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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Sometimes you get hungry when you’re on your way from Point A to Point B, and so noodle stands are a common sight inside Japanese train stations.
What’s not so common, though, are noodle stands with …

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Ski or snowboard at Ryuoo Ski ParkMost winter sports enthusiasts who come to Japan seeking pristine powder snow are already familiar with Niseko—the cream of the ski crop in Japan’s far north, Hokkai…

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SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son talking on WeWork’s financials, as represented here as a downward arrow with no data points, in November 2019.
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son has since more or less conce…

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Once again ambitious plans to rebuild Tokyo were made which would remedy the lack of green space and a modern, comprehensive infrastructure system.
For example, 10% of the urban areas were to be allo…

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