Hitachi AI Used in Seiyu Markets
Hitachi (Tokyo) — Through collaborative creation with Hitachi, Ltd., Seiyu GK will introduce the Hitachi Digital Solution for Retail/AI Demand Forecast Auto Replenishment Service to stores all over J…
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Mario Kart Tour Off to Successful Start
Akihabara News (Tokyo) — Nintendo launched Mario Kart Tour on iOS and Android devices, providing the company with a major success. Mario Kart Tour mobile game faced mixed news upon its launch.…
Eating blue ramen at the sort of Hatsune Miku ramen shop
The digital pop star Hatsune Miku is an entity that appears in almost any medium you can think of. The shop is indeed decorated with a bunch of Hatsune Miku figurines, but what’s peculiar about …
The Magikarp kiss -- Japanese woman explains why the Pokémon-like smooch is so terrible
Illustrated diagram shows why the weakest Pokémon is also the worst kisser. In a tweet posted back in the summer, Japanese Twitter user @nokochan1224 was sharing some of her musings on what make…
Can a Japanese person look good in one of those for-foreigner souvenir kimono? Mr. Sato finds out
There was only one way to find out, and so Mr. Sato walked into one of Asakusa’s many souvenir shops and bought a hanten, or happi coat. Things got even more “JAPAN” when Mr. Sato took it out of…
Beyond miso soup – You can get miso bear in a can in Japan, and we’ve tried it【Taste test】
You can also get miso bear. Aside from the giant-font katakana text reading “brown bear” (ヒグマ/higuma), there was a lifelike bear illustration right on the label. The can contains 70 gr…
This is Akihabara’s best hidden food vending machine: The Mansei meat sandwich machine!
Now, you might be wondering what separates a “hamburger steak sandwich” from a hamburger. Mansei’s hamburger steak sandwich is also served on sandwich bread instead of a bun, and, in a departure…
Should a man in his 40s pursue a 19-year-old Japanese convenience store clerk?
Men and women feel very differently about whether this man should go after his crush in Japan. The man wrote in to the Career Connection news and advice site with his quandary, saying:“I’m a 46…
Could you marry an otaku? Japanese people rank the geek hobbies they'd let slide for love
Japan is home to a wide variety of otaku “geeks” that show their fandom for things like trains, manga, anime and video games. Would you be able to date or marry someone with an otaku interest?…
Japan gov't says safe to release contaminated Fukushima water into ocean
KYODO NEWS - 8 hours ago - 21:55 | All, JapanTOKYO - Japan's industry ministry said Monday it would be safe to release water contaminated by the Fukushima nuclear disaster into th…