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 | 9 years, 1 month 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 | 9 years, 1 month 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 | 9 years, 1 month 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 | 9 years, 1 month 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 | 9 years, 2 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 | 9 years, 2 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 | 9 years, 2 months ago | 2 comments

Shibuya is undergoing a major transformation ahead of the Olympic Games to be hosted in Tokyo in 2020. The huge redevelopment project will reshape the area around Shibuya Station, known to many as a …

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 2 months ago | 1 comment

Japan’s ancient capital of Kyoto has many tourist attractions to offer, from its historic sites to scenic landscapes, and is now adding a new one to its list — the world’s first Starbucks coffee shop…

posted by  Yubi | 9 years, 2 months ago | 1 comment

A shogi board maker is being flooded with orders amid a boom in the traditional board game inspired by teenage prodigy Souta Fujii.

14-year old Fujii set an all-time record for the longest winning st…

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