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First coronavirus death in Japan confirmed by Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare
- Casey Baseel
Feb 14, 2020 - Tweet
Victim had never traveled outside of Japan.
- Japan
- (COK • coronaviru • coronavirus outbreak • disease • health • sickenss)
Make-it-yourself mask technique gets new interest as coronavirus fears cause shortage in Japan
- Casey Baseel
Feb 13, 2020
Tokyo police’s tip is quick and easy, but may or may not provide any real protection against the virus.
- Japan
- (coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • Disaster Response Division • health • masks • sickenss • surgical masks • Tokyo Metropolitan Police)
Tasty food providing comfort for coronavirus quarantined cruise ship passengers stuck in Japan
- Casey Baseel
Feb 10, 2020
Three small bright spots a day as travelers cope with two weeks confined to ship.
- Japan
- (coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • cruise ship • Diamond Princess • food • health • Princess Cruises • quarantine • sickness • Yokohama)
Street Fighter cosplayer fights coronavirus as real-life physician in China 【Pics & Videos】
- SoraNews24
Feb 10, 2020
Chun-Li and Mai Shiranui are at the frontline looking to K.O. the pandemic.
- China, Internet
- (bodybuilding • China • Chun-Li • coronavirus • cosplay • cosplay costumes • cosplayers • health • Instagram • Mai Shiranui • muscles • video games)
Video of New Yorker assaulting mask-wearing Asian woman rattles Japanese Twitter, debate ensues
- Eli Pang
Feb 9, 2020
A shocking incident caught on camera upsets and stirs Japanese netizens.
- Japan
- (coronavirus • health • Japanese Twitter • masks • sickness)
Kyoto tourist crowds disappearing due to coronavirus outbreak, creating travel crisis/opportunity
- Casey Baseel
Feb 8, 2020
Local shopkeeper says drop in tourist traffic is most dramatic in over 30 years.
- Japan
- (COK • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • disease • health • Kyoto • Nara • sickness • tourism • travel)
Japan officially declared coronavirus-infected nation by Micronesia, travel restrictions enacted
- Casey Baseel
Feb 6, 2020
Japanese government recommends spending two weeks in Hawaii on your way to Micronesia in order to comply with new rule.
- Japan
- (coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • health • Micronesia • sickness • travel)
Free anime-style adult video game being given away to keep people inside in virus outbreak China
- Casey Baseel
Feb 4, 2020
Coronavirus outbreak means many can’t leave their homes, so sexy visual novel developer is going to give them something to do with those idle hands.
- China
- (coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • dating simulators • health • romance games • sickness • video games)
A pack of natto (fermented Japanese soybeans) a day keeps the death away according to study
- Master Blaster
Feb 1, 2020
Terrible news for picky eaters.
- Japan
- (diet • fermented food • food • health • Japanese food • Miso • National Cancer Center • natto • survey)
Surgical mask maker says we, and a lot of Japan, have been wearing them wrong our whole lives
- Casey Baseel
Jan 31, 2020
Simple screw-up can let in 40 percent more viruses and pollen, manufacturer says.
- Japan
- (hay fever • health • life hacks • masks • pollen • sickness • surgical masks)
Chinese social media urges people to cut up surgical masks before disposing of them, but why?
- Katie Pask
Jan 30, 2020
A grim piece of advice is trending on Weibo.
- China, Internet
- (China • COK • coronavirus • health • masks • sickness • surgical masks • Weibo)
Japanese candy shop bans all Chinese customers over coronavirus fears
- Casey Baseel
Jan 23, 2020
Owner also claims his store has been “ruined by Chinese people with bad manners.”
Survey says Japan is deeply dissatisfied in bedroom, prefers eating to getting it on
- Casey Baseel
Jan 11, 2020
Is Japanese food truly better than sex, which was ranked as less pleasurable than four other things?
Rare Fish Festival in Tokyo serves up dishes so good that oil may leak from your anus!
- Master Blaster
Dec 7, 2019
It’s sphincter leakin’ good!
- Japan
- (festivals • fish • food • health • Rare Fish Festival • seafood • Shinagawa • skilfish • Tokyo • warasubo • Yuichiro Wasai)
Controversial busty manga girl Red Cross poster’s artist donates blood
- Casey Baseel
Oct 31, 2019
And it wasn’t the Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out creator’s first time, either.
- Japan
- (anime • blood • blood donation • blood drive • controversy • health • Japanese Red Cross Society • manga • moving • society • touching • Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out)
Turn your exercise ball into your furry best friend with cute pet character covers from Japan!
- Oona McGee
Oct 28, 2019
The only thing you’ll have to balance here is your love for five different animals.
- Japan
- (animals • balance ball • characters • COK • cute • cute animals • exercise • exercise ball • fitness • health • Kawaii • Village Vanguard)
Free Sailor Moon condoms to be given out by Japanese government
- Casey Baseel
Oct 6, 2019
The next time you’re thinking of having sex, think of Sailor Moon.
- Japan
- (anime • cool • crazy • funny • health • manga • Naoko Takeuchi • Okamoto • Sailor Moon • weird)
Wii Fit sequel to make the jump to Nintendo Switch, promises tons of fun and sore muscles【Video】
- Koh Ruide
Sep 8, 2019
It’s back, everyone! Get ready to crush your opponents in the name of exercise.
- Japan
- (exercise • fitness • game controller • games • health • nintendo switch • trailer • Wii Fit • YouTube)
We get our first peep at Seiri-chan, the Japanese movie all about a menstrual flow mascot
- Katy Kelly
Sep 7, 2019
“She comes once a month,” promises the new trailer’s ominous opening line.
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- Japan
- (Fumi Nikaido • funny • health • menstruation • movies • periods • Sairi Ito • Seiri-chan • weird)
Everyone cuts their toenails wrong, says Japanese doctor, and here’s how to do it correctly
- Casey Baseel
Aug 10, 2019
Frustrated doctor is tired of seeing improper length and shape.
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