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In my place of work there is no check on an employee’s movement, and me being one, I keep loitering around for most of the day all unchecked. Employers in Japan have...
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Is any UN legislation in place as Russia is going to dig up Helium on the Moon in 2015 and Japan has found Uranium recently?
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Japanese unemployment rose to its highest in almost six years in May, raising concerns over the recovery of the world’s second-largest economy.
The unemployment...
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Twitting with just about anything is the latest go ahead. While radios and plants have done it already, nerds have even got an entire house to tweet. Stepping further...
made popular Jun 29 2009
Inspired by the Nature, formation of the clouds and the mountains (Mount Fuji found in Japanese woodblock prints of Hokusai), the Tokyo-based 16A Architecture Studio...
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Filed under: News, Weird, Geek Out How do you celebrate the 30th anniversary of a popular anime series? You erect a 59-foot-tall statue in Tokyo — that’s...
made popular Jun 25 2009
The stigma attached to walking down the aisle even very late into a pregnancy is evaporating in Japan, with dekichatta-kon weddings accounting for almost one third of...
made popular Jun 22 2009
This Japanese fake taxi meter is a cheeky gadget that can turn a car into a taxi. It works like an ordinary meter, just press the button and it will start counting the...
made popular Jun 22 2009
We’ve spoken enough about motion sensing technology controlling doodads and it is time to move on and focus on a new way of doing it. You can control gadgets by using...
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The internet gives us the ability to see and the prowess to communicate and frankly speaking, it was the smelling part which was missing. NTT has developed the i-Aroma,...
made popular Jun 19 2009
Some day your high-res TVs could be dwarfed to the size of a postage stamp, and that day isn’t very far away, for the Japanese (Kopin Corporation) have succeeded in...
made popular Jun 13 2009
From being capable personal assistants, to medical aides and even baby sitters, robots are being developed to take care of everything we humans can. A robot that could...
made popular Jun 12 2009
A lot of effort is going into making cars autonomous vehicles, but the results so far haven’t been very appealing. They’re slow, unpredictable and unworthy of any...
made popular Jun 12 2009
Japan’s Ethics Organization of Computer Software (EOCS) has decided not to allow the sale of rape games in the country. The decision came after protest from American...
made popular Jun 8 2009
We often use the phrase, “the future is here” – quite liberally in its actuality each time though. We cannot guess what the future has in store, but...
made popular Jun 6 2009
Japan’s sprawling Mitsubishi conglomerate has cornered a 40 per cent share of the world market in bluefin tuna, one of the world’s most endangered fish.
A...
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The iPhone isn’t the most affordable thingamajig in many parts of the world and, to posses it, you sure need a sound income or else you need to be a student from the...
made popular Jun 2 2009
Your teeth need to be taken care of properly, and the better the “assistance,” the healthier they remain. Omron Japan has developed a toothbrush, the...
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With energy on the grind and the earth suffering, bulbs that glow using very little energy could be a big boost. AIST Japan has succeeded in developing such a lighting...
made popular Jun 2 2009
The geek has indeed inherited the earth. A growing number of pursuits are now aimed squarely at the geek in all of us. Gone are the days when poring over comicbooks,...
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I came across this awesome (web only?) commercial for the Nissan Cube in Japan. It is amazing how this many manga principles have been used in a really short...
made popular Jun 27 2009
The eleventh and final episode of the anime Eden of the East aired this week and left fans with a little surprise. Rather than concluding the series with the last...
made popular Jun 22 2009
The life-sized Gundam that Bandai had been constructing for the past few months was finally completed this week, and it’s mighty impressive. The RX78 Gundam was...
made popular Jun 15 2009
Popular mecha anime Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann has recently received its first character single called “Kirameki Yoko Box”. As the name suggests, the single...
made popular Jun 8 2009
It was revealed earlier this week in the latest issue of Dengeki G’s Magazine that Key’s newest work, Angel Beats, will be an anime produced in...
made popular Jun 1 2009
The geek has indeed inherited the earth. A growing number of pursuits are now aimed squarely at the geek in all of us. Gone are the days when poring over comicbooks,...
made popular May 31 2009
With eight episodes of K-ON having been aired in Japan, the amount of cosplay in this series has already surpassed what you would find in most anime. In this short...
made popular May 25 2009
With the beginning of June just two weeks away, it’s about time to take a look at upcoming anime for the summer 2009 season.
As with previous seasons, Chartfag...
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Earlier this week Variety reported that the popular series “Death Note” may be adapted into a Hollywood film by Warner Bros. For those of you who...
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From the weird and wonderful world of Japan comes a new short 20-minute anime DVD called “Training with Hinako”. Now, I’ve seen a lot of anime over...
made popular Apr 27 2009
Anyone who follows anime knows that it takes a year after airing in Japan before being officially released in North America, and even longer in Europe. However, times...
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Fans of the anime series Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS will be glad to hear that the Fate T-Harlaown True Sonic Form PVC figure is available for preorder at most...
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From the recent TAF 2009 (Tokyo Anime Fair 2009) comes news of a new 3D anime called “Cat Shit One - The Animated Series” based on a...
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It may not be all that rare to spot a car covered with Anime/ Manga characters in Japan, but this one is a bit more sensible. The BMW is covered in manga, anime and...
made popular Feb 17 2009
The first trailer of Alan Moore’s Tales of the Black Freighter has been exclusively released at MTV.com.
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Are you a donor to UNICEF? Then maybe you should think twice before you donate again, seeing how they are wasting their funds on stupid nonsense causes like banning...
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In what could be called as a wise decision, rival streaming companies Hulu and Joost have struck deals with Viz, Sony, Gong, and Fulmination to launch subtitled Anime...
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Inspired by anime/sci-fi thriller Ghost in the Shell 2 and the surreal works of Hans Bellmer, Arvo Brothers’ eerie Arvo Doll evokes both awe as well as unease in...
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