The creators of Animal Crossing hope New Horizons can be ‘an escape’ in difficult times www.theverge.com

Animal Crossing: New Horizons seems almost ideally suited for this scenario.
It’s a game where players can live a relaxed life in the outdoors, and safely meet up with friends online.
A cursory glanc…

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Hong Kong and Tokyo airports are handling coronavirus very differently. Which one has it right? cnn.com

(CNN) Passing through airports in Hong Kong and Tokyo this week highlighted the differences in the approaches of the two Asian hubs in dealing with the novel coronavirus pandemic.
If I was to land in…

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An edible DIY Japanese rock garden is what we all need to stay sane while working from home【Pics】 soranews24.com

Luckily, though, we recently came across a way to make your combined living space/workplace a little more tranquil: a compact Japanese garden you can keep on your desk to quietly contemplate whenever…

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Foreign visitors to Japan drop 58%, largest in 9 yrs over coronavirus english.kyodonews.net

KYODO NEWS - 1 hour ago - 17:34 | All, Japan, CoronavirusThe number of foreign visitors to Japan posted the largest drop in nearly nine years in February with a 58.3 percent plunge, dented by travel …

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Top Jobs in Japan with No Japanese Required – Week 11, 2020 blog.gaijinpot.com

No Japanese, no problem with our top picks for this week top jobs!
By GaijinPot Blog Mar 19, 2020 1 min readDon’t speak Japanese but want to work in Japan?
Each week we look through our database of j…

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Smash Bros. Creator On How Coronavirus Covid-19 Has Impacted Game Development In Japan kotaku.com

Screenshot : NintendoMasahiro Sakurai, creator of Smash Bros., devoted his latest Weekly Famitsu column to how coronavirus covid-19 is impacting the game industry in Japan.
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Kaguya-sama: Love Is War's Truly Romantic Comedy anitay.kinja.com

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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What if One Piece was a girls’ comic? Shojo manga artist produces character redesign【Pics】 soranews24.com

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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Ghibli Museum extends coronavirus closure, gives new scheduled reopening date and other good news soranews24.com

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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Japan has yet to hit peak in coronavirus infections: Kyodo study english.kyodonews.net

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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