Twenty-five-year-old Sotaro Ito lives in a 9.46-square-meter apartment with a loft in the capital’s retro-hip Koenji district.

His apartment looks more like an office cubicle, with a desk and compute…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 6 years, 3 months ago | 0 comments

Japan started collecting a ¥1,000 departure tax Monday from each traveler leaving the country in an effort to fund measures to attract more foreign visitors in the run-up to and beyond the 2020 Tokyo…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 6 years, 7 months ago | 0 comments

On 26 November, a ribbon cutting ceremony was held in the Nippon Foundation Building in Akasaka, Tokyo for a very special kind of cafe.Called Dawn ver.β, it’s staffed entirely with robot waiters. Whi…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 6 years, 7 months ago | 0 comments

If you are a prospective homebuyer who is struggling to gather up the money for a downpayment or to be approved for a mortgage, you may want to consider moving to Japan. To keep good homes from going…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 6 years, 8 months ago | 0 comments

Elon Musk's company SpaceX has unveiled the first private passenger it plans to fly around the Moon.

Japanese billionaire and online fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa, 42, announced: "I choose to go to t…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 6 years, 10 months ago | 0 comments

Exploring Japan by car can be uniquely rewarding. Beyond the ability to soak in the picturesque vistas on your own time, there are other experiences to be had. So whether you’re a passenger or a driv…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 6 years, 11 months ago | 0 comments

Yokozuna Kisenosato said Thursday he is determined to put his injury woes behind him and make a winning comeback at the upcoming Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament after missing a record-setting eight cons…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 6 years, 11 months ago | 0 comments

The shutdown of a key thermal power plant may mean Hokkaido could see reduced electricity supply for over a week, a state minister said Thursday, following a powerful earthquake that rattled Japan's …

posted by  banzaitokyo | 6 years, 11 months ago | 0 comments

Uber Technologies Inc. has finally found a partner for its cab-hailing program in Japan, one of the world’s largest taxi markets.

A Fuji Taxi vehicle with the Uber logo.Photographer: Yuji Nakamura/Bl…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 6 years, 11 months ago | 0 comments

Since the launch of the Hayabusa-2 spacecraft from the Tanegashima Launch Center into space in 2014, and after its three-and-a-half-year journey, it finally reached its destination—an asteroid called…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 6 years, 11 months ago | 0 comments