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Japan is just a few hours away from celebrating New Year, the biggest date in the calendar. These New Year cards from 1937 mark the first ever Japanese flight to Europe, which took over 51 hours in the Kamikaze plane. More »Cybiko: "Make for Happy Best Time!!!!"
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Say hello to the Japanese Snuggie. The Two-Legged Sleeping bag. The Human Larva. Say hello to...this. There is no pitchman charismatic enough, no paid spokesperson straghtfaced enough, no model poised enough to give this the informercial it so clearly deserves.More »
Augmented Reality Used By Red Cross To Target Japanese Nerdlingers
Man alive, even Japan's Red Cross Society is technologically-savvy. Commuters rushing through Akihabara station recently were treated to an augmented reality campaign urging them to donate blood. Anime girls in short skirts = instant win for the blood bank. More »Dead or Alive, You're Learning With Me
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According to Impress, the iPhone has taken over 46.1 percent of the Japanese smartphone market. This is extremely surprising, because the Japanese are known for being impervious to alien cellphones, preferring their weird mobiles. The two top spots are Apple's: More »Robovie II Helps You Load Up On Beer and Frozen Pizza at the Supermarket
I have to admit, a robot that would help you buy groceries at the supermarket would be awesome. But I think that Robovie II could be even better. More »Tell Us What You'd Shoot Using a Camera With 158 Lenses
The Guinness World Records doesn't just award insanely tall men and disgusting long fingernails, you know. Sometimes they happen over to our side of the crazy pool, to give recognition to things like the camera with the most lenses ever. More »For a Post-Christmas Treat, Order a Looky-Likey Android From Japan
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In one corner, we've got a spry, three-foot-tall robot, prone to floating like a butterfly and doing its damnedest to sting like a bee; in the other, a medium-sized Japanese pro wrestler in shiny silver short shorts. WHO WILL WIN?! More »Japan's Subway Etiquette Posters Warn of Drunkeness, Cuddling and Crying Women
Since 2008, Japan's subways have kindly asked that you do certain things at home, the beach or in your yard—anywhere but the train. But without reading the text, these images leave a lot of room for my misinterpretation... More »Chinese Woman Fools Scanners By Surgically Switching Her Fingerprints
Unfortunately for Lin Ring, her $14,600 surgical fingerprint switching procedure was able to fool the scanners, but could not prevent immigration officials from noticing the scars on her fingers. More »Augmented Reality...Wait For It...Vending Machines!
America is so lame. When you buy a soft drink from a vending machine here, and all you get is diabetes. In Japan, however, you get the whole augmented reality experience. More »Whatever You Do This Christmas, Don't Buy a Japanese Child a Console
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