Tag: japan

Tokyo World’s forth most Important city

Tokyo is the capital of Japan and according to a recent survey by the Independent Newspaper it is the most important city in a

Japan Extension Dreadist Society

Harvey, a fellow blogger on Japan related topics has a blog called Japan Newbie. He has lived in Japan for years and I swing b

Fingerprinting of all Foreigners entering Japan has begun

Yes, its now official all non-Japanese nationals or persons with special privileges and permission inside of or visiting Japan

Japanese Fashion Influenced by Crime

Fool pursuing robbers by disguising yourself as a soda machine, that’s just one of the various “ideas” being

Color-Changing Auto Paint by Nissan

Want a car like a chameleon? In three years you might be able to get just that. Nissan is developing a special technology usin

Japan to fingerprint and photograph all foreigners

Japan is to fingerprint and photograph foreigners entering the country from next month in an anti-terrorism policy that is sti

In Japan, even Manhole covers are Extraordinary

You must be one special person or set of people to collect manhole covers or pictures of them. But when these manhole covers a

The elderly in Japan will have super powers soon

The Home Care & Rehabilitation Exhibition showcases the latest rehabilitation products and services. It is an event direct

Japan’s Kaguya now in Orbit

Japans aim of sending a man to the moon by 2020 is well underway. The recently launched Kaguya probe, which is named after a f

Japan developing high speed successor to the Internet

The year is 2015, 100 billion simultaneous devices, 10 gigabits per second transfer speed, high-speed wireless access even on

Kaguya sends back Earth in High Definition

Less than a month after launch from the small island of Tanegashima off the southern tip of Kyushu Island, southern Japan, the

Pro-Democracy protests in Burma

I rarely blog about such serious topics but it looks like the political situation in Burma (Myanmar) is getting worse and wors

Tokyo Game Show 2007 Cosplaying

Aspiring cosplayers like myself look forward to events like TGS to get a peek into the country that invented the “hobby&

JAXA being Privatized?

It seems that the Japanese government is planning to privatize the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) so that it will q

Top 30 Countries With Fastest Internet

Remember my post about the average internet connection in Japan, while surfing around today I ran into a detailed chart showin

Tokyo VR Project

Every time I here or see anything related to Virtual Reality (VR) the stupid VR Troopers theme song plays in my head (we are,

X-Seed 4000 – This building this is possible

The Shimizu Mega City is just one of the many buildings completely planned out for Japan and only waiting on the materials, fu

Otaku – they come in all shapes and sizes

There are lots of fans of Japan in the world, we geeks dont have hide in our basements or hide or “otakuness” to r

Veronica Campbell – chases down victory in the 100m

Winners never quit and quitters never win � anonymous All the qualities that I stated that Asafa Powell lacked in his def

The 2007 World Championships in Osaka Japan has begun

The 2007 IAAF World Championships in Athletics 2007 have started in Osaka Japan and already Jamaica has been up front and gett

Videos showing Japan’s Pre-WWII years

Japan Sugoi has posted some really interesting videos on Japan in the 1930’s before their their ill-fated war with the A

International World Skills Competition in Japan

Jamaica will be sending a team of contestants to take part in this year’s World Skills International Competition. Why am

In Japan even furniture is “high tech”

An interactive table and chairs that can change colour has been developed by Japanese researchers. On display at the Siggraph

Japan’s Kiha E200 Commercial Hybrid Train begins operation

Starting tomorrow Japan will begin to operate a commercial hybrid train service on the Koumi Line of the East Japan Railway Co