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The poster explaining the reason for the closure of the family-run business is breaking hearts around the internet. ▼ Twitter user @Ki_46ozzie took this photo of the poster outside the Maru…
JAXA, Japan’s national space agency, has just approved a robotic mission to visit the Martian moons Phobos and Deimos and retrieve a small sample from the former to bring back to Earth. The miss…
The country is the first to successfully land rovers on an asteroid’s surface. The journey: The Hayabusa-2 spacecraft set out on its mission to the 3,000-foot-wide Ryugu asteroid …
Hayabusa2 has collected a second sample from the asteroid’s surface. It could give us a unique insight into how the early solar system was formed. The procedure: After a few hours of maneuv…
It turns out that a large part of it may be Japanese women themselves. While Japan is nowhere near competitive in the area of high-profile women entrepreneurs, what the country needs is a g…
Mitsubishi Electric has long been an advocate of the technology, adapting this standard kit and advancing it to the next level. A glimpse into this high-tech future is afforded by the Mitsu…
Day two started with morning prayers at Kinpusenji Temple, followed by checking out two traditional crafts in the nearby area of Yoshino. As such, it serves as the site of Kinpusenji Temple, the…
In Japan, women are the ones who give presents for Valentine’s Day, and the presents are chocolates. There are actually two different major classes of Valentine’s Day chocolate in Japan: Honmei …
Fan-focused food fun is a 30th-birthday party for the fantasy franchise, and also the only restaurant in Japan where you can DRINK jellyfish. Announced right after the start of the new…
Little wonder scientists have spent decades trying to uncover the secrets of the Okinawans’ longevity – in both their genes and their lifestyle. “It is quite the opposite of current popular diet…
