Tokyo expands language help for emergency calls
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 in…
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Okayama hospital combines healthy parts of donor’s lungs to make one for transplant
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…
Celebrities that drive you to drink
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.
Koike allies secure majority in Tokyo election
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 Shin…
Mt. Fuji Climbing Season
You can climb Mt. Fuji only in summer, within a span of around two months. This year's season just started.
Everything You Need to Know About New Japan Pro Wrestling
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…
In Japan, workers are now using robotic suits
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…
Sony plans to revive its vinyl record production
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, th…
Revamping Shibuya: A Massive Redevelopment Project Gives the Station Area a New Look
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 …
World’s first Starbucks coffee shop with tatami rooms to open in Kyoto
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…