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Thanks to the coronavirus over 450 manga volumes are now free to read online

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 9, 2020
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With much of Japan’s population staying at home in order to stay safe, manga publishers want to help them stay happy and entertained too.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • cool • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • free • manga)

Chinese cosplayer rigs DIY Death Stranding carrier for his baby

• Master Blaster
  Mar 8, 2020

Do not try this at home.

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• China
• (coronavirus • cosplay • death stranding • Douyin • Hideo Kojima • Resident Evil • Umbrella Inc. • video games)

Awesome Japanese company wins Internet’s heart with its special coronavirus bonus for employees

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 8, 2020

Management finds 30,000 ways to say thank-you.

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• Japan
• (awesome • COK • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • moving • touching • working in Japan)

Japanese Internet reacts to ammunition panic-buying in America due to coronavirus fears

• Scott Wilson
  Mar 7, 2020

Confusion about what Americans plan to do with it all.

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• USA
• (ammo • ammunition • coronavirus • cultural differences • guns • hoarding)

Confirmed coronavirus patient in Aichi told to go home, goes bar hopping instead

• Master Blaster
  Mar 7, 2020

I’m sorry sir, you have a highly contagious and deadly pathogen. Now get out of here you little scamp!

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• Japan
• (Aichi • bars • coronavirus • COVID-19 • Gamagori • izakaya)

No more tumblers — Starbucks Japan institutes new coronavirus countermeasure policies

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 7, 2020

Changes aim to keep both customers and workers safe.

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• Japan
• (cafes • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • health • Starbucks)

7-Eleven in Japan sells masks for ridiculously high price, gets slammed by customers

• Oona McGee
  Mar 6, 2020

Japanese konbini criticised for being just as bad as notorious online resellers. 

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • COK • convenience stores • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • COVID-19 • crime • Japanese convenience stores • kombini • konbini • mask shortage • masks • reselling)

Try Twitter-recommended Ring Fit Adventure for keeping your kids busy when everything is closed

• Dale Roll
  Mar 6, 2020

Nintendo provides a way to work out your kid’s energy even if coronavirus has you stuck at home!

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • family • fun for kids • kids • nintendo • nintendo switch • RingFit Adventure • video games)

Reselling masks in Japan could get you five years in prison under new government ban

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 6, 2020

Government enacts 47-year-old law to cope with panic buying and speculative hoarding.

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• Japan
• (COK • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • crime • mask shortage • masks • reselling)

McDonald’s worker tests positive for coronavirus in Japan, branch closes for sanitation

• Oona McGee
  Mar 5, 2020

Infected staff member served food to customers at the register without wearing a mask.

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• Japan
• (burgers • coronavirus • COVID-19 • fast food • food • hamburgers • Kyoto • McDonald's • novel coronavirus)

Japanese company tells worker he probably doesn’t have coronavirus, to come to work with a fever

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 5, 2020

Missing the point this badly is enough to get any worker hot under the collar.

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• Japan
• (COK • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • health • sickness • working in Japan)

Japanese Twitter impressed by online seller who added free masks to orders in light of shortage

• Dale Roll
  Mar 5, 2020

A nice gesture from an anonymous person has Twitter users all a-titter.

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• Japan
• (act of kindness • coronavirus • face masks • mask shortage • mercari)

No Tokyo cherry blossom parties? Government asks citizens to refrain from outdoor hanami parties

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 5, 2020

One of the best things about spring in Japan might be non-existent this year because of the coronavirus.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossom-viewing parties • cherry blossoms • COK • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • hanami • sakura • Tokyo)

Japanese revolving sushi restaurant chain stops revolving during coronavirus outbreak

• Oona McGee
  Mar 4, 2020

But customers wonder if it will do anything to help the growing health crisis.

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• Japan
• (Conveyor belt sushi • coronavirus • COVID-19 • Hamazushi • Japanese food • Kaitenzushi • novel coronavirus • restaurants • revolving sushi • sushi • Sushi Train)

Japanese government may encourage people to reuse masks as coronavirus-caused shortage continues

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 4, 2020

If people can’t buy new masks, is using old ones more than once the next best option?

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• (COK • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • disease • health • mask shortage • masks • sickness • surgical masks)

Akihabara maid cafe finds novel way to stay on brand during coronavirus crisis【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Mar 3, 2020

Masters and mistresses can only enter after receiving “moe ointment” at the door. 

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• Japan
• (advertising • Akihabara • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • cosplay • cosplayers • COVID-19 • maid cafe • maid cafes • maids • marketing • novel coronavirus • Tokyo)

J-rock legend Yoshiki refuses to do no-audience coronavirus concert, but for a very kind reason

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 3, 2020

Musician who always has love for his fans shows his heart is big enough to love other people too.

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• Japan
• (concerts • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • moving • music • musicians • touching • X Japan • Yoshiki)

People in Japan are now stealing toilet paper in midst of coronavirus crisis

• Oona McGee
  Mar 2, 2020

Theft of products from restrooms is dragging a famously considerate and honest society down the drain.

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• (coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • Costco • COVID-19 • fake news • news • novel coronavirus • panic buy • surgical masks • toilet paper • videos)

Angry confrontation breaks out after man coughs on Yamanote Line train in Tokyo 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Mar 2, 2020

Disturbing video shows coronavirus fears have Japanese commuters on edge.

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • COVID-19 • face masks • Japanese trains • novel coronavirus • surgical masks • Tokyo • trains • video • Yamanote)

People in Japan panic-buy toilet paper as coronavirus fears rise despite shortage being fake news

• Oona McGee
  Mar 1, 2020

In a country full of bidets, why is everyone crazy for toilet tissue? 

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • Costco • COVID-19 • fake news • news • novel coronavirus • panic buy • surgical masks • toilet paper • videos)

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