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The Key in the Hand (2015) by Chiharu Shiota. | All photos by Sunhi Mang Last year the Japanese visual artist Chiharu Shiota used the attention she was getting from an ex…
Night buses are a very cheap way of travel around Japan. I will be the first to admit that my initial experience on an overnight bus was probably not under the most ideal circumstances. I …
Tokyo (AFP) - Dancing after midnight in Tokyo will no longer be illegal -- as long as it's not too dark -- after Japan's parliament Wednesday voted to relax laws th…
A binary typewriter with keys for just zero and one A tube amp wireless router? A binary code typewriter with only a zero and one? A record player that can play 4 records…
SoftBank's emotion-sensing robot Pepper will be available to buy in Japan from June 20 for around $9,040 (¥ 1,093,400). That price includes the robot's retail cost of JPY 198,000 (abou…
The last two articles, defining culture shock and preparing for culture shock, were leading up to this. Dealing with culture shock while you’re shocked is the most important piece of the puzzle. Ther…
Additional screens and fewer advertisements will be featured on new trains for the Yamanote Line in Tokyo next month when the bustling loop gets its first upgrade in 13 years, East Japan Railway Co. …
I have put together a shopping guide for anybody who is going to travel to, or currently lives in Tokyo. Anybody who is interested in photography knows how confusing and overwhelming Tokyo is. The fi…
TOKYO -- Hotels in Tokyo, Osaka and other major cities in Japan are nearing capacity as tourists stream in, leaving some travelers struggling to secure rooms. Foreign customers at Hotel Oku…
Academy Award winner of the best-animated feature film in 2015 was Big Hero 6, gaining a lot of fans with its lovable character Baymax, and the fantastic city of SanFransokyo. One country that w…