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Goodbye katanuki? Japanese festival game may go extinct thanks to the pandemic
The only makers of katanuki pieces may have to close their doors forever if the pandemic continues much longer.
- Japan
- (business • coronavirus • COVID-19 • culture • festival games • festivals • food • Japanese culture • katanuki • Matsuri • pandemic • tradition)
Japanese restaurant from the Edo Period forced to close due to coronavirus pandemic
- Oona McGee
Jan 18, 2021
Serving diners since the days of the samurai and once loved by famous writers like Natsume Soseki, this long-standing business will soon be no more.
- Japan
- (business • closure • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • COVID-19 • news • restaurants • Shibamata • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel)
Nintendo’s victory over MariCar finalized by Supreme Court of Japan
- Master Blaster
Dec 28, 2020
The final shell was cast in the long legal battle, and it was a blue one.
- Japan
- (business • copyright • lawsuit • MariCar • Mario Kart • nintendo • Street Kart)
Nintendo’s “God-like” customer service warms hearts again, this time helping a husband in Japan
- Oona McGee
Dec 25, 2020
Solving a mystery and saving a marriage is all in a day’s work for this beloved Japanese gaming company.
- Japan
- (awesome • business • COK • customer service • marriage • moving • nintendo • touching • twitter • video games • wedding ring • Wii U • working in Japan)
Shortage of chocolatey milk enhancer Milo has Japanese resellers licking their chops
- Master Blaster
Dec 9, 2020
Truly the winter of our discontent.
Someone asked Nintendo President Satoru Iwata to lay off workers, and his response was awesome
- Casey Baseel
Nov 28, 2020
Late video game boss said the words every employee wants to hear.
- Japan
- (awesome • business • COK • moving • nintendo • Satoru Iwata • touching • video games • working in Japan)
Face mask distributer imprisoned in sex shop by yakuza for 11 hours
- Master Blaster
Nov 18, 2020
All in a day’s work for a medical supply dealer.
Japanese company creates “business card masks” that put your name and workplace on your face
- Casey Baseel
Nov 9, 2020
Handy mnemonic helper, or complete sacrifice of privacy?
- Japan
- (business • business cards • clever • masks • weird • working in Japan)
Japanese clothing chain offers an answer to job-hunting suit conundrum
- Katy Kelly
Nov 7, 2020
Yofuku no Aoyama suggests a new suit service to suit job-seeking students.
- Japan
- (business • COK • fashion • job hunting • office • recruit suits • rental • society • suits • working in Japan • Yofuku no Aoyama)
Sega’s troubles continue as parent company asks hundreds of employees to to quit their jobs
- Casey Baseel
Nov 6, 2020
Search for volunteers is accompanied by executive pay cuts.
- Japan
- (business • COK • Sega • Sega Sammy • Sega Sammy Holdings • video games)
Government plan has everyone talking about a 17-day-long New Year holiday
- Master Blaster
Oct 26, 2020
Suga administration hopes everyone doesn’t party quite like it’s 1999 this year.
- Japan
- (business • coronavirus • COVID-19 • economy • Japanese holidays • Japanese New Year • vacation • Yasutoshi Nishimura)
Osaka icon loses legs, restaurant says famous crab is exhausted
- Oona McGee
Oct 21, 2020
After losing its giant fugu blowfish, people are now worried about the health of the city’s big crustacean.
- Japan
- (business • cool • crab • Dotonbori • Kani Doraku • landmark • news • Osaka • repairs • restaurants • seafood • tourism • tourist site • travel)
Tokyo temple holds funeral for personal seals in effort to reform outdated business practice【Vid】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 21, 2020
Monk chants sutras in farewell to a business tool that doesn’t mesh with telecommuting.
- Japan
- (business • culture • funerals • hanko • ikan • personal seals • society • telecommuting • video • working in Japan)
This work pod built for two could be the new way to have face-to-face meetings in Japan【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 18, 2020
For when you need to talk in-person, but don’t want to breathe each other’s breath.
- Japan
- (business • COK • cool • coronavirus • interior • offices • telecommuting • weird • work booths • work pods • working in Japan)
One of Japan’s largest financial companies offers four-day weekend plan for all employees
- Casey Baseel
Oct 7, 2020
Mizuho employees will get to chose how much they want to work.
- Japan
- (banks • business • COK • Mizuho • Mizuho Bank • society • weekend • work-life balance • working in Japan)
Company uses empty buses to create giant maze after tours drop due to COVID-19【Video】
- Oona McGee
Sep 23, 2020
A very different kind of bus tour for tourists.
- Japan
- (bus tour • buses • business • clever • COK • cool • coronavirus • COVID-19 • Hato Bus • marketing • maze • Tokyo • tours • travel • video)
Turning one of Japan’s “crappiest properties” into one-meter-sized restaurant hits crowdfund goal
- Master Blaster
Sep 22, 2020
Location, location, location!
- Japan
- (business • Crappy Property of the Year • crowdfunding • National Real-Estate Transaction Twitterer Association • property development • real estate • restaurants • Suginami • Tokyo • Zentaku Tsui)
Over 500 karaoke boxes close due to Covid-19, dealing historic blow to the industry
- Katy Kelly
Sep 18, 2020
Safety fears and an urge to social distance has rung a death knell for one of Japan’s most famous pastimes.
Osaka loses a beloved icon as giant pufferfish disappears in the middle of the night 【Video】
- Oona McGee
Sep 3, 2020
A sad day for fugu blowfish everywhere.
- Japan
- (blowfish • business • cool • fugu • landmark • news • Osaka • pufferfish • Shinsekai • Spa World • travel • Zuboraya)
Osaka’s giant pufferfish may be saved by neighboring business
- Master Blaster
Aug 29, 2020
A new hope for the threatened fugu.
- Japan
- (bowfish • business • COK • cool • fugu • landmark • Osaka • pufferfish • Shinsekai • Spa World • travel • Zuboraya)
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