Author of Kiki's Delivery Service wins int'l award
A Japanese author of children's books, Eiko Kadono, has won the Hans Christian Andersen Award, considered the Nobel Prize for children's literature. The Swiss-based International …
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Number of foreign residents in Japan hits new high: again!
The number of foreign residents is Japan has hit a new record high, but there are also more cases of people overstaying their visas. The Justice Ministry's Immigration Bureau says about 2.5…
The Quiet then Makes a Sound: KAWS Opens New Show @ Perrotin, Tokyo
In Tokyo, KAWS presented 6 new works, with one large work taking up the entirety of the front gallery. At first, the work appears to be large swaths of abstraction, with beautiful color arrangements …
TOKYO SHOW SPECIAL - MONKEY MAGIC
We know some of you out there have pretty trick Honda Groms, and the odd tweaked-up Monkey bike. But we're saying that this chassis kit is the absolute top of the tree for minibike fettlers…
The Future of Coworking Is at a Hooters in Tokyo
Hooters, the casual dining establishment which is best known for the skimpy, skintight outfits that its waitresses wear and the bad puns about boobs that it scatters throughout its locations. But it’…
Facial recognition to make Olympic debut at 2020 Tokyo Games
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics are set to be the first games in history to use facial recognition technology, according to the organizing committee's security plan guidelines revealed t…
New Makita coffee maker runs on power tool batteries
From sophisticated wooden coffee mills to robotic baristas, latte art, and green tea espresso machines, the Japanese coffee industry always seems to offer something new and interesting. And now …
Igor Oleynikov and Japanese author Eiko Kadono have won the 2018 Hans Christian Andersen Award
Japanese author Eiko Kadono has written picture books and novels. Her best-known book is Kiki’s Delivery Service, first published in 1985 in Japan. According to IBBY, she has published some 250 …
Japanese Commercial Land Prices Increase by Most in a Decade
Commercial land prices in Japan rose by the most in a decade last year, thanks to a years-long tourism boom and ultra-low lending rates. The average price of commercial land nationwide…
DisruptingJapan 116: How Startups Can Attract, Retain, and Develop Staff in Japan
Last month 500 Startups and Disrupting Japan held a joint event that focused on how Japanese and foreign staff can work best together at startups. As the event, I had a great discussion with three st…