Some people are calling it Rakuten’s PCR testing Gokko kit (gokko=ごっこ, playing at something) *GeneLife is one of those “swab the inside of your cheek and get a DNA test” companies
Some people are calling it Rakuten’s PCR testing Gokko kit (gokko=ごっこ, playing at something)
*GeneLife is one of those “swab the inside of your cheek and get a DNA test” companies
New COVID-19 positives in Tokyo for the past 7 days 149 201 181 107 102 123 132<-- today www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/2020…
New COVID-19 positives in Tokyo for the past 7 days
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フェイスシールド 802,600個、ゴーグル 235,000個、調達完了。配船、通関の状況次第ですが、4/30-5/31日本着予定。 一日でも早く医療関係者の皆様の元に届く事を願っています。 pic.twitter.com/ytbQl2ZDyA
フェイスシールド 802,600個、ゴーグル 235,000個、調達完了。配船、通関の状況次第ですが、4/30-5/31日本着予定。
一日でも早く医療関係者の皆様の元に届く事を願っています。 pic.twitter.com/ytbQl2ZDyA
They have a newer national version too city.chino.lg.jp/uploaded/attac… I especially like the “we the people are that hammer that will whack this virus” illustration pic.twitter.com/zUwf6YFyN6
They have a newer national version too
city.chino.lg.jp/uploaded/attac…
I especially like the “we the people are that hammer that will whack this virus” illustration pic.twitter.com/zUwf6YFyN6
This official PDF from the city of Chino, Nagano is packed with good information about what to do to prevent COVID-19, as well as the cutest illustrations. city.chino.lg.jp/uploaded/attac… pic.twitter.com/FC4o4IrrUM
This official PDF from the city of Chino, Nagano is packed with good information about what to do to prevent COVID-19, as well as the cutest illustrations.
city.chino.lg.jp/uploaded/attac… pic.twitter.com/FC4o4IrrUM
A PDF version of the graphic mhlw.go.jp/content/109000…
A PDF version of the graphic
mhlw.go.jp/content/109000…
One of many sources www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/2020…
One of many sources
www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/2020…
They also strongly emphasized that discriminating against healthcare/ essential workers and their families was unconscionable. 4/4
They also strongly emphasized that discriminating against healthcare/ essential workers and their families was unconscionable.
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Tip:egg salad sandwiches made with nitamago are very tasty.
Tip:egg salad sandwiches made with nitamago are very tasty.
America the land of the free to sue twitter.com/QuickTake/stat…
America the land of the free to sue twitter.com/QuickTake/stat…
(It’s about a medieval Japanese “cheese”. Yes dairy (as in cow milk) used to exist in Japan, then disappeared until it made a comeback in the mid-19th c.)
(It’s about a medieval Japanese “cheese”. Yes dairy (as in cow milk) used to exist in Japan, then disappeared until it made a comeback in the mid-19th c.)
蘇についてBBC World / PRI の ザ・ワールドという番組にインタビューされますた pri.org/stories/2020-0…
蘇についてBBC World / PRI の ザ・ワールドという番組にインタビューされますた
pri.org/stories/2020-0…
It’s related to my recent Atlas Obscura article atlasobscura.com/articles/how-t…
It’s related to my recent Atlas Obscura article
atlasobscura.com/articles/how-t…
I was recently interviewed by PRI/BBC World’s The World radio program. If you want to hear me here it is pri.org/stories/2020-0…
I was recently interviewed by PRI/BBC World’s The World radio program.
If you want to hear me here it is
pri.org/stories/2020-0…
Digging into my free-for-a-limited-time archive at the @japantimes again: This one from August 2012 is about food related Japanese words and phrases that mean something very different. Eg: “grinding sesame seeds” means... japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/08/2…
Digging into my free-for-a-limited-time archive at the @japantimes again: This one from August 2012 is about food related Japanese words and phrases that mean something very different. Eg: “grinding sesame seeds” means...
japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/08/2…
*Hyogo: 22.0 *Fukuoka: 17.0 *Aichi: 22.0 *Hokkaido: 13.0 *Kyoto: 19.0 *Ishikawa:13.0 *Gifu:32.0 *Ibaraki:20.0 Hiroshima:9.6 Gunma: 19.0 Fukui: 30.0 Okinawa:9.6 Toyama:6.0 <- new *= "special alert" prefectures 2/2
*Hyogo: 22.0
*Fukuoka: 17.0
*Aichi: 22.0
*Hokkaido: 13.0
*Kyoto: 19.0
*Ishikawa:13.0
*Gifu:32.0
*Ibaraki:20.0
Hiroshima:9.6
Gunma: 19.0
Fukui: 30.0
Okinawa:9.6
Toyama:6.0 <- new
*= "special alert" prefectures
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Prof. Hayano's growth graph Days taken for cases to double as of April 21 18:00 National: 18.0 days Prefectures with > 100 positives: *Tokyo: 15.0 *Osaka: 12.0 *Kanagawa: 15.0 *Chiba: 18.0 *Saitama: 13.0 1/ twitter.com/hayano/status/…
Prof. Hayano's growth graph
Days taken for cases to double as of April 21 18:00
National: 18.0 days
Prefectures with > 100 positives:
*Tokyo: 15.0
*Osaka: 12.0
*Kanagawa: 15.0
*Chiba: 18.0
*Saitama: 13.0
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twitter.com/hayano/status/…
Daily new COVID-19 cases in Tokyo, last 7 days 127 149 201 181 107 102 123<-- today www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/2020…
Daily new COVID-19 cases in Tokyo, last 7 days
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The mayor of Soichi, Okayama enjoys a “healthy” takeout bento twitter.com/souichikataoka…
The mayor of Soichi, Okayama enjoys a “healthy” takeout bento twitter.com/souichikataoka…