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An engineer at Toyota took his own life after being abused by his boss, local officials have ruled. The employee was constantly called an “idiot” and told he should die, according to Yoshihide T…
New images from a Japanese Sony patent, first filed in March and recently published by the Japanese patent office, seem to show a new version of Sony's DualShock controller. The patent imag…
Scientists from Japan have used machine learning for the first time to identify a new figure among the ancient motifs of Peru’s Nazca Lines. “It’s a large achievement.”The geoglyph was discovere…
Perhaps that is why its refreshing to see Murakami's new show at Perrotin in Tokyo, Superflat Doraemon. From Japanese art critic, Yoshio Suzuki:In creating works of contemporary art based o…
Akihabara News (Tokyo) — Following its release of two full-frame mirrorless cameras last year, the Z7 and the Z6, Nikon has now released its first APS-C model, the Z50, which should bring t…
We know the Xbox Scarlett and PlayStation 5 consoles are coming next holiday. However, a new Sony patent does potentially tease some changes that are coming to the PlayStation 5 controller.…
For die-hard Dragon Ball fans who can’t bear to be parted from the characters of their favorite series! It’s hard to believe that the anime broadcast of Dragon Ball began 30 years ago (and …
Japan’s infamous bar barkers often won’t take no for an answer, but one veteran says this response will stop them in their tracks. Kyakuhiki literally means “customer puller” and refers to the s…
all photos by yohei sasakura courtesy hamada designLocated in one of Japan’s industrial hubs of Osaka is Nakanishi Metal Works, a company that manufactures metal components like bearings that go into…
Thirty years later, some hackers at Croxel have found a clever way to revive that long-forgotten accessory. Modern flat-screen TVs work differently, rendering accessories like R.O.B.…
