Dai Kuwamura

Dai Kuwamura is a staff writer of the Sankei Shimbun Kyoto Bureau

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Pokemon Cards for 100M Yen? The Vintage Toy Market is Booming

Dai Kuwamura October 21, 2022

With prices for childhood hobbies surpassing the 6-digit mark, toys are child's play no...

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From Shopping to Drinking: Zero Plastics Goal Becomes Kameoka City’s Way of Life

Dai Kuwamura April 19, 2021

This city in Kyoto Prefecture has seen 98% of its residents bring their own...

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Moving to Mars: What the Japanese are Researching About Living on Another Planet

Dai Kuwamura March 29, 2021

Universities and private companies are looking into reproducing gravity, preparing parks and rivers, and...

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INTERVIEW | Dr. Shinya Yamanaka: How Society Can Learn to Coexist with COVID-19

Dai Kuwamura July 9, 2020

The Sankei Shimbun and JAPAN Forward recently caught up with Dr. Shinya Yamanaka,...

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Can Ward Off Pestilence? Supernatural Monster ‘Amabie’ Goes Viral in the Face of Pandemic

Dai Kuwamura April 30, 2020

Amid the coronavirus outbreak, “Amabie” is going viral. The yokai (supernatural monster) believed...