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, 10 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 …

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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, 10 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, 10 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…

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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, 10 months ago | 0 comments

td;dr - not much :)

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Not surprisingly, reporters have flocked to this remote corner of the country to see if there is something that promotes fecundity in the water flowing down from Mount Nagi. The cause appears to be m…

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A Japanese astronaut has apologised for wrongly stating he has grown 9cm (3.5in) since arriving at the International Space Station (ISS) just over three weeks ago.

posted by  Yubi | 7 years, 10 months ago | 1 comment

This is a pretty cool idea. So many vehicles already have car navi devices, and they can be put into good use.

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