All images © Kushino TerraceYears before the era of Instagram and food bloggers, the self-taught artist Itsuo Kobayashi was memorializing every meal he ate.
Using a combination of illustration, colla…

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Here are some ways to experience art at Japanese museums and galleries without leaving your home.
Click your way through rooms at institutions such as Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, an…

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TOKYO — Japan had only a few dozen confirmed coronavirus infections when the 30-something nurse with a slight sore throat boarded a bus to Osaka, the country’s third-largest city, to attend a Valenti…

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A Japanese airline is finally letting female flight attendants wear trousers and flat shoes instead of skirts and high heels following a nationwide campaign.
“This will be the first time to introduce…

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By that point, most of Italy was heading towards a nationwide quarantine, with Gokita's work up on display waiting for better days.
These moments are culturally significant in many ways, because afte…

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The airline is the first major Japanese company to relax its regulations in response to complaints from women that having to wear high heels was uncomfortable and often left them in considerable pain…

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Some of Japan’s best onsen (hot springs) are in Wakayama.
You’ll find them nestled in the mountains, hidden on small islands overlooking the ocean, and in the rivers next to hotels.
The Sennin-buro R…

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Tokyo — The Japanese capital registered 47 new coronavirus cases Thursday, its biggest single-day rise, as the metropolis of 13.9 million people prepares for a weekend indoors.
The region is home to …

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Nintendo hasn’t announced a lot of first-party releases for 2020, but one game that we’ve known is coming for a while is Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition.
Xenoblade Chronicles is a sci-fi/fan…

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On Wednesday night, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike held a press conference where she informed the public that 41 new cases of coronavirus had been reported in the capital.
However, a surprise announceme…

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