Japan's space agency has proposed to a government panel a plan to send Japanese astronauts to the moon after 2025.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency or JAXA presented the idea to the science min…

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

Farmers in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, have started shipping square watermelons across the country.

Such watermelons were first developed by farmers in the district of Fudeoka in the city of Ze…

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

Everyone’s excited about the SNES Classic Edition, what with its twee 90s look and fantastic selection of games. But as with its NES predecessor, the Japanese version of the device is significantly d…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 2 months ago | 2 comments

Full electric cars are getting a bit more practical these days, so this look at electric cars has interesting results; I’m especially surprised that that people are more curious about diesel engines …

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

Salvaged from the Papua New Guinean jungle, a restored World War II Japanese Zero fighter has taken to the skies over the land that gave birth to the once-feared warplane.

The aircraft — emblazoned w…

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

Two cities in central Japan regarded as the birthplace of ninjas, or feudal era secret agents, have launched a council to attract more tourists from home and abroad.

The cultural assets related to ni…

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

The author of this blog receives photos of people's tattoos containing (mainly Chinese characters) and explains if what they really mean. Some of them are hilarious. I have no idea how people decide …

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

I am not sure how trustworthy a source of information Nigeria Today is. Personally I have a difficulty of trusting anything Nigerian online :)

But it is quite cool if some offline shops in Akihabara…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 2 months ago | 3 comments

Sightseers are flocking to Japan's highest dam to watch the spectacle of water gushing from it.

An electric power company releases water from Kurobe Dam, in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, from Jun…

posted by  Yubi | 9 years, 2 months ago | 3 comments

It’s rare for a Japanese startup to challenge NTT and come out ahead. But that’s exactly what Takehiro Ogita and his team at TownWiFi have accomplished.

TownWiFi is a mobile app that automatically de…

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