new coronavirus from a Japan Coast Guard patrol boat to an ambulance parked at a pier in Yokohama near T…

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Kushino TerraceSometimes, it’s the simple stories that stay with us the longest.
Like that of Itsuo Kobayashi, a former Japanese soba chef born in 1962 who has recorded his meals in painstakingly det…

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The Diamond Princess cruise ship, quarantined off Yokohama, Japan, has now had 20 cases of coronavirus diagnosed -- 10 earlier in the week and 10 more in the last day.
About half the Diamond Princess…

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Veteran games writer Andy Robinson, who before resuming a career in journalism spent a few years at Yooka-Laylee developer Playtonic, has a very cool story about how Banjo-Kazooie got its name.
While…

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