Japan’s steampunk business card holder says “Let’s do lunch, and yes, I am from the future-past” soranews24.com

Instead, you should have a dedicated business card case, something stylish or elegant…or super, super steampunk.
Really, though, it’s the Mechanical Card Case that Opens with a “Kasha!” (Steampunk) f…

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Japan set to roll out $1 trillion package www3.nhk.or.jp

Japan's government is set to compile an emergency economic package of 108 trillion yen, or about one trillion dollars, to fight the impact of the coronavirus epidemic in the country.
The scale of the…

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Japanese leader declares state of emergency as COVID-19 spreads www.cbsnews.com

Tokyo — In what was seen as a long-awaited bow to the inevitable, Japanese Prime Minister Abe has announced he will declare a national state of emergency over the growing coronavirus epidemic in the …

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Popular manga artist's shockingly great doodles from school prove he's always had talent soranews24.com

I’m sure we all remember that one kid from our grade school days that was scarily good at drawing.
He probably works in the cafeteria at your old middle school because he never paid attention in math…

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Japan gov't to consider including sex workers for virus compensation english.kyodonews.net

KYODO NEWS - 1 hour ago - 23:12 | All, Japan, CoronavirusThe Japanese government will consider making bar hostesses and sex workers also eligible to receive compensation for parents unable to work du…

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Pokémon Go Is Thriving Even Though Everyone’s at Home slate.com

The hype around Pokémon Go has long since died down, and we’re living in a time when leaving your house unnecessarily is silly or even dangerous—so why am I playing more Pokémon Go than ever?
Ordinar…

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Japanese Internet cafe chain evolves into Internet hotel great for backpackers, budget travelers soranews24.com

One reason why is that net cafes in Japan provide a little more than just Internet service.
So with so many people already using Internet cafes like hotels, Manboo, one of Japan’s biggest Internet ca…

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Anime voice actors need loans, face “dangerous levels of poverty” during pandemic, union says soranews24.com

Survey of live-action and vocal performers shows startling number who’ve already used up their savings.
So as the country adjusts to life under the pandemic, voice actors and actresses are being hit …

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Parenting while teleworking — a day in the life of a Japanese father in the midst of COVID-19 soranews24.com

Repeat readers may remember him as the Disney-disillusioned father who brought his daughter to the most magical place on Earth as well as to the SoraNews24 office for a day of work.
Enjoy this closer…

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With Japan’s day care shortage, how hard is it to bring your baby to work with you? We experiment soranews24.com

Today, there’s a RocketBaby in the RocketNews24 office.
While Japan’s predicting senior care shortage gets a lot of international media coverage, there’s a separate problem on the opposite end of the…

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