KYODO NEWS - 2 hours ago - 10:55 | Arts, All, CoronavirusAn illustration by famed Japanese cartoonist Leiji Matsumoto, put up for an online auction to support a hospital in Turin, Italy, that has bee…

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KYODO NEWS - 1 hour ago - 14:38 | All, Japan, CoronavirusJapan's Yosakoi Festival has been cancelled for the first time in its 66-year history, as the new coronavirus continues to spread across the c…

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Some of Japan's biggest companies, such as Toyota and Sony, have already announced work-from-home policies.
The main problem is with the small and medium-sized businesses which make up about 70 per c…

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The Gundam Cafe that opened at the Canal City Hakata commercial complex in Fukuoka's Hakata Ward in November (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Gundam fans brace for impact. Japan's very first official cafe …

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As you can guess from its name, the Japan Retro Game Association (JARGA) is all about preserving and promoting the video games of yesteryear.
That doesn’t mean the organization is taking a break from…

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” ‘Cause every little thing gonna be all right.”These are emotionally trying times.
For the others, Eishin is making music with his temple’s traditional Buddhist chimes and drums, including a mokugyo…

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Even Japanese interviews seem to have been conducted entirely in English with almost no Japanese phrases uttered.
Sure he’s no Steven Seagal, but hey, the guy just got here.
■ Dragan StojkovićGoing e…

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Coronavirus fears left the nation's normally jam-packed bullet trains and expressways deserted on the first day of Golden Week on Saturday as the pace of infections showed little sign of slowing.
Man…

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Roughly 100 years ago the 1918 pandemic, also known as the Spanish Flu, ravaged the world, infecting one-third of the planet’s population.
Despite a significant lack of travel compared to today, even…

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Japan will review its long-standing administrative custom requiring official documents be stamped with personal seals — a tradition that has been a major bottleneck in containing the spread of COVID-…

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