It used to be that Gashapon capsule toys were ostensibly just for kids who wanted to collect and play with small toy items and character figures from their favorite anime, games and comic book ...

Non-partisan Taro Yamamoto (38) has ignited a firestorm by handing a letter directly to the Emperor of Japan while he was carrying out official duties at a garden party hosted by the Imperial Couple ...

Apparently this was not news. A couple of days ago one of my colleagues handed me a copy of a Yomiuri newspaper article, saying "as you probably know already." Know what? Then I saw the headline ...

We love DigInfo News and have met the people behind the channel in the past. Their reports are always well made and cover a broad range of topics. Guaranteed to be found at almost any important ...

A recently announced index of television celebrity popularity analyzing data up to August by Video Research Ltd. showed some interesting trends as well as one more baffling development. The top ...

Can't get enough of your favorite (ex-)AKB48 starlet? Now you can a take a flight "inside" her vessel. Okay, enough with the puerile references, though AKB48 is hardly a stranger to dubious ...

Thank God for hipsters. When all else fails and the media is amok with already notorious reports (supported by dubious stats) that Japanese people apparently no longer have sex, you can always at ...

One of our favorite Japanese enterprises, Maywa Denki, has made a typically original and hilarious group music video to celebrate twenty years since it was founded. Maywa Denki is part music band, ...

If you are already familiar with Snapchat, SeeSaw is nothing new. We could very much say that SeeSaw is a Japanese version of this photo messaging app that lets you decide how long your photos can be ...

It was the largest typhoon to hit Tokyo in ten years and, as expected, yesterday morning brought havoc to the city. The once-in-a-decade storm, Typhoon Wipha, was even worse in the Izu peninsular, ...

We wanted to share this video by W+K Tokyo Lab that showcases the people working in the "backstreets of the internet" in Japan. These include the creatives who sell off-kilter web tools in a ...

It must be really hard to be a smoker these days. I grew up in a household where smoking was a big part of daily disturbance. For example, my father used to be a heavy smoker and after every meal he ...

The Number Measuring Spoons are a set of brilliant measuring utensils for the kitchen that are both visually and functionally different. Transparent and ergonomic, the three resin spoons are for ...

For some people, the best reward in life are sweets. Pleasure-seeking as we all are, marathon runners are no exception. Sponsored by International Sports Marketing, Sweets Marathon might sound like a ...

On September 17th, Yahoo! Japan announced the launch of their new project, Hands on Search. Combining their 3-D database and digital printing technology, this search engine enables you to ...