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The sad reason this Osaka supermarket couldn’t sell out of two-yen masks
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Master Blaster
Apr 27, 2020 - Tweet
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Japanese Emperor donates 100 million yen of his private spending money to charities
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Dale Roll
Apr 10, 2020
The emperor hopes to support efforts to eliminate child poverty and organizations that aid those affected by disasters.
Some people may want to abolish school uniforms, but others are strongly in favor of them.
Survey finds roughly one in four all-night Internet cafe customers in Tokyo is homeless
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Casey Baseel
Jan 31, 2018
Not having enough money to pay rent each month isn’t their biggest problem is securing permanent housing, though.
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