It's no secret that western celebrities do commercials in Japan for some extra cash. Everybody's gotta make a buck, right? But some of those commercials are more strange than others. Case in point, Jean Reno's recent … [Read more...]
In 1904, Torao Yamaha produced Japan's first domestically manufactured vehicle, a bus. It was steam powered and probably could turn into a mech suit. Soon after, in 1907, Komanosuke Uchiyama made Japan's first gasoline … [Read more...]
No, no - we're not talking about aliens this time (sorry to let you down). The kind of UFO I'm referring to here is the classic Japanese arcade game: The Almighty UFO Catcher (or claw crane game for all you … [Read more...]