While Japan might at times seem just to be one concrete jungle, there's still a lot of nature around and even some cities maintain a rare balance between the forests of old and the convenience ...

Toyo Tire and Rubber Co., Ltd. has created a series of yukata based on the tread designs of three of its tire products. Here are what the Toyo tire tread yukata look like, modeled by Toyo ...

How would you like to use your phone while it remains snug in your pocket or bag? These glasses bring us one step closer to this. Already spotted by Engadget and others at CNET Japan Live 2014, ...

Hobonichi has opened Tobichi, a store and gallery in Minami-Aoyama, Tokyo, where it will hold special events and sell its merchandise. It does has a rather unfortunate name in English (the "bichi" ...

The results have been announced of a survey by Video Research of five commercial TV broadcasters in Kanto (the area including Tokyo and Yokohama), Kansai (Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe etc) and Nagoya. The ...

The Japanese summer is very hot -- hot and humid. The up side of this is you get great festivals and fireworks, and also yukata, outdoor music events, and trips to the beach. But trying to go ...

This article by Yulia Mizushima first appeared on Tokyo Cheapo. Takeshita-dori pic by beibaoke / Shutterstock.com When I first moved to Tokyo, I was living on ¥1,000 a day while renting half ...

Japan has been reeling the last few days in the wake of the Sasebo schoolgirl murder in which 15-year-old Aiwa Matsuo was killed by an unnamed classmate, possibly helped by a friend. The victim was ...

Mitsukoshi Isetan have teamed up with fashion brand minä perhonen (despite the name, not actually Finnish) to offer a new take on a classic item of modern Japanese convenience. Isetan is ...

Motion Figure System MF201 is a 25cm-tall slender doll-like robot figure system that its makers claim is a "world-first motion figure system". The slim and silent mini robot has been created by ...

It garnered headlines worldwide and made a fringe figure the talk of the town. The arrest of Megumi Igarashi (Rokudenshi-ko) on July 12th ostensibly for "distributing obscene materials" after she ...

Shibuya is like a hydra. Just when you think you have it sussed, along comes yet another shopping arcade or mall to confuse you. Earlier this year Tokyu opened the Shibuya Chikamichi Lounge ...

It got quite a bit of attention when Japan's largest crime syndicate, the Yamaguchi-gumi, launched its own website (with theme song and videos) earlier this year, not least because the design is less ...

Fancy having Namie Amuro on your cup? If you recall, Koppu no Fuchiko (literally "Fuchiko on the edge of the cup") was originally a Gachapon capsule toy created by Kitan Club. The mini mini Office ...

Bandai's Tamagotchi is one of those series that just continues to survive -- and not only survive, but keep on innovating and coming up with new tricks. Tamagotchi probably needs no introduction ...