If Japan needed another indication of just how serious the COVID-19 epidemic is and may yet become, it got a wakeup call when its most beloved funnyman, Ken Shimura, died at age 70 at the end of March ...

Returning to its roots, Ken Shimura's classic comedy sketches will be revived, with each episode taking place in a different setting, such as a doctor's office, a park, a police box, an interrogation ...