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Speakeasy: Tokyo Live Music Under Covid-19

This SNA Speakeasy features Kaleb James on the theme of “Tokyo Live Music Under Covid-19.”

The End of the Covid-19 First Wave

A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported in the last half of May 2020.

Databases for Japan and Covid-19

In this space the SNA will provide links to various English-language online resources that have emerged tracking the Covid-19 crisis in Japan.

Searching for Japan’s Covid-19 Transformations

Immediately after the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, many began to imagine a physically and conceptually transformed Tokyo. While we may be nowhere near the end of the slow-motion train wreck that is Covid-19, imagining a post-pandemic Japanese society that can benefit citizens is the beginning of revitalization, and hopefully, a more substantial set of transformations.

Softening the Soft Lockdown

A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported in the first half of May 2020.

Japan’s Covid-19 Subsidy and Relief Programs for SMEs

Covid-19 has thrown the global economy into disarray. People have been forced to stay home, and businesses to stay closed, with little idea of when normal activity will resume. The government of Japan, in order to mitigate the virus’ impact on the economy, has proposed multiple measures to help workers and small and medium enterprises.

Future and the Arts: AI, Robotics, Cities, Life

This exhibition at the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo, held from November 2019 to March 2020, featured more than a hundred projects, and provided a window from which to contemplate the changes that are developing right now due to the advances in AI, biotechnology, robotics, and AR.