The team behind tokyocheapo were interviewed by Shingetsu News Agency a few days ago about our story and philosophical musings on why the world needs more cheapos.

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 2 months ago | 0 comments

"You are unfairly discrediting the company." Those words were contained in a letter that Japanese gaming giant Konami sent last fall to Hideo Kojima, the renowned creator of the company's hit "Metal …

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 2 months ago | 0 comments

It's the Akihabara "Electric Town" (Denki Gai) district, nerd central, "like being inside a video game." That's how Danny Sullivan, the founding editor of the SearchEngineLand blog describes it on ou…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 2 months ago | 0 comments

Learning a foreign language is a complex endeavour. It is more than just learning the grammar and vocabulary. The cultural aspect of the language is important as well.

If you want to master a languag…

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

Note that the two different kinds of dozing; at 4 we have “sleep”, which implies, perhaps, leaving the office and finding a quiet corner to lie down for 40 winks, whereas 9, “snoozing in the toilets”…

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As we entered the Tokyo parasite museum, we were immediately struck by how small the room was. Our research told us this building contained 60,000 samples of parasites (not including the ones I smugg…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 2 months ago | 0 comments

Most great startup ideas don’t grab your attention right away. It takes a while before the founder’s vision becomes obvious to the rest of us. On the other hand, the startups that immediately grab al…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 2 months ago | 0 comments

Japanese sculptor Keisuke Tanaka works specifically with wooden frames and pillars, “carcasses of wood” that are no longer living. He applies meticulous carvings to this wood and gives them new life …

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A giant panda at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo, named Shin Shin, gave birth to a cub on Monday. The birth of a panda cub at Ueno Zoo is the first in 5 years.

The zoo observed copulations between Shin Shin and a m…

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

A research team says it has developed a snake-like robot that can climb over debris and rubble by shooting a jet of air to lift its front end from the ground.

posted by  Tanuki | 9 years, 2 months ago | 0 comments