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Japanese live-in coffin for the saddest of shut-ins
| Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:07
Take a look at that photo - yes, your eyes are not playing tricks on you; and no, you don’t need to do one of those cartoon double-takes on the whiskey bottle in your hand before throwing it...
Japan arms female train staff with pepper spray
| Sat, 15 Nov 2008 12:41
Female attendants on JR Tokai line trains are being issued personal protection cayenne pepper spray devices. The spray mixture causes temporary incapacitation. Female employees who sell food or...
Monkeying around in Tokyo ... again
| Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:44
How many monkeys are there in Tokyo? According to a TV station on monkey-watch, there may be more than the original one mad-monkey of last summer. The tale of the monkey in the city began Aug. 20,...
| Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:44
Train enthusiasts will enjoy strapping on this Yamanote line watch and frequently checking the replica station-sign Organic Light Emitting Diode display. The digital watch is available in four...
Ship hull turns to gel, slashes drag from pesky ocean
| Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:20
When it comes to huge commercial ships, the laws of physics not only keep their vast bulks afloat, but also provide a bit of a problem in that they allow the ocean to drag on a ship’s hull and slow...
Japanese nano-tech microwaves your tiny feet warmer this winter
| Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:55
Yutapon’s the name, getting your feet warm in bed’s the game. Combine Â¥1,050 ($10.70) and a few seconds in the microwave with know-how derived from decades of packaging Japanese...
Letter from Canada â' Emru Townsend update
| Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:39
Anyone who has been following Emru Townsend’s story of his battle with leukemia will know by now that he got his bone marrow transplant back in September â' it was fantastic news. However, Emru...
We Heart Tokyo friend finder bigger and better than ever
| Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:56
Sure, many of you already know the benefits of our private-label friend-finding site, We Heart Tokyo, but did you know just how much there is going on behind the scenes to make sure every last member...
Samsung Pixon â' 8 megapixels, quad band, kitchen sink
| Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:53
Although the megapixel race has long since hit cellphones, it’s always been pretty much a moot point due to phones being, well, phones. Not so Samsung’s latest, which arrives in stores this...
Spookily attractive Nokia N85 goes trick-or-treatin’ today
| Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:53
October 31 isn’t just the one day a year when the dead walk the Earth â' it’s also the launch date for Nokia’s newest uber handset, the sparkly new N85. Sure, it isn’t our usual Asian handset fare,...
BlackBerry Storm pre-orders open right now
| Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:53
We’ve been getting a lot of info about new phones hitting the UK far earlier than expected so, in deference to our vast army of readers over there in the land of bad food and even worse prices,...
BlackBerry Storming up search engine rankings
| Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:53
UK search guru Patrick Altoft just dropped us a line about the Blackberry Storm pre-order post we did the other day to add a little intriguing info cherry on top. According to his Hitwise data, the...
Perfect holiday gift: USB Humping Dogs now at credit crunch special price!
| Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:30
What could make a better gift for the office party this holiday season than a set of brand new humping dogs? Especially at our new wallet-friendly price! The randy rovers (Husky, Doberman and the...
Classic anime clip: The Spider and the Tulip (1943)
| Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:58
Reader Matt asked what anime the still featured here comes from and - whaddya know - it just happens to be on YouTube. If you can ignore the commentards on that godforsaken site, do check out all...
Heat AND cool your drinks via USB, you lazy SOB…
| Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:27
See that ugly piece of gray plastic in the photo above? Well, that could just be your key to total computing happiness, according to Digital Cowboy. The CW-1B USB Powered Drink Cooler and Warmer...
DoCoMo’s new phones drop old branding, bring us lots more of the same
| Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:53
Like anyone who’s easily put off by ridiculous levels of gadgetry, I’m not very impressed by most Japanese cellphones, so I’ll just point you in the direction of DoCoMo’s newly revealed fleet of 22...
500kph maglev flying trains get green light to burn up Japan
| Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:09
A signature on a piece of paper in Japan this week means that the country can now start work on commercializing a new generation of high-tech trains that make the current bullet trains look like...
Japanese house plant writes own blog â' no, really
| Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:36
They say any fool can be a blogger and, judging by the standard of my usual garbage, who’s to argue? Still, I bet no one ever guessed Japan’s latest online star would be a humble pot plant. The...
Sony A900 DSLR mega review with video
| Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:10
Good ole Gordon over at Camera Labs has just posted his usual workaholic review of Sony’s Alpha A900 DSLR and it’s a biggie. As you’d expect, there’s a video run through...
Massive online agony forum published in book form
| Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:50
There are more than a few books out there whose origins lie in the new-fangled cellphone novel, but a new Japanese tome is the first we’ve come across to grow out of an online forum. Hatsugen...
World first as Sharp mashes Blu-ray decks into Aquos LCD TVs
Download Now · | Wed, 15 Oct 2008 04:23
Sharp has just announced what we all knew was coming sooner or later â' the world’s first TV sets with built-in Blu-ray recorders. The 16 Aquos LCDs range from 26 to 52 inches and will be available...
Light up plug adapters make travel feel fun again
| Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:41
There’s nothing particularly unusual about Kashimura’s new range of Â¥350 ($3.50) travel adapters for AC plugs apart from the fact that each one lights up blue when the juice is...
World’s longest ringtone lasts over an hour, but why?
| Sun, 05 Oct 2008 09:14
If you’ve got little to do this weekend and are interested in incredible tedium, then you could always download what its maker claims is the world’s longest cellphone ringtone. The 61 minutes and...
Iwata casts doubt on 2009 DSi arrival in rest of world
| Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:51
A day after the launch of the new DSi handheld, Nintendo’s cocksure president Satoru Iwata has cast some doubt on when the machine will be launched outside Japan. Speaking to the Nikkei...
Lucky Japanese get storming fast gigabit fiber internet
| Fri, 26 Sep 2008 07:10
After so many reports about how slow US/UK/wherever broadband really is, this is kinda like rubbing salt into the wound, but we really do need to tell you that Japanese homes are about to get hooked...
