Posts under ‘Japan News’

…. Well, maybe only Isao Machii can. He can cut a fired BB gun bullet. I am totally amazed.

Robot is coming to your house
I posted few days ago about Japan being the number country with highest robot density. Just to prove it, this news shows how robot now can help the elderly doing dishes.
Renting videogames
I just received my first rental game (Viking) yesterday. I think it is pretty good service to be able to play [...]

Ready your snowboard and … maid outfit!!??

I will not be surprised if I see cosplays at Comic Con or similar
I will not be surprised if I see cosplays at Akihabara
I will definitely be surprised if I see cosplays at Resort
In summary, cospays is BIG in Japan and expect to see them appear anywhere!
Now Reading…
Kamikaze Girls [...]

Toy maker TOMY reveals world’s tiniest bipedal walking robot, Robo-Q. You can control it with remote control and the robot has the ability to walk, pass and kick. The robot itself is rather cute, probably because of the size. If you look at movies and (especially) anime produced by Japan, you will notice Japanese obsession with [...]

DRM-Free Music for you
Yet another new effort to get rid of DRM downloadable music (Yes!). This time the initiative comes from SanDisk (surprise….!). Since it comes from SanDisk, the target is more toward Mobile phones than MP3 players. But, if this takes off, it will cover more users because the number of people carrying a [...]