Years ago, when competitive gaming started to become more and more popular, many dismissed it as “nerds being nerds”, and hotly debated whether it was worthy of being called “esports”. But as competitions became hot and “gamers” built a billion-dollar industry with millions of fans around the world, people began to acknowledge that esports are, in fact, a…
Despite pledges to self-isolate upon arrival in Japan, up to around 300 people daily may be breaking quarantine, the health ministry and a contracted medical service firm said Saturday. Daily checkups have been conducted as part of strengthened border control measures since the end of March to keep imported cases of the coronavirus at bay….
Meet the Mother-Daughter Duos Behind Pacific Mercantile and Truong An GiftsThe two long-standing family enterprises are at the heart of Denver’s hubs for Asian American culture, community, and commerce. Patricia Kaowthumrong • 5280 May 2021On a frigid Monday morning in late December, Jolie Noguchi leads me through Pacific Mercantile Co. in Sakura Square, a grocery store her…
The Golden Week holiday period began in earnest on Saturday, with the first day of five consecutive vacation days relatively quiet in major areas as measures against COVID-19 dissuaded many people from traveling. With Tokyo now under a third state of emergency following a resurgence of infections, large shopping facilities remain closed and there were…
The Space Buddhist Temple Terra Space Ltd. 寺スペース株式会社 has formed a business and technology alliance with Daigoji Temple 醍醐寺, a World Heritage Site in Kyoto, for the development and launch of a Buddhist “temple” in space, utilizing a section of an IoT satellite scheduled to be launched in 2023. The satellite will serve as…
