Coronavirus is revealing uncomfortable truths about Japan www.spectator.co.uk

The object, they say, is to prevent a surge in the numbers of ‘Corona rikon’ (Corona divorce) the new trending phenomenon here in Japan.
The concept of a woman’s realm is still very much alive in Jap…

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Japan firm offers couples unused hotel rooms amid Covid-19 lockdown cnn.com

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 coping un…

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2020 Honda CBR1000RR Review: An Elegant Weapon With a Racing Spirit www.thedrive.com

But when you swing a leg over the 2020 Honda CBR1000RR, you go all-in on that history.
Rather, Honda’s motorcycle department swiped the blueprints, locked a handful of bike engineers away in a remote…

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And Now, Some Excellent Cardboard Gundam Heads kotaku.com

Kotaku East East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond.
Gundam designs are iconic and wonderful, especially the mecha hea…

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The 13-year-old video game contest winner who became one of Japan’s greatest manga artists soranews24.com

Once he was just a junior high kid who drew a Mega Man robot, but now he’s one of the most beloved comic artists in the world.
Capcom’s Mega Man came out for the Famicom/NES in 1987 and quickly estab…

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Thousands made homeless in Tokyo amid pandemic cnn.com

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 cafes to …

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Massive Nintendo Leak Reportedly Includes Wii Source Code, Developer Materials, And N64 Test ROMs kotaku.com

Image : NintendoWhat appears to be an unprecedented trove of information related to several past Nintendo consoles was leaked to the internet starting last Friday.
Many of the thousands of leaked fil…

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Japan's child population falls for 39th straight year to record low japantoday.com

The estimated child population in Japan has dropped for the 39th consecutive year to a record low, government data showed Monday, despite efforts to tackle the long-standing issue of a declining birt…

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Fujitsu Granted Japan’s First Private 5G License akihabaranews.com

Fujitsu (Tokyo) — Fujitsu has announced that it was granted Japan’s first private 5G radio station provisional license by the Kanto Bureau of Telecommunications.
As a next step, Fujitsu will establis…

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Line’s Digital Currency to Launch in Japan akihabaranews.com

Line (Tokyo) — LVC Corporation, a subsidiary of Line Corporation and operator of Line’s cryptocurrency and blockchain-related businesses, announces plans to begin trading its digital currency in Japa…

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