02/13, Arts Culture Tourism from Tokyo

Japan will end its request for mask wearing from March 13th, finally leaving the question of whether to wear one, or not, up to you. Several members of a Tokyo-based investment consultancy were arrested for its plan to build a resort nicknamed Neverland on a deserted island using client funds. Chiba city is testing a new image-based AI chatbot to help residents dispose of rubbish more easily and ethically. And following last weeks note on Alice in Borderland, we look at other films by director Shunsuke Sato, from Gantz (2010) Gantz: Perfect Answer (2011) Library Wars (2013) and Inuyashiki (2018) to his latest installment in the Kingdom series set in feudal China, due to open in cinemas this July.
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