Photo: FLPA/ShutterstockSo what fun shenanigans are we all getting up to this weekend, eh?
Perhaps spending some quality time with Wikipedia’s wonderfully exhaustive List of Sandwiches or painting a …

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While controversial at the time, the format has worked well for the company, which has held regular Nintendo Direct events, not just in time for E3, but throughout each year since then.
However, for …

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Humanoid robot Pepper will offer support and advice to patients in coronavirus quarantine at a Tokyo hotel (AFP Photo/Philip FONG)Tokyo (AFP) - Coronavirus quarantine can be lonely, but at one Tokyo …

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TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) said it sees a loss of around 700 billion yen ($6.6 billion) for the year ended March on the portion of its WeWork investment held outside the Vision Fu…

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The Sumida Aquarium, which is housed in the Tokyo Skytree tower, noticed that its (link in Japanese) hundreds of tiny spotted garden eels have started acting oddly, such as burrowing into the sand wh…

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Workers providing essential services in Japan during the coronavirus crisis are not only facing a higher risk of infection than most but are also often being treated poorly by those they are helping.…

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Japan's Defense Ministry plans to draw up procedures in the event Self-Defense Force pilots encounter unidentified flying objects, or UFOs.
The US Defense Department on Monday released videos of what…

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WATCH: This is how Marie Kondo neatly packs a suitcase Kondo was a 21-year-old college student when she first met Kawahara, who was also 21.
The couple launched a premium mobile experience in Japan i…

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Screenshot : NHKToday, demolition work on Kyoto Animation’s Studio 1 building was completed.
Last year, a fire was set, killing 36 people and injured another 33.
A decision will be made regarding the…

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Screenshot : KoshiyodaKotaku East East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond.
Twitter user Koshiyoda went above and beyon…

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