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Akihabara’s shady art salespeople surprisingly adhere to state of emergency guidelines

• Master Blaster
  Apr 12, 2020
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Eulien: Covenant

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • art • art student scam • cons • coronavirus • COVID-19 • Eulien • scams • Tokyo)

People in Japan queue for one last drink at Starbucks before 850 stores close

• Oona McGee
  Apr 12, 2020

Coffeehouse chain shuts its doors to keep customers away but ends up attracting crowds instead.

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • COVID-19 • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • state of emergency • twitter)

Japanese wife creates izakaya pub at home during coronavirus outbreak

• Oona McGee
  Apr 11, 2020

When your husband can’t go out to the izakaya during a pandemic, you bring the izakaya to him.

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• Japan
• (cheap eats • coronavirus • COVID-19 • culture • drinking • food • izakaya • Japanese wife • love • marriage • restaurants • romance • society)

Isolation driving Japanese idol to dismantle and itemize fruits and other foods

• Master Blaster
  Apr 10, 2020

All play and no work makes You a dull girl.

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • counting • COVID-19 • fruit • funny • idol singers • Idols • seeds • self-isolation • weird • You Kikkawa)

Tokyo taxi firm “mercy fires” entire workforce, says drivers better off collecting unemployment

• Master Blaster
  Apr 10, 2020

Promises to hire all approximately 600 people back after situation improves.

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• Japan
• (business • coronavirus • COVID-19 • economy • employment • Royal Limousine • taxis • Tokyo • unemployment • unemployment insurance)

Japanese convenience store praised for low-tech anti-coronavirus system

• Oona McGee
  Apr 8, 2020

Unusual idea to protect staff and customers during a state of emergency might just work.

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• Japan
• (combini • convenience stores • coronavirus • COVID-19 • customers • kombini • konbini • shopping • working in Japan)

100 mild and no-symptom coronavirus patients in Tokyo set to be relocated to hotel for quarantine

• Dale Roll
  Apr 8, 2020

Tokyo officials hope the move will help open up more hospital beds for those needing serious medical attention. 

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • COVID-19 • hotels • Tokyo • Toyoko Inn)

Japanese chemistry professor shows why three kinds of masks could be effective against the virus

• Dale Roll
  Apr 8, 2020

A helpful science experiment shows that masks, whether bought in a store or made at home, can help protect you against coronavirus. 

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • COVID-19 • experiment • health and safety • hygiene • masks • protection • science • surgical mask • virus)

Japanese students start online movement to keep schools closed amid coronavirus fear

• Katie Pask
  Apr 8, 2020

The kids are thinking alright.

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• Internet, Japan
• (Change.org • COK • coronavirus • COVID-19 • education • high school • high school student • Hyogo • petition • schools closed • students)

Japanese boy bands debut new hand-washing song with dance moves and English lyrics 【Videos】

• Oona McGee
  Apr 7, 2020

Arashi, Hey! Say! JUMP, KAT-TUN, and former Smap member Kimutaku are just some of the members to appear in these videos.

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• Japan
• (arashi • boy bands • coronavirus • COVID-19 • hand washing • J-Pop • Johnny & Associates • Johnny's • kimutaku • music • video • Yamapi • YouTube)

Social distancing ideals vs reality: Beautiful Thai woman reveals the difference【Photos】

• Oona McGee
  Apr 6, 2020

Behind the gorgeous Instagram photos, there’s a slob slurping noodles in her loungewear.

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• Japan
• (beautiful women • coronavirus • cosplay • COVID-19 • funny • ideal vs. reality • jishuku • self-isolation • social distancing)

Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen singer washes hands against coronavirus in new “PPAP 2020” song 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Apr 6, 2020

“I have a hand. I have a soap. Wash wash wash wash wash wash wash wash.”

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • COVID-19 • crazy • Daimaou Kosaka • funny • hand washing • music • pen pineapple apple pen • Pikotaro • ppap • video • weird • YouTube)

Parenting while teleworking — a day in the life of a Japanese father in the midst of COVID-19

• Eli Pang
  Apr 6, 2020

A rare peek behind the scenes for one SoraNews24 reporter. Read More

• Japan
• (COVID-19 • family • P.K. Sanjun • Parenting • self-isolating • teleworking)

Crocodile Who Dies in 100 Days Cafe dies in 3 days

• Master Blaster
  Apr 5, 2020

Perhaps it just wasn’t the right time for a lunch loaded with existentialism.

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• Japan
• (art • business • coronavirus • COVID-19 • Crocodile Who Dies in 100 Days • manga • pop-up cafes • twitter)

Kendama training cures one man’s self-isolation blues

• Master Blaster
  Apr 4, 2020

There’s never been a better time to brush up on the old eye-hand coordination.

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • COVID-19 • games • Kendama • Masanuki Sunakoma • self-isolation • toys)

Harajuku looks eerily quiet during the coronavirus outbreak 【Photos】

• Oona McGee
  Apr 4, 2020

Does this mean young people are heeding the government’s advice to stay at home? 

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • COVID-19 • Harajuku • news • social distancing • Tokyo)

Quarantined cruise ship finally ready to sail again, leaves a heartwarming message of thanks

• Katie Pask
  Apr 2, 2020

The Diamond Princess is ready to set sail again, but not without a parting message for Japan.

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • COVID-19 • cruise ship • Diamond Princess • heartwarming • quarantine • ship • Yokohama)

Pachinko parlor has weird way of combating COVID-19 that does nothing about swarms of customers

• Dale Roll
  Apr 2, 2020

A popular pachinko place claims to be “following suggestions by city mayors“, but is what they’re doing helpful?

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • COVID-19 • gambling • jishuku • novel coronavirus • pachinko • Rakuen)

Ken Shimura remembered for his huge contribution to the game Rock, Paper, Scissors in Japan

• Master Blaster
  Apr 1, 2020

Let’s take a look at what is undoubtedly Shimura’s biggest cultural impact.

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • COVID-19 • entertainment • games • Janken • Ken Shimura • rock-paper-scissors • Saisho Gu)

Japan now has a manga-style coronavirus awareness campaign

• Oona McGee
  Apr 1, 2020

One of these “faces” discriminates against people who have the virus. 

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• Japan
• (ads • advertising • anime • art • coronavirus • COVID-19 • discrimination • Japanese Red Cross Society • manga)

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