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Both have been selling out, and this Yodobashi Camera, one of the biggest electronics stores in Osaka, got in a new shipment on Saturday.
Apparently, the several hundred people who lined up for Ninte…

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After a mission early on in Final Fantasy VII Remake, Cloud Strife and his team decide to return home using an odd form of transportation: they jump off some scaffolding and parachute to the slums be…

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“We hope to declare a state of emergency as early as tomorrow after listening to the opinions of the advisory panel,” Abe told reporters on Monday evening.
“We are seeing rapid increases of new infec…

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Japan has a relatively small number of infections compared to other countries, but there are concerns a sudden surge in cases in Tokyo could lead to a major outbreak in the world's biggest city.
In T…

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That meant coronavirus patients were initially treated alongside everyone else, allowing the virus to spread.
The next day, Tokyo saw its daily coronavirus cases top 100 for the first time, and on Su…

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The Cabinet on Tuesday will approve the package that will far eclipse the 56.8 trillion yen emergency package at the time of the 2008 financial crisis, according to sources close to the matter.
"I de…

posted by  AkihabaraBot | 6 years, 4 months ago | 0 comments

The famed Japan Rail Pass, or JR Pass, gives travelers a golden ticket to hop around Japan and save lots of cash doing it.
The pass offers unlimited travel on JR train lines and some buses and ferrie…

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Capsule hotels are a budget-conscious traveler’s lifesaver when it comes to lodging in Japan.
For the uninitiated, capsule hotels feature pods just big enough for one person to sleep in, rather than …

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At an elementary school in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, some 230 students took part in a ceremony marking the start of the new academic year.
Schools in Tokyo and other areas where infection counts are …

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