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 | 8 years, 7 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 | 8 years, 7 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 | 8 years, 7 months ago | 0 comments

td;dr - not much :)

posted by  banzaitokyo | 8 years, 7 months ago | 0 comments

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…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 8 years, 7 months ago | 0 comments

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 | 8 years, 7 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.

posted by  Yubi | 8 years, 7 months ago | 0 comments

A Japanese kayak racer who drugged a rival at a national championship event has been banned from competing for 8 years.

Yasuhiro Suzuki, 32, was penalized after he admitted he drugged a fellow compet…

posted by  Yubi | 8 years, 7 months ago | 0 comments

Ninjas-clad security guards are all the rage in Japan.

Security Service Association (SSC), a firm in western Japan, has started issuing new uniforms to its fleet of security guards. Ditching the usua…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 8 years, 7 months ago | 0 comments

First Sony killed Aibo, the little dumb robot dog. Then, like a phoenix, Aibo rose from the ashes, new and improved, with LED eyes and a soft little back. This good boy, who went on pre-order in Japa…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 8 years, 7 months ago | 0 comments