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You can (not) watch the final Evangelion movie this June, because of the coronavirus
- Casey Baseel
Apr 18, 2020 - Tweet
Pandemic delays film’s release, so just keep telling yourself “I mustn’t go to the theater. I mustn’t go to the theater.”
- Japan
- (anime • coronavirus • Evangelion • movies • Rebuild of Evangelion)
Japanese partier misses the lights and music of clubs, makes their own in their washing machine
- Dale Roll
Apr 18, 2020
Things are getting desperate for Japanese citizens stuck at home.
- Japan
- (clubbing • coronavirus • EDM • funny • quarantine • self-entertainment • washing machine)
What social distancing looks like in Japan
- Oona McGee
Apr 17, 2020
Companies, characters and mascots use kawaii humour to spread an important message.
- Japan
- (art • coronavirus • COVID-19 • design • Kumamon • posters • social distancing)
Japanese company offers a way to support medical workers with traditional drinking vessel
- Shannon
Apr 17, 2020
Helping the medical community by drinking at home? Yes, please.
Popular tourist spots in Kyoto look like a ghost town due to coronavirus
- Katie Pask
Apr 17, 2020
Everyone staying indoors means no one is going sightseeing. Read More
- Japan
- (coronavirus • COVID-19 • Japan sightseeing • Kyoto • sightseeing • tourism • tourists)
Japanese professor threatens students with expulsion for leaving prefecture in coronavirus crisis
- Casey Baseel
Apr 16, 2020
Stay in Fukushima, or else, students are warned.
Final Fantasy funeral procession for coronavirus victim draws hundreds for online goodbye【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 16, 2020
A tearful farewell as the real-world pandemic creates a hole in Final Fantasy XIV’s online realm.
- Internet
- (coronavirus • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy XIV • moving • touching • video • video games)
Host clubs go digital in the wake of business closures with live-streaming app toU
- Dale Roll
Apr 16, 2020
The clubs themselves might be closed, but you can still spend time with your favorite host, even if you can’t physically be with him.
- Japan
- (app • coronavirus • COVID-19 • host clubs • hosts • influencer • live stream)
Old man with smartphone in Japan creates new problem with his high-risk way to shop for masks
- Casey Baseel
Apr 16, 2020
Drug stores want seniors to stop lining up before opening hours in hope of buying face masks, but that’s led to another problem at this shop.
- Japan
- (COK • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • drug stores • masks • seniors)
New virtual anime wife system helps Japanese workers deal with emotional strain of telecommuting
- Casey Baseel
Apr 16, 2020
Hikari Aizuma helps workers stay sharp and maintain a balanced lifestyle while working from home.
- Japan
- (anime • coronavirus • Gatebox • otaku • technology • telecommuting)
Why the sashimi we eat will probably become more delicious during the coronavirus pandemic
- Casey Baseel
Apr 15, 2020
It’s not the fish that’s changing, but who gets to eat it.
- Japan
- (COK • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • fish • food • sashimi)
Japanese landlord’s touching gesture to tenants during coronavirus crisis goes viral
- Oona McGee
Apr 15, 2020
If only we could all have landlords like this**.**
- Japan
- (apartments • coronavirus • COVID-19 • heartwarming • letter • money • rent • renting • renting in Japan • touching • twitter • viral)
Station in Tokyo starting to look like a futuristic dystopia a little too early
- Master Blaster
Apr 15, 2020
Guess it’s time to start scavenging for overshields and gravity hammers already.
- Japan
- (coronavirus • COVID-19 • Microsoft • Photoshop • sci-fi • self-isolation • Tokyo • train station • Windows 7)
Legendary Tokyo arcade gets massive fan support in coronavirus-prompted crowdfunding campaign
- Casey Baseel
Apr 15, 2020
Fans band together to help save Mikado, one of the purest shrines to old-school gaming left in Japan.
- Japan
- (Arcades • coronavirus • cowdfunding • Mikado • video games)
Japanese artists in New York sing Sukiyaki together in heartwarming video
- Oona McGee
Apr 14, 2020
With lyrics like “Tonight I’m all alone” and “I keep my head up high“, this is a touching, perfectly fitting song for our times.
- Japan, USA
- (artists • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • COVID-19 • heartwarming • music • New York • singing • songs • sukiyaki • touching • twitter • Ue o Muite Aruko • videos)
Internet cafes in Tokyo now closed due to coronavirus, but what about those who live in them?
- Dale Roll
Apr 14, 2020
Luckily the city has a plan for them…but is it enough?
- Japan
- (business hotels • coronavirus • COVID-19 • homeless • Internet cafes • public assistance • public welfare)
Idol-turned-ramen restaurant owner has great plan to make sure her staff is paid during pandemic
- Casey Baseel
Apr 14, 2020
Former AKB48 idol channels her faith that ramen fans will be back at her restaurant in the future into making sure workers get paid in the present.
- Japan
- (AKB48 • clever • coronavirus • food • idol singers • Idols • Mayuka Umezawa • moving • ramen • ramen restaurants • restaurants • SNJO • touching)
Travellers sleep on cardboard beds at Narita Airport while waiting for coronavirus test results
- Oona McGee
Apr 13, 2020
Arrivals area now dubbed the “Cardboard Box Hotel” and the “Corona Refugee Camp“.
- Japan
- (airport • coronavirus • COVID-19 • Narita Airport • news • PCR test • quarantine • Tokyo • travel)
Police with batons patrol Kabukicho, tell people to go home during coronavirus crisis【Video】
- Oona McGee
Apr 13, 2020
Imposing scene has some people now fearing the authorities.
- Japan
- (coronavirus • COVID-19 • Kabukicho • lockdown • news • police • shinjuku • state of emergency • Tokyo • videos)
Japanese Prime Minister appears with Gen Hoshino in awkward “stay home” video
- Oona McGee
Apr 13, 2020
Abe joins a viral trend, makes people cringe around the country.
- Japan
- (coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • Gen Hoshino • government • music • politicians • politics • prime minister • Shinzo Abe • Tokyo • twitter • videos • viral)
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