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Five hours of a professional production of the 18th century play Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura are free to watch on an official YouTube channel!
Then there’s bunraku, or puppet theatre, plays performed wi…

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The global trend of rethinking the way we work and our relationship with physical offices has finally hit Japan.
Work, work, work, work, work (from home).
GaijinPot Jobs has a new feature that allows…

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Disagreements between Koike and Abe over how far the emergency measures should go have quickly escalated since Tokyo’s 14 million residents were asked to stay home earlier this week amid record numbe…

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Straddled between the legs of the Tokyo Tower is the family-friendly entertainment zone known as “Foot Town.” On the third floor of this building sits the Tokyo Tower Wax Museum, home to the world’s …

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There are not many places in the world where giant sand sculptures last for three quarters of the year, and then only come down deliberately.
The Sand Museum in Tottori, Japan, was the first.
Tottori…

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Staff at Business Breakthrough University in Tokyo decided they would not allow social distancing measures introduced to tackle the coronavirus outbreak to ruin the school's graduation ceremony.
The …

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Dragon Quest’s Slime has been turned into endless products, but this is the first Japanese teapot version I’ve seen.
It’s very cute!
Priced at 2,500 yen ($23), it goes on sale this May in Japan.
Adve…

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Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has declared a month-long state of emergency in response to the coronavirus pandemic, and unveiled a record stimulus package aimed at steering the world’s third-la…

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