COVID-19 in Japan: Latest Updates Most important Covid-19 updates from Japan (April 2020~) The government added Tokyo to its Go To Travel tourism…
[UPDATE] 10 Q&As About Japan’s Second State of Emergency On New Year’s Eve, Tokyo confirmed 1,337 new Covid-19 infections, the highest single-day record for…
Traveling Through Japan in the Age of Covid-19: A Personal Encounter I’ve always regarded the notion of traveling in a world without travelers as rather romantic:…
All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go: Dating During The Pandemic, a Tokyo series What does love look like when we’re not supposed to touch? Well, I asked around.…
Covid-19 Financial Support For Foreign Residents in Japan: What Are You Eligible For? It has been over eight months since the Covid-19 pandemic fully started to affect Japan, and…
My Daughter’s School Takes Her Traveling Because The Gov’t Insists — What is ‘Right’ in a Pandemic? At the start of November, my daughter will be going on her junior-high school trip.…
Covid-19 in Japan: Where Are We Now? It wasn’t so long ago my daily routine was largely confined to a domestic prison.…
Japan’s “Go To Eat” Campaign: What You Need to Know The second stage of the government’s plans to re-energize the hospitality, travel, and retail landscape…
Foreign Residents Can Book Same-Day PCR Test in Tokyo Through This New Website Going to a clinic to do a virus test in a foreign country isn’t an…
In Rule-Abiding Japan, Anti-Mask Protestors Are Organizing Covid-19 ‘Cluster Festivals’ Earlier this year, at an Upper House meeting, Finance Minister Taro Aso stated that his…
How to Plan a Staycation in Tokyo: 5 Tips for an At-Home Holiday It’s easy to forget to take a break, to stop and smell the roses —…
Riding High on Covid-19 Response Success, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike Likely to Snag a Second Term The year 2020 was supposed to be brilliant: a successful Olympics, another year of record-breaking…
Conquering a Fear of the Unknown: The Psychology Behind Covid-19 Anxiety and How to Cope With It Described by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres as “the biggest threat to humanity since World…
How PM Shinzo Abe’s ¥100,000 Stimulus Payment Is Affecting Japan’s Most Vulnerable Covid-19, 2020. If that were a book, there wouldn’t be a person living today who…
Crushing the Coronavirus In New Zealand: What Can Japan Learn From Jacinda Ardern? While Japan’s government has struggled to form cohesive policies to deal with the pandemic, New…
