Many cities have large commuter rail networks, which function as urban rapid transit and extend into the suburbs. They use mainline rail rather than separate subway tracks, but are identical in other…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 8 years, 8 months ago | 1 comment

A Tokyo Metropolitan Government report compiled last year says the site of the present Tsukiji fish market may be contaminated by chemicals used in a postwar dry-cleaning plant, officials have said.

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I'm a big Nintendo fan. No secret there. When I first started researching Nintendo history, I learned that the company made playing cards and toys from 1889 to the mid-1970s when they first broke int…

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Way back in 2008, Japanese people literally went bananas over a new diet centered around the yellow fruit. Dreamed up by a pharmacist in Osaka, within weeks of the Morning Banana Diet’s debut, sales …

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NHK has learned that a group of Japanese researchers has for the first time drawn up ethical guidelines for the use of artificial intelligence.

The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, compr…

posted by  Yubi | 8 years, 8 months ago | 0 comments

In this blog post the guy complains how difficult it was to pass the theory test:

I looked rather out of place in the lectures, which were filled with devious-looking youths and wannabe bosozoku. The…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 8 years, 8 months ago | 1 comment

Halfway between winter and spring equinox, the plum flowers will start to blossom across Japan. The 88th day of spring marks the first day of tea leaf picking for a new season, and the leaves of this…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 8 years, 8 months ago | 2 comments

For many travelers, getting to live like a local and having the opportunity to connect with new people is a big priority. In Japan, this can be challenging due to the language barrier. Since half of …

posted by  banzaitokyo | 8 years, 8 months ago | 1 comment

Here is some great news for all of you Studio Ghibli Anime fans.

Oscar-winning Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki has come out of retirement to work on a new animated feature film, a producer at Studio…

posted by  Yubi | 8 years, 8 months ago | 4 comments

The Japanese government issued its first licence for a self-driving car to Nissan, and the car has the number plate '20 20' to mark the year the company hopes to sell such vehicles to customers.

Alth…

posted by  Yubi | 8 years, 8 months ago | 1 comment