Mount Shindake has erupted without warning on the island of Kuchinoerabu, 130 kilometers south of Kagoshima. Boats have been sent to the island to evacuate the population of 147. So far there are no ...

Bandai Namco has announced it is offering individual customers a chance to their hands on their own Star Wars arcade machine! Yes, if you're a real Star Wars fan you will definitely want to step ...

"Schoolgirl Animals" is an exhibition currently running at BAMI Gallery in Kyoto until May 31st, featuring an array of beguiling images of female school students in their uniforms and other ...

Japan's pet trends are never anything but surprising. Sometimes they are a bit silly, sometimes they are incredibly innovative. Sometimes they are just plain indefinable, such as the Oppo Dog Muzzle ...

Contributing further to the continuing public discourse in Japan about gay rights and same-sex marriage, the first volume of Otouto no Otto (My Brother's Husband) was published as a paperback on May ...

Konica Minolta Planetarium Manten in Sunshine City is set to undergo renovations in September and reopen in December with special "grass lawn" and cloud" seats. The idea is that you can lie back ...

Get ready for "Kiss Day". Yes, this Saturday, May 23rd, is apparently the day of smooching, at least in Japan at any rate. And Edition, a club in Akasaka, central Tokyo, is celebrating by ...

When I first arrived in Japan, my room mate had an alarm clock that played the Doraemon theme song -- very, very loudly. So when he had to get up for his morning shift, it was like a full ...

It was meant to be the triumph of the 2020 Olympic Games. But now it's going to be naked. The controversial New National Stadium, the centerpiece of the Tokyo Games, will not be ready for the ...

Dig Info has released a nice video showcasing an interesting smartphone optical data communication development by Panasonic. The new technology uses an LED light source to allow a smartphone to ...

Sonia Rykiel has opened a new store in Aoyama, the designer fashion district of central Tokyo. Located at the former Jil Sander Navy flagship address, the shop features a unique interior with ...

The Japanese government has faith in soft power, hence all the "cool Japan" campaigns. This might be J-Pop. It might be anime. It might be cuisine. But there's another unusual source of "cool" ...

Turn your clothes into letters to be sent in the mail. That's what fukutegami does. The clever concept was launched on the crowdfunding platform Readyfor? and cleared its target of ¥550,000 ...

Publisher Kadokawa opened the beta version of Comic Walker Global on April 27th to be a platform for promoting the work of overseas manga artists. Comic Walker already launched in 2014 as Japan's ...

Write More is a new type of writing instrument developed by Hakuhodo to help young kids write. It works with an dedicated aim and iPhone to create enhanced "writing" sounds that encourage the ...