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That means heat can spread to any other component that is also in thermal contact with the metal. Enter Shingi Yamaguchi at the University of Tokyo in Japan and a group of colleagues, who have c…
(Seven-Eleven Japan Co. President Fumihiko Nagamatsu (C) bows with other officials at the start of a press conference in Tokyo)Related coverage:Seven-Eleven employees cheated franchise owne…
Screenshot : Fujimi ShoboKotaku East East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond. Prev Next View AllOver the weekend,…
The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in Japan is an engineering marvel and record-breaker. Akashi Kaikyo Bridge also called the Akashi Strait bridge or Pearl Bridge is one of the world's longest s…
London is seen as the benchmark for the IPC in terms of interest in the Games with a record total of 2.7m tickets sold. It is an unprecedented number, three times more than in London [one year b…
Sometimes the substitute subject is a car or other machine that’s gradually had all of its parts replaced, but the fundamental debate is still the same: is the sum of parts still the same sum if none…
Provided in collaboration with Wada Kosan, a company that develops rental condominiums mainly in Hyogo Prefecture, these new cat homes are currently waiting for tenants in the city of Kobe. And …
Part of the reason Japan has so many ramen restaurants is because the country has so many different kinds of ramen. The primary way to classify ramen is by the broth, and in addition to soy brot…
This is Taketa City’s Chikuraku Festival. Chikuraku is held annually in Taketa City (Oita prefecture) in central Kyushu. More of an event than an actual festival, Chikuraku is relatively mo…
But Japanese students as a whole are not exactly keen to enter graduate study programs. A similar trend was observed for master's degrees, with higher levels of education necessary to secur…
