With over 600,000 readers each month, Tokyo Cheapo is the site of choice for value hunters who want their yen to go further in Tokyo.
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With over 600,000 readers each month, Tokyo Cheapo is the site of choice for value hunters who want their yen to go further in Tokyo.
To find why we started this site, check out the Tokyo Cheapo Mani…

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A 24-year-old Kanagawa prefectural police officer has been arrested on suspicion of theft after he stole two cash cards from a man in his 80s and then withdrew money from his account.
Kaburaki is acc…

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Canon engineers have designed a lens that quite literally and intentionally sucks.
In a newly published patent filing over in Japan (2019-191432), first reported on by CanonWatch, Canon describes a c…

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VideoThe Japanese have said they are the country's greatest invention of the 20th Century - greater even than the Walkman or Tamagotchi.
They are instant noodles, which were created in response to fo…

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They aim to do this through a solar-powered car.
Solar-powered cars offer the advantage of not needing to be plugged anywhere.
If a battery can be created that can give the car power at night it coul…

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Bamboo and carbon fibre can be used together to build earthquake-proof architecture, says Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, whose Bamboo Ring is installed at the V&A for London Design Festival.
Kuma…

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This could be a World Cup with a Billy Ocean-style theme: red cards spell danger, not just for individuals but for all concerned.
But how many fans care about popularity versus their team winning a W…

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It was the centrepiece of a weekend celebrating 150 years of rugby in Japan, which arrived in the country five years before the creation of the Rugby Football Union.
“I suggested he say Japan wants t…

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New research suggests the use of insecticides on rice farms in Japan led to the collapse of fish populations in Lake Shinji.
Photo by Bernard Gagnon/ Wikimedia CommonsNov. 1 (UPI) -- New research sug…

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