Unveiled this week, the RidRoid CanguRo is a new robotic three-wheel personal mobility vehicle developed by Shunji Yamanaka from the University of Tokyo and Takayuki Furuta of the Future Robotics Tec…

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Kisenosato will withdraw from the upcoming grand sumo tournament, extending his streak of missed events to a yokozuna-record eight meets, his stablemaster said Thursday.

Kisenosato, the first Japan-b…

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TokyoArtBeat recommends these 10 art events.

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NANZUKA is pleased to announce "Sorayama Explosion" an exhibition of new works by Hajime Sorayama (1947-). This show marks the artist’s third presentation with the gallery, as the first time in two y…

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The scramble to hire the best and brightest is transforming business, and particularly tech companies, around the globe. It’s pushing companies to offer previously unheard-of benefits, rethink their …

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A subsidiary of SoftBank Group Corp. and a Japan unit of China's internet search giant Baidu Inc. said Wednesday they have tied up to tap into the Japanese self-driving bus market.

Under the agreemen…

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Harmonica Yokochō is a West Tokyo drinking district next to Kichijōji Station on the Chūō Line. It was so named because on a map, its long, skinny rows of alleys are supposed to look like a harmonica…

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ちょっと is one of the more useful and commonly used words in the Japanese language. Even if you're very new to Japanese, it's pretty likely you've come across ちょっと before, because it's short, simple, an…

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Japanese wines have been in the spotlight amid an ongoing wine boom that began around 2012. A wine must be made with 100% Japanese grapes to be considered a “Japanese wine.” Domestic production of wi…

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What causes a 5-year old girl to write in her notebook, “Please forgive me,” just a few days prior to her death from abuse? “Please forgive me” is ‘onegai, yurushite,’ in Japanese, and the phrase mad…

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