Tokyo-based Robot Taxi Inc. and the Cabinet Office will start a demonstration test of driverless cabs as early as January in Kanagawa Prefecture. In the test in a designated National Strategic Specia…

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The Spring 2015 issue focuses on the topic of headaches, and features a masked wrestler putting an office worker in a headlock

On a Semi-annual basis Japanese pharmacy company Aisei publishes a m…

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800 WalkCar is small enough to fit in a backpack Has top speed of 6.2 miles per hour and can travel 7.4 miles on full charge Once the rider stands on it the WalkCar starts automatically To change dir…

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Japanese 'nengajo' or New Years greetings cards are a fun and easy means of showing your appreciation to all those people who have helped you navigate the tricky waters of living in a foreign country…

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TOKYO -- Japanese employers are in hot pursuit of information technology personnel, according to Masamichi Mizuta, president of major temporary staffing agency Temp Holdings. At the same time, restau…

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Cutting-edge 3-D printing technology is changing the dynamics of Japanese ceramics as designers merge the traditional craft with a digital framework in pursuit of aesthetic refinement - and drastical…

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Now through June 8, 2015, Japanese spatial designer Masakazu Shirane has installed Light Origami, a giant 3D kaleidoscope constructed using over 320 different…

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Do you remember Fanny? The self-declared noodle freak and California-based designer has experienced a major kickstarter success with her first project, the Ramen Poster. The graphic introduced twenty…

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? The surveys are closed by now and we want to say Thank you to all of you who gave us such helpful advice and who

took the time to answer the questions! ?

We had 250 participants from 40 differen…

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