Visit the JAL Factory SKY MUSEUM from home with the JAL Remote Factory Tour
To prevent spreading the Covid-19, JAL has decided to suspend the Factory Tour and move it online. Japan Airlines have come up with the “JAL…
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Tokyo event aims to raise awareness of difficulties deaf people face during the pandemic
While many of us have been adapting to a masked way of life during the coronavirus pandemic, there’s a portion of the population that’s been…
Awata Shrine in Kyoto adopts a whimsical and winsome measure to prevent COVID spread
“Atypical” is typical during the days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Like every country, Japan is growing accustomed to peculiar policies and awkward workarounds as commerce…
Gorgeous Snow Crystal Museum closed due to pandemic could reopen if you spread the word
Kento Araki 荒木健太郎 (@arakencloud) is a researcher at the Meteorological Research Institute of Japan, where he studies the mechanism of cloud formations and their impact…
Japanese printing company proposes facemasks as business cards and sales promotion tools
The changing face of face masks With the novel coronavirus pandemic, face masks have become a commonplace item in society. At first, they were purely…
Japanese workers putting in longer hours as companies struggle to overcome coronavirus-induced slump
A quarterly survey conducted by the Working Reward Research Institute has found that the number of overtime hours worked by Japan’s office employees increased between…
Survey finds that 65% of Japanese now spend their weekends at home
A survey of leisure time activities has found that 65% of Japanese people don’t go anywhere at the weekend. The survey, which was conducted by…
Japanese concert hall uses local traditional dolls to implement social distance
Theaters and concert halls in Japan have been reopened since June, but with new measures in place to ensure social distance. For example, as reported…
Crisis in Hanamachi – Saving Kyoto’s Geisha from COVID-19
By now, we are all fed up of hearing about the upset and global catastrophe that COVID-19 has brought upon the world. The virus has…
Inspirational wing-motif yoshikitty face masks and mugs will tide you through the pandemic
Inspiration from Yoshiki On April 24th, as Japan was suffering its first peak of novel coronavius infections, Japanese rock superstar Yoshiki appeared on a special…
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Japanese consumers show signs of lockdown fatigue as the outbreak enters the fall [manga]
Japan continues to struggle to limit the effects of the coronavirus outbreak. As Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s prepares to step down, the number of daily…
Empty trains caused by COVID-19 mean changes to JR timetables in Tokyo & Kansai
COVID-19 has caused mass changes across the globe, from the rapid digitalisation of services, to the large switch from office life to remote work. One…
Pokemon hand washing hanko mark the struggling signature device’s next evolution
Hanko, the traditional Japanese ink stamps used to sign official documents, are facing extinction. Japanese companies are ditching the device as it fails to function…
2021 New Year’s Osechi pre-orders begin, revealing pandemic-adapted offerings
If you happen to be in Japan over this New Year’s holiday season, one of the things you may be interested in trying is traditional…
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A stark reminder of the seriousness of the novel coronavirus [manga]
Recently, there has been some good news in the fight against the pandemic. Antibody research is investigating novel methods of combating the virus, while others…