Working Timeline of 5G in Japan
2015March: NTT DoCoMo announces that it will conduct a three-way 5G technical collaboration with China Mobile Communications Corporation and KT Corporation. Huawei and Mitsubishi Electric a…
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Japan's public broadcaster sets its 8K schedule for the Tokyo Olympics
The Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic games are still on schedule to take place this summer, and Japan's public broadcaster has been planning for years to make sure its an 8K showcase event. Spe…
Japan prefecture to stop hiring female 'tea squad' for meetings
A local government assembly is attempting to shake up Japan’s conservative workplace culture by ending the custom of employing women to serve tea at meetings. Few official gatherings in Japan ha…
Wild and Mythical New Bricolage Paintings by Yusuke Asai
Installation view at Wulong Lanba Art Festival, ChinaBorn in Tokyo in 1981, the artist Yusuke Asai (previously) continues to travel the world, creating wild and unrestrained art with whatever canvas …
What the kimono's wide-reaching influence tells us about cultural appropriation
Allyssia Alleyne , CNN Written byRecently, the conversation around cultural appropriation in fashion has been unavoidable. They were the antithesis of the garments that defined European fashion,…
The Sake Master Reviving a Long-Forgotten Local Rice
Every year for decades, scientists at the Hiroshima Prefectural Agriculture Gene Bank have planted a small patch of hattanso rice. Hiroshima’s rice fields are fecund with Hattanso’s descendants,…
Hideo Kojima’s Strange, Unforgettable Video-Game Worlds
In Death Stranding, you assume the role of Sam Porter Bridges (Reedus), a delivery man working in a postapocalyptic America that has dissolved into scattered communities in underground bunkers and ci…
Japan’s intriguing love of paper
Transaction charges and a lack of customer demand mean few shops in his area accept cashless payments, he says. Part of the reason it’s so stubbornly prevalent, he thinks, is Japan’s tradition o…
People in the Tokyo sky, and with no CGI! Photographer’s amazing photo tricks are all in-lens
But one of the 46-story building’s biggest draws is on the roof, where you’ll find the Shibuya Sky outdoor garden and observation deck. While Shibuya Sky is open-air, it does have glas…
YouTuber Says He Didn't Recently Buy 1,000 Rolls Of Toilet Paper
Image : HikakinTVWhile hoarders have been causing toilet paper sell-outs in Japan, there has been a rumor that popular Japanese YouTuber Hikakin is to blame . Images like the top screencap …