82-Year-Old Proves You're Never Too Old to Code
Looking for a new hobby? Maybe it’s time to try coding. That’s what 82-year-old Masako Wakamiya of Japan decided to do this past year. Since learning to write code in early 2017, the r…
The archive
Recent articles — page 412
Browse recent articles in the Akihabara archive.
Govt. to crack down on illegal private lodgings
Japanese authorities are planning to intensify a crackdown on illegal private-lodging businesses. The move comes at a time when a new law will be put into force that will allow anyone in pr…
Why Anime Fans In Japan Shouldn't Miss Ikebukuro
By now, geeks around the globe are cognizant of Akihabara. Once Tokyo’s post-war electronics haven, the neighborhood has grown into a modern mecca for anime fans. As its popularity has swel…
Monk Sues Mt. Koya Temple
A monk working at the World Heritage site of Mount Koya in Wakayama Prefecture has filed a lawsuit against the organization that operates the temple for damages and unpaid wages, claiming he develope…
This Japanese AI Startup Aims to Teach Factory Robots to Think
Japan’s Preferred Networks Inc. has only one publicly available product, a whimsical application that uses artificial intelligence to automate the coloring of manga cartoons. Yet the four-y…
Japan Is Running Out Of Whisky
Today, Suntory announced officially that sales of the Hakushu 12-year-old single malt and the Hibiki 17-year-old blend would stop for the time being. The reason? Some of Japan’s m…
Mercari, Japan's first unicorn, files to raise $1.1B in Tokyo IPO
Mercari, the eBay-like service that is Japanese first tech startup unicorn, has filed to go public in an IPO that could raise as much as $1.1 billion. The company is scheduled to list on th…
Magical Bookends Transform Bookshelves into the Back Alleys of Japan
If you’ve ever wandered around Tokyo on foot you’ll know that it can sometimes be like a spider web of side streets and back alleys. It’s one of the things that makes Tokyo so unique and therein lies…
Abundant water likely to exist under ‘moon rabbit,’ Japanese research team says
Abundant water is highly likely to exist in the form of ice under Oceanus Procellarum, a lunar mare known as “moon rabbit” in Japan, a Japanese research team has said. Although it was long thoug…
Aoi Matsuri Kyoto
One of the 3 main annual festivals in Kyoto, the Aoi Matsuri, was held on Tuesday. The festival features a procession of people in costumes originally worn in a court in the ancient Heian era.…