The Japanese and European space agencies have unveiled their joint probe to be launched to Mercury.

Many mysteries remain about Mercury. Ionized gases and high temperatures linked to its nearness to …

posted by  Yubi | 8 years, 4 months ago | 0 comments

There is a major shortage in hotel rooms as Tokyo continues to experience a tourism boom. This has led to all sorts of novelties, from Airbnb’s advance in the local market to even love hotels convert…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 8 years, 4 months ago | 1 comment

The Tokyo Fire Department has begun offering multilingual call-handling to improve efficiency of service when emergency calls are made by foreigners in the Japanese capital.

24-hour interpretation se…

posted by  Yubi | 8 years, 4 months ago | 1 comment

In a world first, Okayama University Hospital has succeeded in combining parts of a brain-dead donor’s lungs to make one lung and transplanted it into a woman in her 50s.

The lower parts of both of t…

posted by  Yubi | 8 years, 4 months ago | 0 comments

This is in a good way (well, assuming you accept that celebrities should be promoting beer), which celebrities in beer adverts give people a thirst.

posted by  banzaitokyo | 8 years, 4 months ago | 2 comments

In Sunday's Tokyo metropolitan assembly election, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike's new regional party and candidates supporting her have secured a majority in the assembly. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's L…

posted by  Tanuki | 8 years, 4 months ago | 2 comments

You can climb Mt. Fuji only in summer, within a span of around two months. This year's season just started.

posted by  Tanuki | 8 years, 4 months ago | 1 comment

Once A.J. Styles, Gallows and Anderson and Shinsuke Nakamura made a direct beeline from New Japan Pro Wrestling to WWE in recent months, the writing was on the wall that NJPW was due for a total Amer…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 8 years, 4 months ago | 2 comments

In Japan, workers are turning to robotic suits to help them with heavy-duty tasks. The Panasonic Assist Robot suit makes sense for industrial use as well as for staffers at nursing homes for the elde…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 8 years, 4 months ago | 1 comment

Sony was late to the vinyl resurgence with a new turntable of its own, and it's going to be later yet with its effort to jump back into pressing records. Nikkei reports that thanks to demand, the per…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 8 years, 4 months ago | 2 comments