Compared to the crazy amount of news last week, this week was fairly slow in terms of news. That being said, there were still five stories that caught my eye this week. Here are some of the highlights in this last week of … [Read more...]
I was watching the trailer to Danny Choo's TV show, Culture Japan, when something caught my eye. About a minute into the video, Danny loads his bike into a door, then a mechanical arms snatches it up and sorts it into a … [Read more...]
Ever wonder what makes Japanese food taste the way it does? It absolutely has a very distinct flavor, but how would you describe it? A hundred years ago, the distinct flavor of Japanese food lead to the discovery of a … [Read more...]
This week was a busy one in news, so we thought that we'd give you a quick rundown of our top ten news stories from this week: Researchers strive to discover whether dogs also like hot springs: In the cutest news story … [Read more...]
Last week, the New York Times published a story called “The Myth of Japan's Failure” about how people (especially in the West) tend to view Japan's economy. Even though Japan has the third largest economy in the world, … [Read more...]
Sometimes it might be easy to think that all Japanese science and technology is all poop motorcycles and brain-powered cat ears. Sometimes, all we hear about out of Japan are the wacky, off-the-wall inventions and … [Read more...]