Tech Culture Japan's Super Nintendo World looks like the perfect theme park for gamers It's also coming to the US By Rob Thubron, January 14, 2020, 5:20 AM
Tech Culture Industry Toyota to build 'city of the future' in the foothills of Mt. Fuji for testing AI, robots and self-driving cars Spread across 175 acres, the "Woven City" will initially house 2,000 people including scientists, engineers and industry partners By Humza Aamir, January 10, 2020, 9:03 AM
Tech Culture Microsoft A 4-day workweek at Microsoft Japan boosted employees' productivity by 40 percent Mostly due to shorter, more efficient meetings By Humza Aamir, November 4, 2019, 8:33 AM 15 comments
Science Industry Japan pledges to help NASA build a space station near the Moon Australia and Canada have also vowed their support By Shawn Knight, October 18, 2019, 10:52 AM
Tech Culture Stalker locates singer's apartment through eye reflections in her social media selfies Tokyo police arrested the 26-year-old for indecent assault resulting in injury By Humza Aamir, October 14, 2019, 5:15 AM
Gaming Man arrested in Japan for modding and reselling PS3 I'd buy that By Cal Jeffrey, October 10, 2019, 3:04 PM 11 comments
Tech Culture The Web Tokyo man arrested for memorizing credit card info of over 1,300 customers to make purchases Yusuki Taniguchi used to work the register part-time at a mall in Koto City By Humza Aamir, September 10, 2019, 9:35 AM 22 comments
Gaming Capcom to unveil new Resident Evil game on September 9 A four-player co-op? By Rob Thubron, August 29, 2019, 9:20 AM
Apple Industry Japan's FTC investigating claims Apple pressured part makers to hand over their tech for free Did Apple abuse its position of power? By Rob Thubron, August 7, 2019, 7:25 AM
Car Tech Japanese passenger drone lifts off in short demo Baby steps By Rob Thubron, August 6, 2019, 7:58 AM
Industry Hardware AMD's CPU sales move ahead of Intel in Japan The Ryzen 3000 series certainly helped By Rob Thubron, July 30, 2019, 6:15 AM 12 comments
Science Space Japan's Hayabusa2 makes history by successfully collecting samples from distant asteroid Ryugu A second touchdown on a 1 km-wide rock in space, 300 million km from Earth By Humza Aamir, July 12, 2019, 8:43 AM
Tech Culture Gaming Japanese police turn to Street Fighter characters for recruitment drive Would this tempt you to join the cyber-crimes division? By Rob Thubron, July 2, 2019, 9:45 AM
Tech Culture Gaming Official Pokémon weddings are now a thing in Japan As a sleep-based Pokémon mobile game is announced By Rob Thubron, May 30, 2019, 8:25 AM 7 comments
Tech Culture Testing began in Japan on world's fastest bullet train It actually ties for top speed, but will be allowed to operate with passengers faster than any other train By Cal Jeffrey, May 13, 2019, 1:51 PM 16 comments
Industry Car Tech Sony enters Japan's taxi-hailing market with S.Ride app It boasts a fleet of over 10,000 cabs By Rob Thubron, April 16, 2019, 8:55 AM
Gaming Tech Culture Japanese PS4 owners can now remap "X" and "O" button functionality In Japan, the "O" is used to confirm a selection, not the "X" button By Shawn Knight, March 9, 2019, 1:35 PM
Security Japan's government will start hacking its citizens' IoT devices next month To improve their security before the 2020 Olympic Games By Rob Thubron, January 28, 2019, 5:25 AM 7 comments
Gaming PlayStation Classic launch sales fail to impress in Japan The NES and SNES classics did a lot better By Rob Thubron, December 17, 2018, 11:44 AM
Electronics Japan's last pager service is closing down next year 50 years after the devices were introduced to the country By Rob Thubron, December 4, 2018, 8:02 AM
Electronics The world's first 8K TV channel has kicked off with masterpiece '2001: A Space Odyssey' Sci-Fi meets Sci-Fi By Isaiah Mayersen, December 2, 2018, 6:21 AM 39 comments
Tech Culture Japan is building a 60-foot, moving Gundam statue Arriving in the summer of 2020 By Rob Thubron, November 22, 2018, 10:13 AM
Hardware Sharp unveils dual-notch phone Kill it with fire By Rob Thubron, November 15, 2018, 6:55 AM 8 comments
Tech Culture Japan's cybersecurity minister says he's never used a computer What is this "USB" you speak of? By Rob Thubron, November 15, 2018, 5:58 AM 21 comments
Gaming Ultra Limited Edition of Devil May Cry 5 comes with Dante's jacket, costs $8,000 Bargain! By Rob Thubron, October 22, 2018, 11:07 AM