May 15, 2021
Gaze in from the street at No. 502 and you’ll find plenty to tempt you inside. There’s a gleaming refrigerator stacked full of wine; an appetizing takeout selection in the deli display case; a bright, modern interior; and a cozy wooden counter by the open kitchen that invites you to linger with a glass or two and some nibbles.
Occupying an old, two-story house that’s been artfully stripped down inside to reveal its wooden pillars, beams and stairs, then refurbished and remodeled, No. 502’s sophistication feels incongruous in the old-school residential backstreets of suburban Setagaya Ward. But that has not deterred the clientele, who have beaten a path to its door since it opened last November.
Have you ever mixed a bit of wasabi into your soy sauce and dipped your sushi into it? If you have, you’ve committed a culinary taboo that’s frowned upon in the dining world, according to news shared widely in Japan recently. Sushi Sasaya Korin, a sushi restaurant in Kyoto’s Pontocho…
Remaining silent in online meetings bothers teleworkers in Japan the most: poll
May 7, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
A nearly empty office is seen in Tokyo s Minato Ward in November 2020. (Mainichi/Shinnosuke Kyan) TOKYO Remaining completely silent in online meetings has come out on top in a Tokyo company s poll on the most bothersome behavior in remote working environments perhaps a warning to some engaging in online meetings as more companies introduce teleworking systems amid the spread of the coronavirus. Tokyo-based Qualitia Co., which develops and sells email security products and services, polled 1,000 corporate employees, civil servants and association staff members in their 20s to 50s across the country online on April 6 and 7.
OSAKA Breeding staff at the Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan here have been working around the clock to make sure a ringed seal pup that looked like he was going to die at birth bulks up.
The male pup, born at the aquarium in the city’s Minato Ward at 2:58 a.m. on April 1, appeared lifeless, barely moving immediately after birth.
The 55-centimeter-long, 2.5-kilogram pup also showed signs of hypothermia and hypoglycemia.
But thanks to the breeding staff who have worked tirelessly to give the pup treatment while the facility is shut down due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, he is now thriving and will hopefully make an appearance at the aquarium in the not-so-distant future.