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Blue Innovation attracted a lot of international attention last year when they announced the T-Friend done system. This dystopian drone flies around offices after hours reminding staff not…
The role of baseball in Japanese-U.S. diplomacy has a long and rich history. After American educator Horace Wilson and railway engineer Hiroshi Hiraoka introduced the sport to the Japanese peopl…
Since around 2012, Enako has been a popular cosplayer, but in the past few years, her popularity has exploded. Last night, she appeared on Downtown DX, one of Japan’s most popular variety talk shows …
Have you ever had taiyaki? It’s a classic Japanese fish-shaped snack typically filled with sweet red bean paste or custard cream. Sega now has its own taiyaki stand in Tokyo. The stall is c…
Recruitment of the 80,000 volunteers needed to work at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics will begin via the internet this fall, Games organizers said Wednesday. Individuals who are aged 18…
One of my favourite websites on Japanese culture tofugu.com announces that they will be leaving Facebook. Akihabara.Tokyo applauds this decision and supports the movement by not even joining Facebook…
The two firms formed an alliance in 1999, and describe it as a “buffer to protect its partners during regional downturns”. However, the groups are now in discussions about a possible merger that…
The Times Higher Education Japan University Rankings 2018, based on 13 individual performance metrics, are designed to answer the questions that matter most to students and their families when making…
Japanese wines are now holding their own against inexpensive imports in supermarkets as consumers find growing appeal in knowing about and identifying with the stories of producers close to home. Big…
In Tokyo, KAWS presented 6 new works, with one large work taking up the entirety of the front gallery. At first, the work appears to be large swaths of abstraction, with beautiful color arrangements …
