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“Just keep drawing.” To improve his skills, a striving artist takes this advice and runs with it… to a rather unlikely place! Gone are the days of paper and pencil, tablet and Illustrator—it’s b…
But as long as you can scrape together about 2,000 yen (US$16.26), there’s a new website that will supply you with thousands of reference photos to help kick-start your manga dreams. A few …
By MARI YAMAGUCHIThe coronavirus in Japan has brought not just an epidemic of infections, but also an onslaught of bullying and discrimination against the sick, their families and health workers.…
By Talicia Marie StewartAkihabara News (Tokyo) — Toyota President and CEO Akio Toyoda has announced an investment of US$394 million into Joby Aviation and shared his company’s expertise in order to d…
Myoji Yurai Net, a Japanese surname database, recently released the results of a study in which researchers analyzed data from government statistics and phone books in order to compile a list of the …
Reika Saiki is here to evolve traditional kawaii cuteness into a new form: mukikawa. When she first joined idol mascot group Cheer♡1, Reika Saiki looked pretty much like what you’d expect for so…
A: In principle, the entry ban applies to all foreign nationals. The government recognizes "special exceptional circumstances" that warrant allowing foreign nationals into Japan despit…
this event has been canceled for 2020. As a preventative measure against the spread of COVID-19 in JapanOnce a year, the residents of the US Embassy Housing Compound in Roppongi hold a “Sid…
For travel information and stories specifically related to coronavirus, please read the latest updates from our colleagues at BBC News. Working long hours and encouraged to go drinking with coll…
Which would you say is more popular in Japan, Tokyo Disneyland or Universal Studios Japan? Between September 22, 2019 and April 28, 2020, news and information site J-Town Net asked 1,186 pe…
