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Companies Brace for New COVID-19 State of Emergency in Tokyo Area
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Sailor Moon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, life-size moving Gundam, Mamoru Oshii fest, Bushiroad, theaters put plans on hold
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced on Tuesday that the national government will formally decide on Thursday on the requests for a declaration of a state of emergency in Tokyo and the neighboring prefectures of Saitama, Kanagawa, and Chiba. The declaration would be in response to the high rate of new infections of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19), and would be in place from Friday, January 8 to Sunday, February 7. Some companies have already pushed back or delayed events in anticipation of such a declaration.
Studio Ghibli quietly joins Twitter as anime production company creates official account Dec. 26, 2020 06:00 am JST Dec. 26, 2020 | 06:31 am JST TOKYO
Studio Ghibli is a famously old-fashioned company, one that was at first staunchly opposed to digital methods of production and distribution. However, in recent months it seems like the anime production house co-founded by legendary director Hayao Miyazaki has been coming around on the increasingly ubiquitous role of modern technology in the entertainment world. The company has released hundreds of images from its films online for free download, and soon its very first all-CG anime, Earwig and the Witch, will premiere on Japanese TV.
Traveling to Japan for the first time Traveling abroad is always more enjoyable if the visitor can anticipate customs and amenities that are likely to be different from those at home. The following represent some of the concerns travelers to Japan will likely to want to know about before embarking on the journey.
Dealing with Japanese Money
The Japanese currency is the yen. It averages out to about one hundred yen to the dollar. The exchange rate will, of course, be higher or lower depending on the economy. But an average of 1 to 100 will help in estimating prices.
Staying in Japanese Hotels
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Musgraves is also performing the English version of the film s theme song “Don t Disturb Me.”
Sherina Munaf is performing the song in Japanese.
Diana Wynne Jones novel of the same name. Jones published the novel in 2011, and publisher HarperCollins describes the story:
Not every orphan would love living at St. Morwald s Home for Children, but Earwig does. She gets whatever she wants, whenever she wants it, and it s been that way since she was dropped on the orphanage doorstep as a baby. But all that changes the day Bella Yaga and the Mandrake come to St. Morwald s, disguised as foster parents. Earwig is whisked off to their mysterious house full of invisible rooms, potions, and spell books, with magic around every corner. Most children would run in terror from a house like that . . . but not Earwig. Using her own cleverness with a lot of help from a talking cat she decides to show the witch who s boss.