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In Japan, inanimate objects, including Aibo robot pets, are considered to have a spirit or soul 2019 Sony Corporation“HELLO, I’m Scout. Want to play?” My daughter has a toy dog that yaps and com…
: Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy(27 volumes and counting 1998-present)30 million copies soldThis dark comic fantasy was based on themes of mythology and the Bible. The first-run printing of…
A few years ago, I sat down with Ari Horie and we talked about why men need women founders. Investors and Founders who have visited Japan for the first time are often amazed at the number of Wom…
Lots of people came to the first day, and you’d think that by today, the crowds would have subsided. Twenty minutes after opening today, the wait reached 4 hours. AdvertisementAdvertisement…
A new, safe, and quick method for detecting 13 different kinds of cancers has been developed by Toshiba Corporation. The diagnosis method was developed alongside the National Cancer Center Resea…
KYODO NEWS - 28 minutes ago - 20:56 | Lifestyle, All, JapanLego Group said Monday it will globally release a scaled-down replica of Nissan Motor Co.'s GT-R Nismo in January, …
“Every Living Thing: Animals in Japanese Art” is on view through Dec. 8 in LACMA’s Resnick Pavilion. Cats are one ancient symbol for good fortune in Japanese art; cranes are another, overla…
There is the blue period section, where products will be stocked for women who are currently on their period, the glittering period (after your period), the turbulence period (when you are feeling ir…
Major publisher’s promotion of Musume no Tomodachi has some saying the company is encouraging an illegal relationship with a minor. Most of the bullet points for the premise of publisher Kodansh…
There are all kinds of reasons for people to get performance anxiety before writing, and Twitter user @utanokobako reminisced on her own tribulations when writing personal opinion essays for school, …
