Nearly a century old, this ‘masterpiece cafe’ in Tokyo discourages socializing and forbids mobile phones
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KEYT— By Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN (CNN) — Walking into the Lion Cafe, in Tokyo’s Shibuya district, the first thing one notices is the seating. All chairs face one direction, towards two gigantic speakers on the wall, the stars of this 98-year-old institution. It’s one of the city’s few remaining meikyoku kissa, or masterpiece cafés. “Meikyoku
www.thestar.co.uk—Unknown man targets 11-year-old girl in Rotherham mobile phone robbery. South Yorkshire Police are investigating the robbery of a mobile phone from an 11-year-old girl in Rotherham. It is reported that at 5pm on Friday, April 5, the girl was walking along Blackburn Road and Meadow Bank Road, talking on the phone with a friend when an unknown man “snatched” the mobile from her hand. The girl’s phone case contained her bank card which was used for several transactions after the robbery. Sign up for our free newsletters now Officers investigating the incident have...
WKBN.com—Century-old dairy is closing up shop. Denmandale Dairy posted on Facebook that Thursday was the last day for deliveries of milk and ice cream.
www.sunderlandecho.com—I'm a former teacher, this is what I make of the school mobile phone ban. Schools across Sunderland have recently been given a Government directive to ban the use of mobile phones during the school day. The announcement was followed by the Education Secretary Gillian Keegan appearing on a whole host of media outlets promoting the hard-hitting policy as a signal of the Government clamping down on disruption in schools. Ms Keegan said that mobile phones have “no place” in a school day and vowed the policy would “reset the social norm” and improve behaviour. It was a...