TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A total of 1.4 billion yen ($12.7 million) in cash has been stolen from some 1,400 automated teller machines in convenience stores across Japan in the space of two hours earlier this…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 7 years, 10 months ago | 0 comments

For lack of a better word, I will call them food ticket machines. Basically, it's a machine that takes your order and allows you to pay then gives you a ticket for the meal you ordered. You then give…

posted by  Yubi | 7 years, 10 months ago | 0 comments

Note: This post ended up waaay longer than intended, but I've bolded and highlighted important sections to make it easier to scroll through the entire file. Bless your soul if you read through this e…

posted by  Yubi | 7 years, 10 months ago | 0 comments

News On Monday, a new logo for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo was revealed, seven months after the first design was scrapped due to plagiarism concerns. The new logo, is a "harmonized chequered embl…

posted by  Yubi | 7 years, 10 months ago | 1 comment

It’s time for an international BBQ-Party in Japan! Let’s gather and have some drinks and food close to Arakawa river! ??????????????? ?????????????????????? The exact meeting time and place will be a…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 7 years, 10 months ago | 0 comments

"Tsukumo Robot Kingdom" is Japan's first specialist robot store. As a robot specialist, they've obviously got robots, and there are also other attractions such as 3D printers and drones. Fo…

posted by  Yubi | 7 years, 10 months ago | 0 comments

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government operates the Tokyo Tourist Information Center at three locations in the metropolitan area to provide tourist information to visitors to Tokyo from other areas of Jap…

posted by  Yubi | 7 years, 10 months ago | 0 comments

In a crowded marketplace, how do you differentiate your product from similar products that are all competing for attention? One group of rice farmers came up with the unlikely idea of focusing their …

posted by  RamenRyan | 7 years, 10 months ago | 0 comments

Nasu highland spreads at the farthest north of Tochigi Prefecture. There is Mount Nasu, which is a group of complex volcano and has several peaks, around the prefecture's border with Fukushima Prefec…

posted by  Yubi | 7 years, 10 months ago | 0 comments

As if there weren't enough confused tourists slowing your roll through the busy subway ticket gates, get ready to deal with twice as many over the next four years. As we reported earlier this year, J…

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