Nestle SA will sweeten Japan’s Valentine’s Day with ruby-chocolate KitKats, choosing one of the world’s most candy-obsessed markets for the debut of the first new type of natural chocolate in more th…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 7 years, 3 months ago | 0 comments

NHK is apologizing after issuing a false alert that said North Korea had probably launched a missile and warned people in Japan to take cover.

The false message was sent in Japanese shortly before 7 …

posted by  Yubi | 7 years, 3 months ago | 0 comments

From Super Mario to Hello Kitty and robotics advances by Fanuc Corp., Japan’s intellectual property is generating soaring income. The country’s IP revenue has jumped by 74 percent over the past five …

posted by  banzaitokyo | 7 years, 3 months ago | 0 comments

A Japanese city has activated an emergency warning system to alert residents to avoid eating locally purchased blowfish after a mix-up saw toxic parts of the delicacy go on sale.

A supermarket in Gam…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 7 years, 3 months ago | 0 comments

Hiroshi Amano, a professor from Nagoya University who was awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in physics, is developing together with other researchers a remote power supply system that sends energy to dist…

posted by  Yubi | 7 years, 3 months ago | 1 comment

Former Japanese baseball star Hideki Matsui has become the youngest inductee into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame.

The 43-year-old Matsui, nicknamed "Godzilla," was elected on Monday. This is his …

posted by  Yubi | 7 years, 3 months ago | 0 comments

In recent years, the West has developed a growing taste for this intricate art form, with some pieces selling for tens of thousands of dollars.

Bringing together more than 70 bamboo artworks, the Met…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 7 years, 4 months ago | 0 comments

Japan is scrambling to ensure it has a future in an electric-car world. Toyota, the country’s largest automaker, pioneered gasoline-electric hybrids but has long been skeptical about consumers’ appet…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 7 years, 4 months ago | 0 comments

So much is Dr. Berger hated by denizens of Japanese-oriented subreddits that one subreddit has even made an annual tradition of warning Americans in Japan (or looking to relocate there) away from Ber…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 7 years, 4 months ago | 0 comments

Officials in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, say dead birds found at a local poultry farm have tested positive for bird flu in a preliminary check.

The officials received a report from the farm in …

posted by  Yubi | 7 years, 4 months ago | 0 comments