What social distancing looks like in Japan

Companies, characters and mascots use kawaii humour to spread an important message. 

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Decorate your room like a bento box with the new soy sauce bottle light

Add a taste of Japan to your home decor. 

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Cancelled your trip to Tokyo? Free papercraft download lets you build Akihabara in your own home

Visit Japan’s otaku mecca, and stage giant monster fights in it, without ever leaving the comfort of your living room.

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Japanese company offers a way to support medical workers with traditional drinking vessel

Helping the medical community by drinking at home? Yes, please.

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Building the crazy-detailed PlayStation model is a surprisingly emotional trip down memory lane

A two-fifths-scale inside look at what made Sony’s original video game system work brings back some full-size reminders of something we should never forget.

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Kitty offers a helping paw in the middle of a martial arts demonstration【Video】

You’ll get a kick out of this cat helping with kicks. 

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Japanese all-girls school’s startling advice for girls whose boyfriends don’t want to strap up

Impactful lesson leaves a deep impression.

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Popular tourist spots in Kyoto look like a ghost town due to coronavirus

Everyone staying indoors means no one is going sightseeing. Read More

Japanese professor threatens students with expulsion for leaving prefecture in coronavirus crisis

Stay in Fukushima, or else, students are warned.

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Anime and video game backgrounds now free to download for video conference calls

Final Fantasy, Pokémon, Godzilla, Evangelion and the Yakuza franchise are just some of the big names inviting you to step into their rendered environments.

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A tearful farewell as the real-world pandemic creates a hole in Final Fantasy XIV’s online realm.

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How to have a yakiniku BBQ at home with the UFO smokeless indoor grill

When you can’t go out to a yakiniku restaurant, you bring the yakiniku restaurant to you. 

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Magical yokai from Edo Period with powers against sickness makes appearance as cute doughnut

In these trying times, no one can be blamed for trying to get as much help as possible to keep safe from coronavirus, even if it’s from a mythical yokai.

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Host clubs go digital in the wake of business closures with live-streaming app toU

The clubs themselves might be closed, but you can still spend time with your favorite host, even if you can’t physically be with him.

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Old man with smartphone in Japan creates new problem with his high-risk way to shop for masks

Drug stores want seniors to stop lining up before opening hours in hope of buying face masks, but that’s led to another problem at this shop.

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New virtual anime wife system helps Japanese workers deal with emotional strain of telecommuting

Hikari Aizuma helps workers stay sharp and maintain a balanced lifestyle while working from home.

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Brand-new Evangelion Tamagotchis are coming to let you raise your own sweet little Angel【Video】

Get in the damn Tamagotchi?

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Black bear in Sendai becoming proficient with the three-section staff

Park exercising its constitutional right to arm bears.

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Why the sashimi we eat will probably become more delicious during the coronavirus pandemic

It’s not the fish that’s changing, but who gets to eat it.

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As American as Nara apple pie? We try the U.S.’s best small town pies without leaving Japan

Julian Pie Company gives our Japanese sweets fan her first taste of America’s signature dessert.

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