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Gintama themed cafe coming to Ikebukuro! Get ready for some wacky Edo hijinks

KK Miller

Gintama fans are in for a special treat as a cafe in Ikebukuro is re-working its image and re-opening as Yorozuya, the “we do everything” office from the Gintama manga.

While this cafe won’t be able to help you with all your life problems, they will be able tosatisfy your need to eat, dine and be merry surrounded by Gintama characters and decor. This special theme cafe will finally make a Yorozuya store a reality and you only have to wait until this August.

Cafe and Bar Characro is a drinking, dining and entertainment establishment which was opened in October 2013 by Namco and features character collaboration themes that any anime fan can enjoy. Coming this August, the cafe will become “Cafe and Bar Characro feat. Gintama”. They will change all the decorations and staff attire to represent the Yorozuya, the “we do everything” store from the Gintama manga.

STATS

• 2,174,331: Number of people who received welfare in Japan in March, the most on record
• ¥1.035 billion: Salary paid by Nissan to CEO Carlos Ghosn last year
• ~1 million: Number of elementary school textbooks recalled by Tokyo-based publisher Sanseido, because an illustration depicts a little girl with three arms

THE END IS NIGH

• Executives at Uniqlo announced plans to open a store on the French Riviera.
• Officials in charge of preparations for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics announced an initiative “to promote clean, environmentally friendly toilets.”
• Spectators reportedly erupted into laughter as players slogged through the mud atthe inaugural Rice Paddy Rugby Competition in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto.
• Visitors have been flocking to Nasu Animal Kingdom in Tochigi to watch a pair ofanteaters “feeding themselves with spoons.”

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Japan's troubling lack of romance

JAPAN TIMES -- JUL 05

Nearly 40 percent of single people in their 20s and 30s do not want a romantic partner, according to a survey by the Cabinet Office released in June. The survey was included in a government white paper on Japan's notoriously low birthrate that also found 46.2 percent of singles claiming that relationships were "bothersome."

That phrase may in part explain why Japan's birthrate has dropped precipitously, but it also points to what improvements might help all people in or out of relationships.

Of those surveyed, 28.8 percent said they are unmarried and are not in a romantic relationship. Of those, 39.1 percent of women and 36.2 percent of men said they did not even want a romantic partner. The percentage of people who have never married by the age of 50 is also increasing, the survey found.