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A multifunctional furniture unit made up of raised plywood floors and pegboard walls allows residents in this public-housing complex in Osaka to customise their apartments. The 14-stor…
However, these models were unable to achieve strong performance on Kuzushiji recognition. This was due to inadequate understanding of Japanese historical literature in the optical character reco…
In an apparently discriminatory practice, 11.1 percent of companies in Japan have in-house rules on the height of the heel of pumps worn by female employees at the workplace, a survey by the Jap…
Resurrected back in 2017, Sony’s robotic dog Aibo made a big splash at CES 2018, but there wasn’t much fanfare for the pup at Sony’s CES booth this year. A few weeks later, however, Sony has ann…
They say fame and fortune often can go to a person’s head, so what would happen if the pineapple-apple-pen PIKOTARO was to release a new album? Well, you’re wrong. PIKOTARO has gr…
Until recently, rice-loving Americans looking to add a little zing to their favorite grain would need to trek out to the nearest Asian grocery store to pick up a pack of furikake rice topping.…
Is it because you’re being asked how many ba of birds there are instead of how many wa? For those unfamiliar, Japanese uses what’s called “counter words,” words that come after a number when cou…
He has given up working in Japan with the new working visa and plans to go back to his home country. According to the Japan Student Services Organization, the number of foreign students totaled …
In other words, Hayabusa2 is leaving Ryugu forever, and heading back to Earth. The mission launched from Earth on 3 December 2014, and arrived at the diminutive asteroid on 27 June 2018. Vi…
EXCLUSIVE: Valparaiso Pictures has wrapped shooting on documentary The Toxic Pigs of Fukushima, directed by BAFTA nominee Otto Bell (The Eagle Huntress), with Emmy winner Joe Bini (You Were Never Rea…
