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Why Ghibli’s Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind is the perfect film for 2020
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Dec 2, 2020 - Tweet
Nausicaä is a leader we can all look to for our current real-world crisis.
- Japan
- (2020 • anime • coronavirus • COVID-19 • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind • Studio Ghibli)
Nara University study finds some common teas can neutralize COVID-19
- Master Blaster
Nov 28, 2020
Let’s hope this doesn’t turn into another buying frenzy.
- Japan
- (black tea • catechin • coronavirus • COVID-19 • health • Nara Medical University • science • tea)
Tired of teleworking from home? Get a change of atmosphere by working in an express train!
- Dale Roll
Nov 25, 2020
Train lovers will love this opportunity!
- Japan
- (coronavirus • express train • Japanese trains • Narita Express • rental offices • Ryogoku • Station Work • teleworking • Tokyo • trains in Japan)
Top 10 most desirable Japanese prefectures to live in may show new trend toward small-city living
- Dale Roll
Nov 22, 2020
Two largely rural prefectures gain ground against Japan’s biggest metropolis.
- Japan
- (coronavirus • Japan • Kanagawa • Living in Japan • Okinawa • prefectures • Shizuoka • survey • Tokyo)
The Five Smalls – Tokyo asks citizens to follow five guidelines as coronavirus infections spike
- Casey Baseel
Nov 19, 2020
Officials are worried situation could get even worse as Japan approaches its busiest socializing season.
- Japan
- (COK • coronavirus • Five Smalls • health • society)
Tokyo is the best city in the world to live in, study says
- Casey Baseel
Nov 16, 2020
Japan’s capital gets a boost in this year’s global rankings for a very 2020 reason.
- Japan
- (COK • coronavirus • Living in Japan • ranking • society • Tokyo)
Jason adapts to the new normal for Friday the 13th
- Oona McGee
Nov 14, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has Jason adding some extra precautions to his night of killing this year.
- Japan
- (coronavirus • COVID-19 • figurines • Freddy Krueger • Friday the 13th • funny • Jason • LOL • movies • twitter)
English ad in Japan has some seeing a command to stay infected with coronavirus this Christmas
- Casey Baseel
Nov 13, 2020
Department store chain wants to show concern for shoppers’ mental wellbeing, but some see a message of doom for their physical health.
- Japan
- (ads • coronavirus • department stores • english language • Engrish • funny • seibu • Sogo)
From capsule hotel to capsule office – A visit to Tokyo’s newest pandemic work solution
- Casey Baseel
Nov 13, 2020
Can you turn bare-minimum hotel rooms into practical professional pods?
- Japan
- (capsule hotels • clever • COK • coronavirus • rental offices • shinjuku • SNJO • weird • working in Japan • workspaces)
Elementary school students create a spooktacular event at school in lieu of canceled school trip
- Krista Rogers
Nov 10, 2020
Students take matters into their own hands by designing an unparalleled haunted house replacement.
- Japan
- (camping • coronavirus • elementary school • Gifu Prefecture • japanese school • school trip • test of courage)
Japan’s child-eating ogres prepare COVID-19 preventative measures for upcoming New Year’s Eve
- Ingrid Tsai
Nov 8, 2020
Unfortunately, kids in northern Japan don’t get a pass this year from the UNESCO-recognized, fearsome namahage.
No mask, no ride – Japanese government allows taxis to refuse to pick up maskless passengers
- Casey Baseel
Nov 8, 2020
Don’t want to wear a mask? Then you better feel like walking.
- Japan
- (COK • coronavirus • health • masks • pandemic • society • taxis • transportation • travel)
Japanese ministers call for reform of company hiring practices that focus on new graduates
- Dale Roll
Nov 6, 2020
With jobs getting harder to find, it’s important that more people have the chance to be hired.
- Japan
- (COK • college • college student • coronavirus • economy • hiring • job hunting • society • working in Japan)
A capsule toy vending machine pandemic shopping solution The My Gashapon Handle
- Casey Baseel
Nov 4, 2020
Because who knows how many little kids and giant otaku have put their hands on that machine since the last time it was cleaned?
- Japan
- (Bandai • capsule toys • clever • COK • coronavirus • gacha toys • gachapon • gashapon • toys • vending machine toys • weird)
Huge crowds gather for Halloween in Japan despite calls to stay home【Photos】
- Oona McGee
Nov 3, 2020
Scenes from the weekend show not everyone was interested in staying away from hotspots like Shibuya and Osaka during Halloween.
- Japan
- (coronavirus • COVID-19 • Dotonbori • halloween • Halloween 2020 • Osaka • Shibuya • Shibuya Halloween)
Kobe hospital gets anonymous 5 million yen cash donation, gives it back, gets it again, keeps it
- Master Blaster
Oct 29, 2020
Random acts of kindness can sometimes be tricky to pull off.
- Japan
- (anonymous • charity • coronavirus • COVID-19 • donation • etiquette • Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital)
Japan’s “new normal” train manners poster: 7 steps for safe travel during the pandemic
- Oona McGee
Oct 28, 2020
Beloved character Doraemon fronts new manners campaign for trains in and around the Kyoto region.
- Japan
- (ads • anime • art • cool • coronavirus • COVID-19 • Doraemon • JR West • manga • posters • stations • trains • WEST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY)
Life isn’t like anime — Japanese school to close, students must transfer 200 kilometers away
- Casey Baseel
Oct 28, 2020
Coronavirus is straw that breaks the back of boarding school with shrinking enrollment numbers.
- Japan
- (anime isn't like reality • boarding schools • COK • coronavirus • crazy • high school • schools • society • teens)
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)
Population aging in Japan gets a corona-boost as pregnancies drop by 11 percent this year
- Master Blaster
Oct 26, 2020
COVID-19 takes its toll on Japan in a different way.
- Japan
- (aging population • birth rate • COK • coronavirus • COVID-19 • declining birth rate • pregnancy • society)
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