Now that the Bon Festival week of holidays is wrapping up, millions of Japanese are returning from some much needed rest and relaxation back in their hometowns. Since O-Bon is traditionally for ancestor worship, many also take the time to visit the g...

SONY has launched a campaign to get us all singing in our cars. “Singing in your car” takes an activity that we all do (often to the annoyance of fellow passengers) and turns it into an interactive TV and online contest. You can send in your auditions...

Japanese innovation in telephony is clearly ahead of the rest of the world, but did you know about the coming convergence between phones and silverware that was predicted years ago? Tsubame-Sanjo station in Niigata prefecture is home to an early...

If you’re anything like me, you just can’t get enough tokoroten. All summer, every day, I’m just fiending for the sweet, sweet product of sea algae. Luckily, Bandai Asovision is adding yet another item to it’s mugen (infinite) series of toys that...

Without adding any kind of judgement for or against Obama (this video says it all), his recent visit to Japan stirred up the silliest controversy ever. The other day the Drudge Report ran a headline showing the Leader of the Free World bowing to the...

We’ve previously reported on this site about the official Rakuten Auction channel on NicoNico Douga. Now here’s another corporate-endorsed video, one that appears to smash, literally, out of the screen. Get in the driving seat for the Need For Speed:...