At some point in life we’ve all thought “why Japanese TV shows are so weird” but are they really? Japanese TV Shows are well known throughout the world as being weird, over the top, obnoxious and som…

posted by  ssj1236 | 9 years, 5 months ago | 3 comments

Construction sites in Japan are enjoying a wave of automation amid an increasing shortage of laborers, with the introduction of robots to do heavy lifting and drones that instantly collect aerial dat…

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

In Japan, currently there is only one model of PlayStation 3: the charcoal black 500GB version. That console’s days are numbered.

As Inside points out, Sony recently announced on the console’s offici…

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

Graduate recruitment in Japan looks a bit like a scene from the movie The Matrix. Hordes of students dressed in identical black suits and white shirts make the rounds of seminars, tests and interview…

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

It’s been almost 3 years since the announcement that JR East was investing 5 billion yen to create a luxury sleeper train. Yesterday, that train was unveiled at a ceremony in Tokyo. Dubbed the Train …

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

In March 2016, Sony Global Education unveiled KOOV, a brilliant coding kit for young programmers. Now they are available at Japan Trend Shop but they are not cheap. The sets start from almost $500...

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

I am very happy to share this article because it talks about Toyama - the prefecture where my parents in law live and where I have been many times.

Mt. Tateyama rises 9,892 feet in Japan’s Hida Mount…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 5 months ago | 3 comments

Major travel agency H.I.S. Co. on Wednesday celebrated the opening of its second robot-staffed Henn na Hotel. The new location is near the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture.

The name i…

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

Surveillance cameras will be installed on each of the roughly 3,800 subway cars in Tokyo, their operators said Tuesday, part of an effort to improve public safety ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and…

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

Japanese pop-metal sensation BABYMETAL will release "Live At Tokyo Dome", on April 1. The 2 Blu-ray + 4 CD set captures the band's two September 2016 concerts at Tokyo Dome which saw BABYMETAL perfor…

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