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Instead of developing an intricate electronic card skimmer, or pulling off an elaborate online scam, a cashier in Japan used the most undetectable tool imaginable to steal the credit card info of ove…
Nintendo is not letting recent troubles with faulty Joy-Con controllers deter it from exploring new ways to innovate its gaming hardware. A recent patent filing with the USPTO reveals a des…
Addresses, basically, consist of the prefecture, city, ward, block, building number and property number.It’s reversed for more western familiarity when used in English. Don’t use or make calls o…
VideoJapan resumed commercial whaling this year, hunting the marine giants for the first time in more than 30 years. But evidence suggests that there may now be more of a future in watching whal…
Oki Sato and his design firm Nendo have created an immersive installation that spans across nine display areas within The National Gallery of Victoria, in Melbourne. The spaces serve as a frame …
Four men suspected of sending an internet-congesting 5.4 billion spam emails to promote a dating website have been arrested in Japan. Yoshimitsu Hirono, 47, president of Tokyo-based da…
Population: 9.3 millionTokyo Stadium capacity: 49,970Key games: Australia v Wales (Sep 29), England v Argentina (Oct 5), two quarter finals (Oct 19/20). Kumagaya, Honshu(Image: AFP/Getty Images)…
The Odunpazari Modern Museum, designed by Kengo Kuma and Associates, has opened its doors in Eskisehir, northwest Turkey. Odunpazari, which means firewood market in Turkish, used to be a centre …
One of the first images in “A Child’s Book of Poems,” a 1969 collection illustrated by the American artist Gyo Fujikawa, shows a boy on a hill, heading to a village under an enormous sun. Text a…
East Japan Railway Co. said all lines in the greater Tokyo area will be suspended Monday morning until around 8 a.m. as it will need to inspect tracks following the passage of the powerful typhoon.…
