Will Japan’s Extended State of Emergency Work For or Against the Tokyo Olympics?
International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has said the Tokyo Olympics will be “a light at the end of the tunnel.” Will that light ever…
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Japan’s Caffè & Bar Pronto offers free “drinking etiquette” masks to patrons during pandemic
Based on the number of people newly infected with the novel coronavirus and the status of the medical system, the emergency declaration requiring restaurants and…
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You know it’s a pandemic when the demons give this excuse at Setsubun [manga]
On February 2nd, 2021, Japan celebrated the festival of Setsubun 節分, the day before the beginning of spring in the traditional calendar One of the…
Eatery feeds people during pandemic by making takeout meals with the ingredients they provide
Due to the declaration of a state of emergency issued on January 8, 2021, the business hours of restaurants were shortened. The last order for…
Will the novel coronavirus push Japan to declare a state of emergency?
It’s been almost a month since the first case of the coronavirus (COVID-19) was reported in Japan, that being a Japanese man who had traveled…