A trivia program tells us why the Shirahige apartment complex in Tokyo’s Sumida Ward is set up like a wall (this clip is subtitled in English):
The apartment complex is set up like a 1.5 kilome...
YouTuber Talbrech has posted a video clip of an RC helicopter being used to spray crops in Japan:
We woke up this morning to the sound of an RC helicopter spraying what I assume is pesticide on the r...
78-year-old Kakusaburo Arakawa is a true badass. While other elderly people spend their days playing gate ball, Arakawa is busy sucking thousands of vicious giant hornets into a vacuum cleaner. Ar...
On August 25th, Japan Railways held a special sale in Osaka:
Everything being sold had originally been found left inside train cars. If somebody doesn’t file a lost item claim within a designa...
Badass international hitman Golgo 13 is currently starring in a Japanese commercial for a Google-equipped LG mobile phone (with voice acting by Yu Aoi):
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A short news clip about the “Black Cat Scat,” a product that promises to keep away stray cats:
The woman at the beginning of the video had a big problem with stray cats entering her garag...
A video clip showcasing a special Toyota Prius equipped with a device that retrieves and stores wheelchairs:
[From a Home Care &
Rehabilitation Exhibition held earlier this week in Tokyo]
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It’s reading week in Japan! Here’s a few updates about e-book reading:
Don’t expect any e-books from Kodansha – Mainichi has an article up about the Kindle’s introducti...
