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March, 2020 (Page 4)

Japanese police officers turn police box into their own little love hotel, do it instead of duty

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 23, 2020
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Late-night shifts, nothing to do, and a bed just sitting there.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • crime • koban • love hotels • police • Police box • weird)

Six-button Switch! Japanese gadget company turns Nintendo’s console into retro arcade controller

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 23, 2020

A throwback solution to a modern problem with the Nintendo system.

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• Japan
• (cool • gadgets • nintendo • switch • Thanko • video games)

Hanami cherry blossom viewing season begins in Japan as cities around the world shut down

• Oona McGee
  Mar 22, 2020

Questions about complacency are being raised as people gather at popular sakura spots in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. 

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • COVID-19 • government • hanami • news • photos • sakura)

Coronavirus changes how Tokyo shrine handles centuries’ old purification process for visitors

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 22, 2020

Priests fear traditional custom could lead to infection, provide modern alternative.

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• Japan
• (COK • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • culture • purification • religeon • shinto • shrines)

Japanese hospital worker tweets about receiving temporary 100,000 yen bonus for economic reasons

• Katy Kelly
  Mar 22, 2020

This bonus comes with a special set of conditions: you must prove you used up the entire amount by April 30, or it’s null and void.

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• Japan
• (bonus • coronavirus • economy • employment • money • paycheck • twitter • work)

Sega hints at return of most powerful spokesperson they’ve ever created

• Master Blaster
  Mar 22, 2020

That rodent you’re thinking of doesn’t hold a candle to this man’s raw strength.

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• Japan
• (Hiroshi Fujioka • Maito Fujioka • Saturn Mini • Sega • Sega Saturn • Segata Sanshiro • video games)

Handsome Japanese cosplayer finds renewing driver’s license hard after huge transformation【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 22, 2020

Before/after comparison shows it’s tough to get a new ID when the new you doesn’t look like the old you.

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• Japan
• (before after • cosplay • cosplayers • crazy • driver's license • handsme men)

Japanese grandpa’s advice to “flip a coin” when conflicted is wise for an unexpected reason

• Scott Wilson
  Mar 21, 2020

A deep reason behind a simple act.

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• Japan
• (advice • coins • life advice • twitter • wisdom)

We test out Honda’s free rental motorbike program and eat disease-thwarting mochi【Photos】

• Eli Pang
  Mar 21, 2020

Cruise around town and experience a different side of Kyoto in style and comfort.

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• Japan
• (cool • Honda • HondaGO • Kyoto • motorbike • tourism • travel)

Daughter of Japanese idol and former SMAP star Takuya Kimura becomes a model in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Mar 21, 2020

Eldest daughter of a heartthrob graduates high school and enters the world of fashion.

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• Japan
• (boy bands • Cocomi • Dior • fashion • Idols • Japanese models • Japanese women • Kimura Takuya • kimutaku • models • Vogue)

Survey ranks Tokyo as the most desirable Japanese prefecture to live in, bumping Kanagawa to #2

• Dale Roll
  Mar 21, 2020

Top 10 results reveal the special places around Japan that people most want to live in.

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• Japan
• (47 prefectures • Hokkaido • Kanagawa • Kyoto • Living in Japan • Osaka • places in Japan • ranking • Tokyo)

Corned beef taiyaki with melted cheese soon to be available for a limited time at popular chain

• Dale Roll
  Mar 21, 2020

The usually sweet Japanese snack is getting a delightful savory edition.

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• Japan
• (cheese • corned beef • japanese snacks • Sega game center • Sega Taiyaki • taiyaki)

Japanese drugstore prohibits transforming into other people during coronavirus panic

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 21, 2020

Also asks that mask buyers refrain from suddenly developing a need for eyeglasses.

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• Japan
• (COK • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • funny • mask shortage • masks • weird)

Busty cosplayer shares photo showing he’s actually a guy, shocks fans【Videos】

• SoraNews24
  Mar 21, 2020

Sexy girl? Handsome dude? This cosplayer can appear as either.

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• Japan
• (cosplay • cosplayers • Handsome men • joso • videos)

Suicide rates for Japanese women/overall population reach historic low, with troubling exception

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 21, 2020

A decade of mental health improvement for almost everybody, but the “almost” part shows there’s still a lot of work to be done.

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• Japan
• (COK • mental health • society • suicide)

Arashi’s greatest hits named world’s best-selling album of 2019

• Master Blaster
  Mar 20, 2020

The veteran boy band becomes first Japanese artists to achieve such a ranking.

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• Japan
• (5x20 All the Best!! • album sales • arashi • IFPI • J-Pop • Johnny & Associates • music • ranking)

Worker at Narita airport accidentally drops coronavirus reagent, contaminates whole room

• Katie Pask
  Mar 20, 2020

If you think you’re having a bad day at work, it can’t have been worse than this airport worker in Japan.

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• Japan
• (airport • blunder • contamination • crazy • Narita Airport • quarantine • Tokyo • travel)

Wear your love of ramen around your neck with a noodle towel from Japan

• Oona McGee
  Mar 20, 2020

Because there’s nothing more refreshing than patting your face dry with a bowl of ramen. 

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• Japan
• (Felissimo • food • funny • Japanese food • Noodles • ramen • shopping • souvenir • towels • YOU+MORE!)

Japanese ramen restaurant chain brings out noodles with cola dipping sauce for a limited time

• Oona McGee
  Mar 20, 2020

Why drink cola with your noodles when you can eat it instead? 

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• Japan
• (Cola • food • Iyoshi Cola • Japanese food • limited edition • Menya Musashi • Noodles • ramen • Shibuya • Tokyo • tsukemen)

Ingenius method of getting Japanese kids to practice hand-washing earns a stamp of approval

• Katy Kelly
  Mar 20, 2020

Any parents in Japan fretting about their kids’ hand hygiene will want to buy one of these cute stamps.

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• Japan
• (cleanliness • cute • family • hand washing • hygiene • kids • personal seal • Shachihata • washing)

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