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Screenshot : 名古屋市教育委員会 指導室Kotaku East East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond. Prev Next View AllStudio Ghibli pr…
One researcher told the Mainichi Shimbun, "To have the stone walls and other remains actually confirmed (as part of Kyoto Shinjo) is hugely significant." Kyoto Shinjo was constructed i…
(CNN) A 28-year-old Japanese sumo wrestler has died from health complications after contracting coronavirus, the first in the sport to fall victim to Covid-19. Shobushi , whose re…
Approaching the T3 house in Kamakura, Japan, from the street, you’re confronted with a somewhat nondescript façade—it’s a concrete wall with a gate that mimics a shōji, a Japanese paper screen. …
A 28-year-old sumo wrestler died on Wednesday from the coronavirus. The Japan Sumo Association (JSA) confirmed the death and identified the wrestler as Shobushi, whose real name was Ki…
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As Japan considers lifting state-of-emergency conditions in many regions this week and the country inches towards a gradual return of economic activity, photographer Dai Kurokawa looks at l…
In what must be an oxymoron, a social distancing cafe has opened in Japan. Social Distancing Tokyo. AdvertisementAs the cafe announced in an official release, when patrons enter the cafe, t…
Japan DataIn 2019, ¥3.9 billion in lost cash was handed in to Tokyo police stations. The Metropolitan Police Department reports that 4.2 million lost items were handed into police stations in To…
He was 28, making him both the youngest confirmed corona-related death in Japan and the first such death of a person in their 20s in the country. Born Kiyotaka Suetake, he began his sumo ca…
