Sharp plans to start making face masks at one of its factories in Japan in response to surging demand sparked by the coronavirus outbreak, The Associated Press reports.
Sharp will make 150,000 masks …

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TOKYO -- Companies in Japan are scrambling to accommodate working parents after nationwide school closures aimed at fighting the coronavirus went into effect on Monday, just days after the move was a…

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In brief The Bank of Japan is slowing talk of a digital yen and calls for further international scrutiny on CBDCs.
After lawmakers in Japan had initially signaled that the country could move quickly …

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Since schools in Japan have been closed because of coronavirus, kids might need something to do.
And since their parents might not let them go out and about, Weekly Jump is making the digital version…

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ClosingsBunkamura (closed through 3/10)https://www.bunkamura.co.jp/english/21_21Design Sight (closed through 3/12)http://www.2121designsight.jp/en/Mori Art Museum (closed through 3/13)https://www.mor…

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If I got scolded, I’d start to cry, which then made my boss yell ‘You’re a member of working society now.
!’ I ran in the back and cried.” (Female, working in a local bank)2.
Dealing with co-workers“…

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For over 100 years, Daiyo has contemplated this relationship, producing a series of handmade Japanese candles, or warousoku, intended to be brought inside the home to supplement our lifestyles.
Found…

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Nike has designed basketball and soccer uniforms for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics that it says will be the "most sustainable" and "highest performing" to date.
On the medal stand, athletes will wear Nike …

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Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka is bringing her twerk-friendly funny to Quibi with the woke Japanese game show appropriately titled Let’s Go Atsuko!
In the new series, Game master Okatsuka will lead two civ…

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