Photo : Yuri SuzukiHand a kid raised on streaming music services a vinyl record and they’ll wonder why someone made a flat frisbee that can’t fly.
Yuri Suzuki’s lo-fi Easy Record Maker will not only …

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all photos by Takuya WatanabeShi-an is a mobile tea house constructed entirely from folded paper without the use of bolts or adhesives.
Each piece of washi paper measured about 1 x 3.3 ft (500 x 1000…

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Hong Kong (CNN Business) SoftBank is walking away from a sizeable chunk of its WeWork rescue package, which included a near billion dollar windfall for ousted founder Adam Neumann.
The Japanese tech …

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SoftBank has decided it will not buy $3 billion in WeWork stock from other shareholders, a board committee of the office space company said Wednesday night, dealing a blow to shareholders, including …

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The Sony Corporation announced that it has started a $100 million relief fund to help those in three key industries that…

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Why grow out of being an otaku when you can glow up into being a beautiful one?
But what if instead of growing out of being an otaku, you glow up into a slightly older otaku?
While many of the “after…

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Japan orchestra brought together by technology in joyous harmonyThe members of the New Japan Philharmonic orchestra tune up for their latest recital, more than 60 musicians ranging from trombonists t…

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A survey last year found that 19% had given staff the option of teleworking, but just 8.5% had taken it up.
Daiwa Securities, with about 10,000 employees, introduced home-based teleworking for staff …

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KYODO NEWS - 44 minutes ago - 14:33 | Lifestyle, All, JapanPet owners in Japan annually fork out an average of about 300,000 yen ($2,780) for the upkeep of a dog, and an average of 160,000 yen for a …

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The total membership of yakuza crime syndicates in Japan decreased for the 15th straight year to hit a record low in 2019, the National Police Agency said Thursday.
The total membership is on the ste…

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