Domino’s, Pizza Hut introduce "Zero Contact" delivery service in Japan amidst coronavirus fears soranews24.com

One of those changes includes limiting contact with strangers, which doesn’t bode well for pizza chains like Domino’s and Pizza Hut, who rely on delivery orders for a substantial portion of their rev…

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A Glass Jug That Looks Like Running Water Designed by Jin Kuramoto www.spoon-tamago.com

Nedre Foss is a Norwegian label for interior products, founded and backed by the design studio Anderssen & Voll, who reached out to Japanese designer Jin Kuramoto to create a household tool the e…

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One of video gaming’s greatest composers owes his name-recognition fame to his mom soranews24.com

The heartwarming tale of how Yuzo Koshiro became famous in an era when game developers worked in obscurity also has a Studio Ghibli connection.
Yuzo Koshiro has been one of the video game industry’s …

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Lee Chen Dao: Sleepless In Tokyo www.juxtapoz.com

At first glance, Chen-Dao Lee uses people around him as motifs.
His home country, Taiwan, accepts a lot of culture from Japan and the US, and his paintings incorporate Taiwanese mixed culture.
They a…

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Kurabo to sell kits to detect new coronavirus in 15 mins next week english.kyodonews.net

KYODO NEWS - 3 hours ago - 15:20 | All, Japan, World, Coronavirus[Photo courtesy of Kurabo Industries Ltd.]Textile and chemical product maker Kurabo Industries Ltd. said Thursday it will import and s…

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Top Jobs in Japan You Can Apply to From Overseas – Week 10, 2020 blog.gaijinpot.com

Positions in IT, Gaming, and Translation among our top picks for jobs you can apply to from overseas this week!
On Mar 12, 2020Each week we look through our job database and select the best opportuni…

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Olympics: Tokyo organizing exec suggests 1-2 year delay over virus: WSJ english.kyodonews.net

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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Tokyo Disney parks to extend closure till early April over virus english.kyodonews.net

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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Anime Trope For Glasses Made Real kotaku.com

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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Canceled Otaku Event Will Still Be Held Online kotaku.com

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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