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Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Sep 17, 2017
New ways to find your voice
Sing on key with Yamaha
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 25, 2015
‘Sextortion’ warning after victim targeted by crime ring
Users of social networking sites such as Facebook and Line are accustomed to receiving a “friend” request or a message from an unfamiliar contact. Most people ignore them, but the few who respond may need to think twice before pushing the send button.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 3, 2015
Animal abuse videos spark push for stronger laws
Sadistic videos posted online this year showing a man abusing a toy poodle have sparked revulsion among some viewers and calls by activists for changes to the law.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Apr 4, 2014
Japanese game developers create immersive virtual worlds with Oculus Rift
Oculus Rift is the true people’s choice in the virtual-reality community. From its grassroots upbringing through crowdfunding to its multibillion dollar buyout by Facebook last week, Palmer Luckey’s immersive headset, which tracks the head movements of the wearer to plunge them into virtual environments,...
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jul 19, 2013
That’s me in the picture: how ‘selfies’ became a global craze
It starts with a certain angle: A smartphone tilted at 45 degrees just above your eyeline is generally deemed the most forgiving. Then a light source: the flattering beam of a backlit window or a bursting supernova of flash reflected in a bathroom mirror, as preparations are under way for a night out....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Feb 14, 2012
Making new connections over lunch
Sites and apps take the difficulty of saying ‘let’s do lunch sometime.’
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Nov 4, 2011
Japan Inc. puts on its social game face
Big corps are getting playful and social while testing the waters of the big Facebook pond.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Dec 31, 2010
Trends in Japan 2010: Twitter
It wasn’t exactly love at first sight between Japan and the little blue bird, but by 2010, practically everyone was a-twitter.
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Jun 3, 2010
Japan by the numbers (06.04.10)
Let’s get a rough head count: Japanese find it hard to give up smoking; love Mixi and sushi; and eat out more than once a week.
LIFE / Lifestyle / Japan Pulse
Mar 5, 2010
Japan by the numbers (03.05.10)
75% of Japanese housewives have bought their husbands clothes. Reading Japan by numbers, it’s shocking what you might learn.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Oct 19, 2009
Twitter swoops into the Japanese market again
Twitter stepping up its operations in Japan with a new mobile site and video capability. Will this be enough to make Japanese users start tweeting?
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attends a working lunch focused on international crises and challenges during the Group of Seven foreign ministers' summit at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on Monday.
今日吃瓜 Rapidus is said likely to miss mass production deadline
The Rapidus Analysis Center and the IIM-1 Innovative Integration for Manufacturing foundry in Chitose, Hokkaido
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Famima Park Azabudai is a concept store by FamilyMart that combines convenience store staples with branded apparel, merchandise and a landscaped outdoor space.
Convenience stores, toilets and the allure of everyday Japan
By Elizabeth Beattie

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