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31 Things To Do at Home in Tokyo This Weekend: June 12-14

With life slowly transitioning back to a somewhat recognizable day to day we must still…

Here’s How Japan is Thanking its Frontline Healthcare Workers

Courageously fighting the coronavirus pandemic to protect others while risking their own lives, healthcare workers…

5 Ways To Keep The Spark Alive With Your Partner During Stressful Times

Couples living together have their routines and set practices. A does these chores, B does…

6 Unconventional Ways to Improve Your Japanese Language Skills

Learning a foreign language — especially Japanese — can sometimes be a frustrating experience. Not knowing where to…

Hashtag This: How Japanese Twitter Users Are Talking About COVID-19

Has anybody else fallen into the deepest wormholes of the internet lately? With more time on…

All You Need to Know About How to Receive Your Covid-19 ¥100,000 Stimulus from the Government

In late April, weeks after Covid-19 had already deeply scarred Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe…

5 Tips for Tokyo Parents Working from Home

A parent’s job never ends, meaning that, sooner or later, you’ll have to find a…

5 Challenges of Working From Home in Japan (And How To Overcome Them)

Days start a little later as there’s no need for that morning commute. Work goes…

8 Tokyo-Based Businesses You Can Support During the COVID-19 Outbreak

While living through a pandemic is long and stressful, what comes after it might just…

Here Are The Japanese Museums You Can Visit Virtually Now

Museums were among the first institutions to be hit by the coronavirus outbreak. In less…

5 Essential Gadgets for Surviving Working From Home

With stores and offices shutting down in Tokyo you could too become one of the…

Typhoons in Japan: What To Do

As a visitor to Japan, your chances of being injured in a typhoon are probably…

Tokyo Guide: How To Read Japanese Food Labels

As the old saying goes; abs are made in the kitchen. Exercise by itself is…

Former Miss World Japan Priyanka Yoshikawa on Launching a Brand of CBD Oils in Japan

Born in Tokyo to a Japanese mother and a Bengali Indian father, Priyanka Yoshikawa is…