Station in Tokyo starting to look like a futuristic dystopia a little too early soranews24.com

I know I haven’t been tempted to go outside much since then, what with all the dunking on it happening online.
But with this welcome decrease in people outside, some changes are quickly taking place …

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Let’s Stay One Tuna Apart: Humorous Social Distancing Posters from Nosigner www.spoon-tamago.com

But from there the rate of infections were relatively slow compared to other nations and Japan had been slow in altering their behavior.
The series of posters incorporate various objects that are rou…

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Top Readers’ Photos In Japan: March 2020 travel.gaijinpot.com

March in Japan marks the start of the much-awaited cherry blossom season.
Normally, this would be the time to plan out that insta-worthy cherry blossom viewing party.
For this month’s theme, we’re ta…

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Softbank fund warns of $16.7bn loss due to virus www.bbc.com

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption SoftBank Group Corp. Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son speaks during a press conference in TokyoSoftBank expects to lose $16.7bn (£13.3bn) on firms it has inve…

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Yahoo! Japan! shares! user! location! data! with! government! to! track! coronavirus! clusters! theregister.co.uk

Japan data on the number of people in Susukino St Hokkaido from January to March 2020Yahoo!’s Japanese offshoot has signed a deal to share analysis of its users’ locations, to help the nation’s effor…

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SoftBank's Vision Fund Not Feeling So Good, Will Take Nearly $17 Billion Hit Amid Pandemic gizmodo.com

According to the Wall Street Journal, that likely means its investments are worth le ss now than when it launched with $100 billion in funding in 2017.
Uber’s Chinese counterpart Didi Chuxing, which …

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Internet cafes in Tokyo now closed due to coronavirus, but what about those who live in them? soranews24.com

That category also includes Internet cafes, which are great, cheap places to spend the night if you’ve missed the last train, or need a budget hotel.
They offer private rooms with free Internet, ofte…

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Traditional Japanese seal system hampers telework for some japantoday.com

A reliance on paper filing systems in parts of Japan's business world is forcing employees to go into work to put their unique seal on documents.
To do this they use tiny traditional stamps known as …

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Filmmaker Nobuhiko Obayashi, who portrayed war’s horrors, dies at 82 www.latimes.com

Nobuhiko Obayashi, one of Japan’s most prolific filmmakers who devoted his works to depicting war’s horrors and singing the eternal power of movies, has died.
The official site for his latest film, “…

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14 Surprising Things You Can Do With Your Nintendo Switch www.wired.com

Hey, congrats on getting a Nintendo Switch!
Make Friends and Play With ThemThe Switch technically has an online service, but it's still a pain to play with friends.
You can make a profile or stop sha…

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