The genre “romantic comedy” feels a bit misleading in Japanese media properties.
That is what Akasaka Aka’s Kaguya-sama: Love Is War has become, much to my surprise.
It’s no secret around these parts…

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No other currently running manga series embraces the style of shonen manga (boys’ comics) storytelling as fervently as One Piece does.
But what if instead of being the standard-bearer for shonen mang…

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This isn’t necessarily a case of Ghibli simply being more cautious or putting a higher priority on guest/worker health than the Disney Resort and USJ.
In order to provide the atmosphere and experienc…

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KYODO NEWS - 11 minutes ago - 00:23 | All, Coronavirus, JapanJapan has yet to reach a peak in coronavirus infections, with the number of new cases on a declining trend in Hokkaido but the number of i…

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Fancy collecting pictures of shirtless hunky fishermen wearing rubber waders?
When it comes to trading cards, you might be most familiar with Pokémon cards or Yu-Gi-Oh cards, or perhaps old-school ba…

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With the coronavirus outbreak becoming an increasingly international issue, people around the globe are staying home as part of social distancing precautions.
Those are all descriptions applicable to…

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It was on that winding street that I first encountered amazake, an ancient, non-alcoholic, lightly fermented rice drink, which a helpful English sign noted could be served “hot or cold”.
Sales jumped…

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However, some katana look like works of visual art because that’s precisely what they were designed to be.
Ieyasu’s grandfather and father were both killed by Muramasa katana, and one of the swordsmi…

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Officials in western Japan's Mie Prefecture say a man who was a passenger on a cruise ship that was hit by the coronavirus has again tested positive after recovering from infection.
The man, who is i…

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SoftBank Group Corp. told shareholders of WeWork that it could withdraw from an agreement to buy $3 billion of stock in the embattled co-working business, casting doubt on a deal that had been set to…

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