Richer Asian countries helping poorer ones will shape the region’s geopolitics. China isn’t the only country giving out goodies in Asia. Japan and... (2023)
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A new Era of Asian commerce. How the continent at the heart of globalization is reinventing itself. The continent’s future will involve less Weste... (2023)
The Japanese company aimed to complete the first moon landing by a private company, but its M1 lander joined numerous spacecraft that have crashed ... (2023)
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Japanese space startup Gitai has raised a $17.1 million funding round, a Series B financing for the robotics startup. This new funding will be used... (2021)
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When the young Wright moved to Chicago to work for the architect Joseph Silsbee, he was introduced to Japanese prints. It changed his career, and v... (2020)
10 of the best books set in Japan – that will take you there | Literary trips | The Guardian (2020)
TOKYO -- Sony's PlayStation has won hundreds of millions of fans across the world since its launch in 1994. But few know just how much of the console' (2020)
Have 70 years of nuclear policy been based on a lie? The U.S. use of nuclear weapons against Japan during World War II has long been a subject o... (2020)
The internet has, for better or worse, become the default platform for people seeking information, and today one of the companies leveraging that t... (2020)
The Japanese don’t sleep. They don’t nap. They do ‘inemuri’. Dr Brigitte Steger explains. "The Japanese don’t sleep. This is what everyone – the... (2019)
Psychologists are uncovering the surprising influence of geography on our reasoning, behaviour, and sense of self. ... "From the broad differ... (2019)
Learn why the Japanese government hijacked a religion and created State Shinto, and how it changed modern Japan. (2016)
State Shintō ( Kokka Shintō) describes Imperial Japan's ideological use of the native folk traditions of Shinto.[1]:547 The state strongly encourag... (2019)
The Sapporo Ice Festival has amazing ice sculptures. What to see, where to eat, where to stay in Sapporo, Hokkaido. (2019)
Get a taste of the unique island cooking that most travelers skip right over. Laurie Woolever tastes and cooks her way through the unique landscap... (2019)
At the end of World War II, Kokura, Japan, escaped nuclear destruction not once, but twice. Every August, the modern city’s residents mark the anni... (2019)
”We finally got a 3D creation tool like paper and pencil.” The reason why Khara, Inc. started moving to Blender. (2019)
Black markets and American wheat imports popularized ramen. (2018)
I run the Disrupting Japan podcast. Like many podcasts, the show dives deep into a small niche. It has no real hope of mass-market appeal. It turns... (2019)
Many people in Japan who rent cars through vehicle-sharing services don't drive them at all - instead, they use them for naps, chats, and meals. (2019)
Sony last year announced it would enter Japan’s taxi-hailing space and, good to its word, the electronics giant has kicked off its S.Ride service i... (2019)
Japan attacked the U.S Pacific Fleet at its base at Pearl Harbor on the 7th of December 1941, but what led to that decision? Why did the Japanese a... (2023)
Why Tokyo Is Insanely Well Designed (2022)
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Tokyo is the most successful metropolis in the history of the world with 39 million residents, 50% more people than any other urban area. It is the... (2019)
Japan’s second city has become the country's fastest growing tourist hotspot. Famed for its food, Osaka stands apart from other cities in Japan. A ... (2018)
Vox Published on Jun 1, 2017 The ritual of Japanese business cards. Follow Johnny for more photos and videos from his travels around the globe... (2018)
What vending machines can teach you about this country Subscribe to the Vox Borders newsletter for weekly updates: http://www.vox.com/borders-email... (2018)
Watch as the March 2011 Tsunami floods a city. The videographer is on the street as the tsunami makes landfall. I do not own this video. (2018)
TED Published on Apr 14, 2015 At this school in Tokyo, five-year-olds cause traffic jams and windows are for Santa to climb into. Meet: the wor... (2018)
National Geographic Published on Apr 23, 2014 The nutrino, one of the most elusive elements, takes a tremendous amount of effort to find. Abou... (2018)
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Listen to this episode from 99% Invisible on Spotify. In the US, mascots are used to pump up crowds at sporting events, or for traumat... (2020)
A court has ruled that a social welfare organization that ran a hospital where the mix-up occurred must pay the man about $317,000 for causing him ... (2018)