This is a cute visualisation of tokyo transport (is it only JR?) in real time

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The technology allows electric vehicles to not only receive power but also store it and send it back to the source.
(Representational image)Kochi: The owner of an electric car will be able to meet ho…

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Only 400 numbered Impreza 22B STis were ever built—this being number 196—and now is your chance to not only own a part of Subaru history, but to have one of the most brilliant enthusiast cars ever bu…

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As any good go-fast variant does, the Copen GR Sport adopts aggressive, sporting styling cues.
Its LED headlights get special dark surrounds, which complement restyled front and rear valences, each o…

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classic in-app purchases (IAPs) — quickly made its way into pretty much all mobile games in Japan.
Growing stagnation in the performance of gacha games is indicative of Japanese gamers losing interes…

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Translating roughly to “hollow ship,” utsuro-bune was a mysterious vessel shaped like an incense burner, which washed ashore in Hitachi (present-day Ibaraki Prefecture) on Japan’s east coast in 1803.…

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Netflix’s upcoming live-action series Cowboy Bebop is going on a lengthy hiatus following a knee injury sustained by lead John Cho on the set of the show in New Zealand.
Netflix marked the show’s sta…

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He would go on to become the first foreign-born man to achieve the status of a samurai warrior, and is the subject of two films being produced by Hollywood.
Mr Webb believes that because of his comma…

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From human sacrifices to abandoned villages, these real Japanese legends give us the creeps.
Here are seven Japanese urban legends that are totally based on reality to tell in the dark this Halloween…

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Taking place at Hamarikyu Gardens—one of Tokyo’s most beautiful classical gardens—this event is a showcase of one of Japan’s unique cultural assets – the tea ceremony.
This isn’t just for enthusiasts…

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