HRP-4 Humanoid Robot

The HRP line of humanoid robots from Kawada Industries and Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and

Sunao ni Narenakute – The Twitter J-Dorama

I’ve been missing from the Japanese drama scene for a while now but for the last couple months I have been sneaking in a

inter // states by Samuel Cockedey

I am a sucker for time-lapse videos so much so that I am considering doing one for Kingston when I have the right camera equip

Interesting Fall 2010 Anime

End of Summer already? Too bad? Yes I know but there is one thing to take heart from, the beginning of an all new season for a

Genki Sudo’s World Order Album Music Videos

My occasional foray into Japanese popular music or J-pop unearths some real gems from time to time and I think I have found an

Operation Visit Japan – September 2010 Report

I am now nine months into Operation Visit Japan which means I am now past the halfway point and pretty soon I’ll be head

Fullmetal Alchemist Postage Stamp Giveaway!

The people who run the Japanese postal System are obviously cool people and from time to time they issue limited edition stamp

Tokyo Game Show 2010 Cosplay

New video games are nice and although Tokyo Game Show is held once a year to showoff the latest and best from most Japanese ga

Japan seeks CARICOM’s Cooperation

Japan recently hosted the foreign ministers of a couple Caribbean islands at a meeting in Tokyo called the Japan-Caricom minis

Seya Police Station’s new Kawaii Mascots

Japan is well renowned to be a land of lovers of all things cute. Hello Kitty and Pikachu are two of the biggest starts in Jap

Shinkansen Chopsticks FTW!

I saw something recently that made me realize realize something very very important – I love Japanese trains more than S

Yakuza 4 keeps looking better and better

The Yakuza series of games or Ryū ga Gotoku as it is known in Japan is a series of games that I have always looked on from

Get up and go – Tokyo Time Lapse

Following on in the line of Japan themed videos and time lapses I have been discovering is this latest one from Stefan Werc ca

Coracoes Sujos Post WWII Japanese in Brazil

Coracoes Sujos or “Dirty Hearts” is a new film by Brazilian filmmaker Vicente Amorim and is based off a fictional

Operation Visit Japan – August 2010 Report

It has now been eight months since Operation Visit Japan started in January of this year. Right on cue and just as pre-planed

Smart Vending Machines unveiled in Japan

Japan is vending machine land and it is estimated that there is a vending machine for every 23 Japanese person. Billions on do

Japan bidding to Host 2022 World Cup

The 2010 World Cup only recently finished after being successfully staged in South Africa. We already know that the 2014 world

My Dream Home in Japan? New meets Old

I have a appreciation for really old things, there is something fascinating about them and I might sound weird but believe tha

Manga marks 50 years of US Japan Alliance

The US Military in Japan has published the first chapter of a new manga to coincide with  50 year anniversary of the security

Gundam in Shizuoka Info and Time-lapse video

The giant Gundam has a new home in Shizuoka City and was official unveiled and opened up to the public recently. Almost 1 mill

Basic Japanese has Inflitrated my Vocabulary

I have been studying Japanese on and off far too long to not be good at it and while I have sought to blame my delinquency on

Operation Visit Japan – July 2010 Report

Another month has flown by and it’s time again for the Operation Visit Japan report, this time for July 2010. The saving

Karate Kid vs Kung Fu Kid

Last weekend I made an impromptu trip to the movies with Mrs Jamaipanese to check out Karate Kid, the remake of a cult classic

Speedy Narita Sky Access Opens

Keisei Electric Railway Company recently official opened the new Narita Sky Access train route which connects Narita Internati