Most people look for a place to hide when a typhoon is on the horizon, but Atsushi Shimizu hopes that the fury of nature may one day help resource-poor Japan tackle its energy woes. The Tokyo-based e…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 5 months ago | 1 comment

This is certainly not a fashion accessory even by the slightly outlandish standards of Tokyo. Instead, the Smaneck (“smartphone neck”) is a simple yet ingenious way to hold your phone while keeping y…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 5 months ago | 1 comment

Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on Tuesday unveiled self-service baggage drop machines for international flights.

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While the crime rates in Japan are not that high, there are some crimes that happen in suburban Japan. The incidents taking place around unused land are particularly hard to track, due to the lack of…

posted by  Tanuki | 9 years, 5 months ago | 1 comment

Humans can pick up soft or small objects with ease, but that is not the case for robots, which have difficulty replicating the delicate movements of the human hand. When they do not know how strong a…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 5 months ago | 2 comments

A Buddhist temple in Tokyo has devised a grave that can be shared by sexual minorities and their partners.

The temple, Shodaiji in Edogawa Ward, is receiving an increasing number of inquiries about t…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 5 months ago | 1 comment

mugen, the company, best known for designing and distributing aftermarket performance parts for Honda vehicles, has for the past five years been building bikes to compete in the TT Zero: the world's …

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 5 months ago | 0 comments

At Mobile World Congres, Sony Introduced MESH. It is an IoT toolkit that can transform normal things into smart gadgets. MESH Tags have variety of functions including motion sensor/LED/button/brightn…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 5 months ago | 2 comments

Japanese national broadcaster NHK has calculated the potential economic loss to the country from suicides at more than $4 billion a year.
The calculation is based on 23,000 suicide victims in 2015, …

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Child abduction has long been a concern for U.S. servicemembers and some in Congress, who initially called on Tokyo to ratify the Hague Convention and have since called for tougher enforcement within…

posted by  Yubi | 9 years, 5 months ago | 1 comment