Toyota and Tokyo University’s Information an...  ...Initiative have designed a robot to assist with Japan ’s predicted labor shortage which stems fro...

Did you used to play the board game LIFE, with t...  ...gh college, job, marriage, home-buying, etc? Japanese toymaker Takara Tomy is coming out with a "s...  ...he norm. The name of the game comes from a Japanese idiom meaning "life's a roller coaster"...

This is pretty neat: a fountain at the Kanazawa Ra...  ...neat: a fountain at the Kanazawa Rail Station in Japan

I can't decide whether or not this iPhone game is wonderful or terribly annoying. I *still* love Tetris and I love seeing games that build upon the original Tetris idea. I love to see the iPhone's accelerometer being u...

If pet rental isn't enough to fill the void in you...  ...by the hour. Or, at least you can if you live in Japan . "The website says the "dad" will help the child...

Web Urbanist has a great new post up of some really unique felines. There's the cat that predicts death, the seeing eye cat, the station master kitty and more. Most of them, if not all, have already been featured on...

Leave it to Japan to fiddle with the adult diaper technology and de...  ...and develop the next-generation space toilet. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has teamed up...

Tuttuki Bako (or Tuttuki Box) is a toy unlike any...  ...ki Box) is a toy unlike any other. Made by Bandai Japan (who else but the Japanese would make such a wonderfully silly thing?), the...

Loneliness and tough economic times are hurting ev...  ...times are hurting everyone, including the elderly Japanese , who are now turning to petty crime in increasing...  ...derly are a worse problem than thievin' teens: On Japan 's northern island of Hokkaido, more elderly than...

[YouTube - Link] This has to be one of the mo...  ...this cat gets its picture taken for a calendar in Japan