In COVID-19 times, it’s no secret that we are craving positive stories to keep us afloat and sane. In Japan on Monday, May...
If you've been reading grape Japan lately, then there's a good chance that you know about Amabie アマビエ. Legend has it that the yōkai 妖怪...
It’s a worldwide reality: facemasks are a scarce commodity these days. In places where masks are a prerequisite to venturing outside, people have even been...
This video has gone viral — the safe and good type of viral. In less than three weeks, Gen Hoshino — singer, songwriter, actor,...
Japan faces a national crisis. The key to overcoming this national crisis over the spread of the novel coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, the...
High expectations for artificial intelligence (AI) have emerged amid the unprecedented crisis of the explosive global coronavirus outbreak, with hopes that AI might provide mankind...
At 5.45 PM on Tuesday, April 7, Shinzo Abeformally declared a “State of Emergency” to fight the spread of COVID-19. The declaration applies to 2 metropolitan...
Governor Yuriko Koike on Monday evening, April 6, gave residents of the wider Tokyo metropolitan area a preview of what to expect when Prime Minister Shinzo...
Japanese slapstick comedian, Ken Shimura, veteran in the entertainment industry, died of an illness caused by the novel coronavirus COVID-19 on Sunday March 29, his...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced on Saturday evening, March 28, the inclusion of an economic stimulus package in the new national budget, targeting sectors affected...
Independent Chinese media outlet Caixin Global revealed that Chinese laboratories had in fact identified a mystery virus — later identified as COVID-19 — to be a...
It was in the works, but by the evening of Tuesday, March 24 (JST), the decision was official: the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics...