Local authorities in the city of Nara, western Japan, have decided to capture some of the city's free range deer to reduce farming damage.

The deer, including those in and around Nara park, have been…

posted by  Yubi | 7 years, 9 months ago | 0 comments

Every weekday morning, office workers come pouring out of Shinagawa Station as they head work in one of the nearby skyscrapers, and in this facinating and frightening time-lapse video from Japanese T…

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This research asked a very simple question - are there cockroaches in your home? And the result is unsurprising - most people in Japan live with cockroaches. Those huge and disgusting ones...

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Japanese enterprises are particularly susceptible to disruption, and Japanese startups have a harder time than most pivoting. Both of these problems stem from the same root, and today we are going to…

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A Japanese hot spring resort is providing a rare chance for visitors to enjoy 3 days of spa and amusement park attractions simultaneously.

The "spamusement" park opened on Saturday in the city of Bep…

posted by  Yubi | 7 years, 9 months ago | 2 comments

A Japanese startup commercial rocket launch attempted to launch a 10-meter tall ‘Momo’ rocket to orbit on Sunday, but while the rocket achieved liftoff, it only made it about one-fifth of its total t…

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A digitally remastered version of the original 1954 film directed by Ishiro Honda will be screened at the Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) on October 31, the organisers announced on its websi…

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When lunch bells ring at Japanese elementary schools, instead of students flocking to cafeterias to eat miscellaneous meat in various shades of beige, or to the playground to eat class-divisive packe…

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Originally the place to go for counterfeit American and Japanese brands in the 90s, Takeshita has always had a fashionable reputation, but it’s cleaned up its act these days. Well-known and featured …

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The Tokyoiter is made by illustration and drawing freaks who are willing to present the talent of artists they like to a larger audience. Some of us are illustrators and some are just living in Tokyo…

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