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By Amelie Marie Nishizawa Mar 7, 2020 2 min readIn what turned out to be a worldwide famous coincidence, cult cyberpunk anime Akira predicted that (Neo) Tokyo would host the 2020 Olympic games. …
So on February 21st, our Japanese-language reporter Momo Momomura treated herself to a one-night hotel stay at the “Henn na Hotel” in Maihama Bay, Tokyo. The room she got was simple an…
Since the mid-19th century, Japanese fishers have been leveraging this unusual technique to create dazzling images known as gyotaku. Like a pre-photography proxy for fish Instagram, th…
KYODO NEWS - 1 hour ago - 17:06 | Sports, News, All, JapanA microsatellite carrying model robots from the popular Japanese science fiction anime "Mobile Suit Gundam" was successfu…
JAXA expects reusability to slash rocket launch costs to around a hundredth of the current 7 billion yen ($66 million), strengthening Japan's competitiveness in aerospace amid growing demand.…
For much of the Japanese public, the tragedy underscored a growing sense that the country is under siege, by its own aged, out-of-control motorists. There is even a grim new genre of d…
Japan sees epidemic of elderly driver crashes... Japan is facing a new epidemic due to its aging population. The number of car accidents caused by elderly drivers is skyrocketing in the country,…
KYODO NEWS - 9 minutes ago - 12:10 | All, Japan, CoronavirusA map created online last month by a South Korean university student charting reported coronavirus cases by Japanese municipality…
Besides Fila apparel capsules, the 40th anniversary of Gundam is also being celebrated with a life-size, moving statue. While it won't go on display for the public until later this yea…
“Congratulations on your new collaboration!”Imagine that you are an American artist who uses sticky notes in your artistic practice. In many countries, including the U.S. and Japan, copyright pr…
