Japan’s Newest Technology Innovation: Priest Delivery
In Japan, even in areas far less sensitive than religion, newcomers often receive a chilly reception, and start-ups are rarer than in other rich …
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banzaitokyo's articles — page 121
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Japan Has A Worrying Number Of Virgins
Here's another strange study about Japan: According to the Japan Times, a new survey of Japanese people ages 18 to 34 found that 70 percent of unmarr…
Pokémon hamburgers un Russian McDonald's
This is what you would expect: And this is what you actually get:
A journey along Japan’s oldest pilgrimage route
Religion may play an ambiguous role in Japanese life but the arduous pilgrimage remains popular with walkers, cyclists and coachloads. Today, the…
Why Michael Phelps isn't much popular in Japan?
It is an interesting article from Wikimedia blog (I didn't know that wikipedia did such interesting studies! that talks about popolarity of Olympic athletes in different countries:…
Frightening numbers (541,000) of young hikikomori in japan
Japan home to 541,000 young recluses, survey finds An estimated 541,000 people aged between 15 and 39 in Japan avoid social contact and shut themselves in their homes, accordi…
Japangrish
Japanese English can be very funny, but this example is quite extraordinary because with just the quotation marks the author expressed quite the opposite from what she wanted to say :)
How a Japanese cucumber farmer is using deep learning and TensorFlow
I know it is a showcase marketing article from Google (the author of Tensor Flow framework) and it is very specialized subject which is not meant for general public. It is still fun and I…
What are the geographic limits of Akihabara district?
There is Akihabara station, there are iconic shops and buildings that we all know but what are the limits of the Akihabara electric town?
iPhone to replace Suica (transport tap-to-pay card) in Tokyo?
The Near Field Communication technology powering Apple’s mobile-payments service, Apple Pay, is prevalent in North America, Europe and Australia, …