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OKAYAMA -- Craftspeople at a teddy bear maker in this west Japan city have been making some 3,000 newborn life-size memorial stuffed bears annually. T
Senior Vice Defense Minister Yasuhide Nakayama, center, and Osaka Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura check out the Osaka International Convention Center in Osaka on May 3. (Yoshiaki Arai) The cavernous Osaka International Convention Center will serve as a venue for mass vaccinations late this month as Osaka Prefecture struggles to contain a steep surge in COVID-19 cases, the government said May 3. The building in Osaka’s Kita Ward is so vast it is dubbed Grand Cube Osaka. Elderly residents from Osaka Prefecture will get priority during the three-month program being overseen by the Self-Defense For...
Video arcades in Japan face extinction as console sales hit record high amid pandemic February 28, 2021 (Mainichi Japan) This photo shows the interior of Kasuga Amusement Arcade in Osaka's Naniwa Ward on Jan. 20, 2021. In the foreground is "Gator Panic," a game similar to "Whac-a-Mole." (Mainichi/Hitoshi Sonobe) OSAKA -- Video arcades in Japan are facing extinction amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, while console sales have reached a record high. As of 2019, the number of gaming arcades in the country had already fallen to a sixth of the level seen during the asset-inflated "bubble ...