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In 1996, a subsidiary of Bandai Namco changed the world of gaming with the release of the Tamagotchi. In the years since, the small handheld digital pet has gone on to gain cult status among toy afic…
By day, Sumiko Iwamuro (pic) runs a Chinese restaurant, where she has worked for six decades making "gyoza" dumplings, while by night, she spins records at Tokyo clubs under the moniker DJ …
Japan joined the artificial intelligence race late. It was not until the mid-1980s, three decades later than countries like the United States, that researchers began pondering the idea of thinki…
Japanese advertising tends to consist of merely hiring some ubiquitous celebrity and having them hold the product in question. This lazy and mind-numbing approach has become the default for almo…
Faced with a rapidly graying population, Japan has charted a new course toward opening its doors wider to foreign immigrants, and is hurriedly tearing down hurdles in the way of foreign citizens seek…
"I tried disengaging from the conversation. “Well, it was nice talking to you!” I said. My student just stared at me expectantly, waiting for me to continue. After a moment of silence, I tried a…
Just to give you a few examples: Tenshi (Angel) College Institute of Techologists (Making Things University) Cyber University Poole (Japanese identical to Pool as in Swimming Pool…
The company doesn’t own the apartments, but taps private property owners or large asset management companies who have idle properties up for lease. MetroResidences takes care of setting up and stylin…
Makoto Shinkai's Your Name is the highest-grossing anime film of all-time, and it hasn't even come out in the United States yet. It beat Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away; …
Before the dawn of the internet, sex museums in tiny Japanese spa towns provided a refuge for locals seeking a frivolous and liberating form of entertainment. A breathtaking portfolio of photogr…
