Abe Passes Controversial Bill Boosting Japan Surveillance Powers
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government passed controversial legislation that gives prosecutors the power to monitor and arrest people in the planning stages of crimes.
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Mario Kart VR is real — here's your first look
There’s an official version of Mario Kart in virtual reality, but it’s only heading to a Tokyo arcade for now. Mario Kart Arcade GP VR is a newly announced entry in the Namco-developed series of…
'Tokyo Ghoul,' Based on Bestselling Japanese Manga, Set for World Premiere in LA
Japanese horror-action film “Tokyo Ghoul,” based on a bestselling manga, is set to premiere in Los Angeles next month at Anime Expo 2017 and is slated for release in 23 countries.
The Tokyo Cheapo Story – Shingetsu News Interview
The team behind tokyocheapo were interviewed by Shingetsu News Agency a few days ago about our story and philosophical musings on why the world needs more cheapos.
The Konami exodus: Creators find authoritarian Japanese gaming giant makes life hard for 'ex-Kons'
"You are unfairly discrediting the company." Those words were contained in a letter that Japanese gaming giant Konami sent last fall to Hideo Kojima, the renowned creator of the company…
USA Today writes an introduction to Akihabara
It's the Akihabara "Electric Town" (Denki Gai) district, nerd central, "like being inside a video game." That's how Danny Sullivan, the founding editor of the SearchEngi…
Learn Japanese Culture to Progress in Japanese Language
Learning a foreign language is a complex endeavour. It is more than just learning the grammar and vocabulary. The cultural aspect of the language is important as well. If you want to master a la…
Snoozing favourite secret office activity
Note that the two different kinds of dozing; at 4 we have “sleep”, which implies, perhaps, leaving the office and finding a quiet corner to lie down for 40 winks, whereas 9, “snoozing in the toi…
Meguro Parasitological Museum: A Wonderland of Tapeworms and Malaria
As we entered the Tokyo parasite museum, we were immediately struck by how small the room was. Our research told us this building contained 60,000 samples of parasites (not including the ones I smugg…
Disrupting Japan Podcast #90: How this Musical Shoe Startup is Helping Hospitals
Most great startup ideas don’t grab your attention right away. It takes a while before the founder’s vision becomes obvious to the rest of us. On the other hand, the startups that immediately grab al…