KYODO NEWS - 2 hours ago - 16:11 | All, Japan, CoronavirusThe Immigration Services Agency of Japan said Friday it will extend for three months the deadline for foreigners to renew their period of sta…

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A bunch of Java-based phone games from the early 2000s are finally headed to the Switch, at least in Japan.
Japanese mobile game company G-Mode announced G-Mode Archives earlier today which will be p…

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But at times the fans’ love of Love Live!
But while the feminists are happy with the more tasteful approach, Love Live!
The ad is for Numazu Cha tea, which is tea grown and produced in the Numazu are…

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In March, the Grandia Housen, a traditional-style "ryokan" inn in Awara, a hot spring resort in Fukui Prefecture, began providing an unlimited monthly stay plan, including breakfast, for around 50,00…

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Line, which is a quite popular messaging app in Japan, surveyed the chat app's users in Tokyo and surrounding areas in collaboration with Japan's health ministry.
The survey concluded that 7.1% of th…

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During that time, one of my fellow authors here and food guru Raitzeno shared an interesting article about McDonald Japan’s new rice burger line with me (link).
The Gohan Teriyaki burger caught my at…

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Hikikomori are Japanese shut-ins, people who don’t leave their house under any circumstances.
Which is why the Japanese government recently announced that they’ve appointed a hikikomori as the head o…

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Image : Longe0829Kotaku East East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond.
Stocks of disposable masks have been running low…

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SoftBank, which is run by the Japanese billionaire Masayoshi Son, announced on Thursday that it was terminating a $3bn share tender rescue deal hammered out last October to save WeWork from collapse.…

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KYODO NEWS - 2 hours ago - 19:25 | All, World, CoronavirusSony Corp. said Thursday it has set up a $100 million fund to help the medical, education and entertainment sectors in and outside Japan figh…

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