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There are also some other very quaint places that I really love as well, like Kamakura and Hakone.” And being in Japan during the winter season for her patisserie pop-ups, Aw knows the importance of ...

In Japan, there is usually one bonus for summer and one for winter, and the sums involved are often quite substantial. Now Nikkei (via Automaton) reports that Sony and Bandai Namco has decided to do ...

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