01/20, Arts Culture Tourism from Tokyo

A Japanese patrol ship ran aground off the Niigata coastline on Wednesday in search of a working lighthouse. Meanwhile, the price of eggs is on the up as bird flu spreads through parts of country. In Jakarta, a Japanese company has opened a school to send workers to Japan but cryptocurrency platform Coinbase Global is halting its Japanese operations. And while sports cars here are coveted abroad, electric scooters will soon be rideable by anyone over-16 without a driving license. And with a weekend's worth of art exhibitions to go visit, spare a thought for “Kaleidoscope of Books”, a series of digital exhibitions from the National Diet Library of Japan, each telling their own story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices