SNA (Tokyo) — The arrival of the Covid-19 coronavirus on Japanese shores is having dramatic effect on people’s lives, as it is in most of the world.
But beyond the macro trends and economic statistic…

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Photo : Japan Trend ShopEven after singing all six minutes of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody, I’m still anxious that I haven’t washed my hands long enough to ensure they’re properly clean.
So I like the i…

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Washing our hands has become a matter of great importance these days more than ever but it's something that small children have always found particularly annoying.
The Otetepon Push Stamp for Washing…

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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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