9+ Top Tokyo Flea Markets for Bargain Hunting
Tokyo flea markets are awesome places for bargain-hunting. And there’s no shortage of them—you’ll find something happening in one of the city’s parks or parking lots just about every Saturday an…
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Sea Shepherd won't chase Japan whalers this year
Anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd has announced it will not send ships to the Antarctic Ocean this year to intercept Japanese whaling operations. The group issued a statement on its website o…
Mie University graduate school to include ninja studies in entrance exam
A graduate school of Mie University has decided to introduce ninja studies as one of the subjects for its entrance exam starting in February next year. Successful applicants for the graduate sch…
turn disposable diaper waste into fuel
Three men whose companies are involved in the manufacture and sales of disposable diapers — the use of which is expected to increase with the aging population — have started an association in Nagoya …
Billionaire Porn King Reinvents Himself as Japan’s Startup Guru
Imagine the publisher of Pornhub.com being asked to address Harvard University undergraduates on the virtues of running a socially responsible business. That’s basically what happened in Japan this p…
Fish filmed at a record depth of 8,178 meters
A Japanese research team, in cooperation with NHK, has succeeded in filming a fish swimming at a depth of 8,178 meters in the Pacific Ocean -- the deepest ever recorded. Scientists bel…
Minami Alps tunnel for maglev line
Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) on Wednesday showed to the press part of the site for a tunnel to be constructed under the Minami Alps huge mountain range as part of its magnetic levitation ultr…
Universities in Kyoto, Aomori to probe contrasting longevity
Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine and Hirosaki University will launch a survey in the Tango district in northern Kyoto Prefecture to study the longevity of residents there.
Japanese park gets Moomin author's name
A Japanese city has added to a municipal park the name of the Finnish author of the popular Moomin children's book series. The park in Hanno City, north of Tokyo, is now called the Tove Jan…
Ocean current generator produces electricity
A Japanese machinery maker and a governmental organization say they have generated electricity using ocean currents. IHI and the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization, or…