Japanese company develops “floating image” no-touch touch panels to avoid direct button contact
Response to the spread of the coronavirus as an ongoing global pandemic has seen not only a focus on social distancing, but extra caution exercised…
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Retail staffer finally pushes back on overbearing customers [manga]
The experience of shopping in Japan has definitely changed during the pandemic. Likely the same in other countries, customers almost uniformly wear masks, mostly remain…
Manga Artist’s Cute COVID-19 Prevention Posters Available for Free
As of February 2021, a new strain of COVID-19 is spreading throughout Japan. All over the city, we see posters calling for countermeasures to prevent…
State of emergency leads to closure of 61 popular restaurants in the capital
On 7 January 2021 the Japanese government issued Tokyo’s second state of emergency since the deadly virus, COVID-19, was found to have spread to Japan….
AI chatbot introduced to tackle alarming rise in coronavirus-related suicides
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has urged people who are struggling with depression to “have the courage to consult someone” in response to an alarming spike…
Unexpected Response After This Starbucks Closed Due to Covid-19 Infected Staff
According to the Japanese government and various news agencies , Covid-19 infections continue to spike, with national record-highs reported in December. Posters on JR trains…
Visit the JAL Factory SKY MUSEUM from home with the JAL Remote Factory Tour
To prevent spreading the Covid-19, JAL has decided to suspend the Factory Tour and move it online. Japan Airlines have come up with the “JAL…
Tokyo event aims to raise awareness of difficulties deaf people face during the pandemic
While many of us have been adapting to a masked way of life during the coronavirus pandemic, there’s a portion of the population that’s been…
Awata Shrine in Kyoto adopts a whimsical and winsome measure to prevent COVID spread
“Atypical” is typical during the days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Like every country, Japan is growing accustomed to peculiar policies and awkward workarounds as commerce…
Gorgeous Snow Crystal Museum closed due to pandemic could reopen if you spread the word
Kento Araki 荒木健太郎 (@arakencloud) is a researcher at the Meteorological Research Institute of Japan, where he studies the mechanism of cloud formations and their impact…
Japanese printing company proposes facemasks as business cards and sales promotion tools
The changing face of face masks With the novel coronavirus pandemic, face masks have become a commonplace item in society. At first, they were purely…
Japanese workers putting in longer hours as companies struggle to overcome coronavirus-induced slump
A quarterly survey conducted by the Working Reward Research Institute has found that the number of overtime hours worked by Japan’s office employees increased between…
Survey finds that 65% of Japanese now spend their weekends at home
A survey of leisure time activities has found that 65% of Japanese people don’t go anywhere at the weekend. The survey, which was conducted by…
Japanese concert hall uses local traditional dolls to implement social distance
Theaters and concert halls in Japan have been reopened since June, but with new measures in place to ensure social distance. For example, as reported…
Crisis in Hanamachi – Saving Kyoto’s Geisha from COVID-19
By now, we are all fed up of hearing about the upset and global catastrophe that COVID-19 has brought upon the world. The virus has…