KYODO NEWS - 1 hour ago - 14:00 | Sports, News, All, Coronavirus, WorldA member of the Tokyo Games organizing committee's executive board said it would be more realistic to postpone the Olympics by o…

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KYODO NEWS - 1 hour ago - 17:25 | All, Japan, CoronavirusTokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea will extend their closure until early April to contain the spread of the new coronavirus in Japan in line…

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Kotaku East East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond.
Japanese design firm EkōD Works created these glasses.
The studio…

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Prev Next View AllEach spring, over 150,000 people gather at the Makuhari Messe convention center outside Tokyo for the Nico Nico Cho Kaigi ( Super Meeting).
The event, sponsored by the company behin…

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The Tokyo 2020 organising committee has poured cold water on suggestions that the Olympic Games need to be postponed for up to two years to deal with the coronavirus outbreak, after an executive memb…

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In reality, Japan is the second largest per-capita generator of plastic waste in the world, producing more than the entire European Union.
“The concept of mottainai is rooted in Japanese culture, but…

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Apollo Architects & Associates has designed the austere metal-clad exterior of this compact home to disguise a central planted courtyard covered by exposed wooden rafters.
Leaf House is located i…

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The latest stylish rendition of Japanese confectioneries not only look good and taste good, but are scientific, too, because they’re designed based on weather data.
▼ Sweets designed based on the wea…

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Japan’s government says it will pay up to about 80 dollars per person per day to businesses as income compensation for parents taking leave from work in response to temporary school closures that beg…

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Enlarge Image HondaHonda has pulled the plug on the Honda Clarity Electric.
According a Monday report from Green Car Reports, the Japanese automaker said it discontinued the Clarity Electric at the e…

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