Becoming a Father in Japan
Her water broke at three o’clock in the morning. I’d been born two weeks early myself so I expected this. I put on yesterday’s clothes and picked up the suitcase that was waiting in the co…
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Apple And IBM Team With Japan Post To Address The Needs Of An Aging Population
Japan Post CEO Taizo Nishimuro was on stage with Apple CEO Tim Cook and IBM CEO Ginny Rometty at a special event aimed at the enterprise today. The event was designed to highlight some of the fruits …
Japanese Designers and Tea Houses
The enigmatic Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka recently announced that he would be participating in Glasstress 2011. Running in parallel with the 54th Venice Biennale, the event invites globally ac…
Robots Learn to Push Heavy Objects With Their Bodies, Just Like You
The payload of a robot is a well-defined number that usually refers to how much mass its actuators or mobility system can comfortably support. The payload of a human works in a similar way, exce…
Revitalizing Rural Japan: the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale
Revitalizing Rural Japan: the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale Multinational Crowds Throng to Art Festival in Niigata Prefecture The Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale is a spectacularly successful e…
Interview with Araki Joh, the Best Selling Writer of Japan’s Most Intoxicating Manga
Manga and alcohol are a wonderful mix. Sadly, few artists explored this pairing before Araki Joh wrote the manga, “Sommelier,” in 1996. It is the story of a Japanese wine connoisseur living in France…
Arriving in Japan – from Haneda to Central Tokyo
Haneda Airport, formerly known as Tokyo International Airport is with more than 60 million passengers per year one of the busiest airports in the world. However Haneda mostly handles domestic flights…
DragonBall Wig
This is one of the things any real otaku should buy and wear to work. read the original article
Japanese Civic Duty: A Look at the Responsibility of ??
So after exploring how conservative and hardworking the Japanese are, let’s look at another related topic. The (very condensed) logic goes like this: Fact 1: Japan’s streets are really cle…
Ping Cars Vol.11: Osamu Kokufu’s Future of Mobility
Artist Osamu Kokufu once told us there’s nothing more evocative of the future than the car. His words made a big impression on us and we had planned a Ping Cars road trip with his help. Ou…