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So it comes as a great relief that the Cabinet Office of Japan announced their initiatives for a future society in Japan under the Moonshot Research & Development Program. The prog…
The voice acting legend whose voice never ages celebrates Maid Day. Video game franchise Danganronpa even doubles down on the maid allusions by listing the birthday of character Kirumi Tojo, kno…
▼ Office work meets chic with business nailWe spoke with a number of business professionals about how this new and unusual trend among young men came into being, beginning with self-confessed bu…
The socialization of Japanese children into upstanding and unobtrusive citizens starts young and is encouraged by the country’s educational system. (At least I agree with the helmet thing…)In ju…
Yesterday was Maid’s Day and gorgeous girls from Japan celebrated in the best way possible — with lots of cute poses and photos! Fans and maids alike all had fun celebrating the day on Twitter w…
The move has proven so unpopular that hordes of manga artists, celebrities, idols and, singers – including notable names such as Kyary Pamyu Pamyu and actor Asada Tadanobu – are joining in on the pro…
Re-runs of famous Japanese cartoon bring broadcast until further notice, in first interruption in 45 yearsProduction of the world’s longest-running cartoon has been interrupted by the coron…
Shingo’s trans-idiotic design insight was poka-yoke — Japanese for “avoid mistakes.” In effect, Shingo looked for the simplest, cheapest, and surest way to eliminate foreseeable process err…
Latest Kikuko Inoue project is like an anime hot spring episode come true. Just as there are some people who don’t seem to age physically, there are people who apparently never age vocally.…
The broadcaster of the world’s longest-running cartoon has said it will have to switch to reruns from next week due to disruption to production caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Based on …
