Ken Shimura, comedian, dead at 70 from COVID-19 complications
March 30 (UPI) -- Ken Shimura, a famed Japanese comedian, has died at the age of 70 due to complications from COVID-19. Shimura died of pneumonia caused by COVID-19 in a Toky…
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Japanese PM and IOC chief agree to postpone 2020 Olympics until 2021
(CNN) Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach agreed Tuesday to postpone the Olympics until 2021. The Olympic torch procession sche…
Ueno Park looks eerily deserted in the midst of the coronavirus 【Photos】
The cherry blossom trees are in full bloom, but there’s no one around to enjoy them. The entrance to the park is usually bustling with visitors, even on a weekday morning, but on 30 March, the a…
Japanese city creates giant bread bed photo spot for limited time
At this year’s Bread Festival in Totsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, media company Supermarket Kakamu displayed a giant, fluffy piece of bread as a photo spot for festival-goers to snap shots with.…
For Over 30 Years Itsuo Kobayashi Has Been Keeping an Illustrated Food Diary
All images © Kushino TerraceYears before the era of Instagram and food bloggers, the self-taught artist Itsuo Kobayashi was memorializing every meal he ate. Using a combination of illustrat…
Experience Japanese Art Online | TABlog | Tokyo Art Beat
Here are some ways to experience art at Japanese museums and galleries without leaving your home. Click your way through rooms at institutions such as Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo Fuji Art Museu…
Japan’s Virus Success Has Puzzled the World. Is Its Luck Running Out?
TOKYO — Japan had only a few dozen confirmed coronavirus infections when the 30-something nurse with a slight sore throat boarded a bus to Osaka, the country’s third-largest city, to attend…
Japanese airline lets female flight attendants ditch high heels and wear trousers for the first time
A Japanese airline is finally letting female flight attendants wear trousers and flat shoes instead of skirts and high heels following a nationwide campaign. “This will be the first time to intr…
Tomoo Gokita's "Game Over" Feels More Like Game On
By that point, most of Italy was heading towards a nationwide quarantine, with Gokita's work up on display waiting for better days. These moments are culturally significant in many ways, be…
Japan Airlines ditches compulsory high heels and skirts in big win for #KuToo movement
The airline is the first major Japanese company to relax its regulations in response to complaints from women that having to wear high heels was uncomfortable and often left them in considerable pain…