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Man who gambled entire Japanese town’s COVID relief money arrested

• Master Blaster
  May 21, 2022
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The latest in a long line of slip-ups.

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• Japan
• (Abu • COK • coronavirus • COVID-19 • crime • fraudulent use of computer • money • online casinos • weird • Yamaguchi Prefecture)

Japan to begin accepting tourists from the U.S., three other countries this month

• Casey Baseel
  May 17, 2022

Inbound foreign tourists will have to comply with numerous requirements.

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• Australia, Japan, SE Asia, USA
• (border restrictions • COK • coronavirus • society • travel)

Japan considering doubling entry cap for overseas travelers, waiving on-arrival PCR tests soon

• Casey Baseel
  May 12, 2022

Testing exemptions would be based on nation of departure.

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• Japan
• (COK • coronavirus • entry requirements • health • society • travel)

Japan to start easing entry restrictions for foreign travelers next month, prime mister promises

• Casey Baseel
  May 6, 2022

Says Japan’s coronavirus countermeasures have proven successful.

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• Japan
• (border restrictions • COK • coronavirus • society • travel)

After reopening, Japan to require foreigners to eat *daily* sushi to revitalize tourism industry

• Scott Wilson
  Apr 1, 2022

Will it taste as good when shoved down our throats?

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• Japan
• (April Fools' Day • coronavirus • funny • SNO)

This Tokyo coronavirus quarantine facility’s bento boxed meals are amazingly good【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 21, 2022

A multi-day taste test our infected reporter would rather not have had to do, but his taste buds thank him.

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• Japan
• (bento • COK • coronavirus • food • quarantine • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taste test)

Japan considering relaxing guest number caps for large events, provided guests don’t shout

• Katie Pask
  Mar 14, 2022

Government considering ending previous limitations on guests for large events like concerts.

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • COVID-19 • event • events • government • Japanese Government • rules • society)

Did this ’90s Japanese horror manga predict the coronavirus pandemic?

• Oona McGee
  Feb 9, 2022

Manga artist draws amazing parallels between fiction and reality.

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• Japan
• (anime • books • COK • coronavirus • Horror • Japanese horror • manga • pandemic • predictions • SNJO • virus • Yoshimi Seki)

Japanese PM’s call to drink more milk successful, mass disposal averted

• Master Blaster
  Jan 14, 2022

We did it!

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• Japan
• (business • coronavirus • COVID-19 • food • Fumio Kishida • J-Milk • Japan Dairy Association • milk • surplus)

Number of pachinko parlors in Japan decreasing rapidly, down 12 percent in two years

• Master Blaster
  Jan 6, 2022

Where have all the parlors gone?

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• Japan
• (business • coronavirus • COVID-19 • culture • entertainment • gambling • pachinko • store closure)

Japan’s beloved Zima discontinued after sales hurt by COVID-19

• Master Blaster
  Jan 6, 2022

Zomething zad.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • business • Coors • coronavirus • COVID-19 • drinks • Molson Coors • Zima)

More people travelling in Japan for the New Year’s holiday than last year, survey says

• Katie Pask
  Dec 31, 2021

Less people want to spend the New Year’s holiday at home, according to the survey.

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • culture • hatsumode • hinode • new year • New Year's Day • survey • travel)

Government announces it will throw away useless “Abenomasks,” triggers surge in demand

• Master Blaster
  Dec 24, 2021

One person’s trash mask is another’s treasure mask.

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• Japan
• (Abenomask • coronavirus • COVID-19 • face masks • Fumio Kishida • politics • Shinzo Abe)

Prime Minister calls on Japan to drink more milk

• Master Blaster
  Dec 23, 2021

Ask not what your country can drink for you, but what you can drink for your country.

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • COVID-19 • dairy business • food • Fumio Kishida • milk • omicron • politics)

Japanese government freezes inbound air reservations for foreign residents and Japanese citizens

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 1, 2021

New restrictions come just one day after latest coronavirus-related border tightening.

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• Japan
• (Air travel • airlines • ANA • COK • coronavirus • foreigners in Japan • health • JAL • omicron • society • travel)

Japan completely closes borders to new foreign arrivals

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 30, 2021

Relaxed coronavirus regulations unable to last even one month as sources say first omicron case has been discovered.

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• Japan
• (COK • coronavirus • foreigners in Japan • health • Living in Japan • omicron • society • travel)

Surveys suggest over 80% of Japanese people likely to continue with masks after COVID-19 subsides

• Master Blaster
  Nov 25, 2021

It really isn’t all about health either.

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • COVID-19 • culture • face masks • fashion • society • survey)

Over half of Japanese newlyweds haven’t been bothering with a wedding ceremony

• Master Blaster
  Nov 17, 2021

Billy Idol might say it’s not a nice day for a white wedding.

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• Japan
• (COK • coronavirus • COVID-19 • honeymoons • marriage • relationships • romance • society • Surveys • weddings)

Japanese convenience store chain running out of fried chicken, takes precautions to save Christmas

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 17, 2021

We might not be seeing Family Mart’s Famichiki for a while.

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• Japan
• (Christmas • COK • convenience stores • coronavirus • Famichiki • Family mart • food • fried chicken • SNJO • Thailand)

Comiket will require proof of coronavirus vaccination or PCR test results for admission

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 15, 2021

If you want to get your doujinshi, you’ll probably want to get your jabs too.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • Comiket • Comiket 2021 • Comiket 99 • coronavirus • COVID-19 • dojinshi • doujinshi • health • manga • PCR test • vaccination • Winter Comiket 2021)

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