A ‘drifting’ postbox for letters to people who died in the 2011 Japan Earthquake kept running
So far, the postbox has received more than 1,000 letters saying such things as: “I wish I could meet you in my dreams” and “I always think of you.”
Kotaro Hirose
House-bound ‘pilots’ operate avatar robots in Hokkaido cafe
The establishment is drawing attention as a way to realise a society in which people with physical disabilities can work from home.
Temporary disaster housing turned into a hotel in Iwate Prefecture
The municipal government of the town of Iwate set up the hotel by purchasing three portable wooden housing units that had previously been occupied by survivors of a 2018 earthquake