According to TV Asahi, a 51-year-old man has confessed to calling his former employer , saying, “If I sprinkle gasoline [at the office] like Kyoto Animation, everything will burn down.” The man previ…

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The first three areas it's focusing on are gaming, imaging & sensing, and gastronomy.
As for that last one, a concept video Sony released last year proposed the idea of "robot gastronomomy" that …

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In a 2011 interview with The Wall Street Journal’s Scene Asia blog, Yoshikazu Ono, son of Jiro Ono, the star of 2011’s “Jiro Dreams of Sushi” documentary, Yoshikazu was asked why there are no female …

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Today, in our Women in Japan Series, we take a look at four things women are still not allowed to do in Japan.
Bans allow no women; semi-bans allow women–but only sometimes.
This is truly long overdu…

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That’s what happened to Japanese Twitter user @charlie0816 recently, when their beloved cat escaped and didn’t return home for two days.
Um…is it seriously this effective?”Sceptics might be quick to …

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Now it’s time to rest our gaze on another adorable banknote design idea, and this time it’s adorned in kittens!
Now illustrator @bokoyai has joined in on the animal-inspired currency ideas by coming …

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Next month, a Hatsune Miku themed clothing store will open in Shibuya for a limited time only.
The shop opens on December 20 in Shibuya 109 and will run until January 13.
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In a show of resilience following a deadly arson attack on one of its studios earlier this year, Kyoto Animation Co. has announced that it will continue to offer training programs for aspiring animat…

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Bowing at the Guangzhou International Auto Show is the 2021 Lexus UX 300e, the brand's first electric vehicle (EV).
No, it isn't even close to looking like the LF-30 concept we sort of hoped it would…

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Volkswagen is focusing its motorsport strategy on electric mobility.
A clear emphasis on fully electric racing cars will be backed up by the farewell to factory-backed commitments using internal comb…

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