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Divorce ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - A former bride and groom hold a wooden hammer together to smash a wedding ring during a ''divorce ceremony'' in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Feb. 19, 2011. The hammer is in the shape of a frog, or ''kaeru'' in Japanese which is a pun for the word ''return,'' to symbolize their return to single life. Hiroki Terai started holding the event for divorce-bound couples in 2009.

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Idled bar in Osaka used as telework space

Photo taken on Jan. 22, 2021, shows an Osaka bar shut down under a coronavirus state of emergency opening to the public as telework space. Conight, operated by Osaka-based co-working space operator Kaeru, is available free of charge between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. with seating capacity cut to eight seats from 32 seats to prevent virus infection.

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Divorce ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - A former bride and groom hold a wooden hammer together to smash a wedding ring during a ''divorce ceremony'' in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Feb. 19, 2011. The hammer is in the shape of a frog, or ''kaeru'' in Japanese which is a pun for the word ''return,'' to symbolize their return to single life. Hiroki Terai started holding the event for divorce-bound couples in 2009. (Kyodo)