Articles on Japan

KDDI launches Hitachi phone with 3D display - Feb 5, 2009

Crave I've never been a big fan of 3D displays because they make me woozy. Apparently, the engineers at KDDI don't share my pain. The Japanese outfit has gone ahead and ... Read story »

Japan builds life-sized 60ft-tall Gundam Mobile Suit - Mar 12, 2009

Blogs According to gametrailers.com, Japanese toy company Bandai is working on building a 60ft-tall life-sized Gundam mobile suit to mark the 30th anniversary of the anime series. It is currently in production ... Read story »

Japanese space underwear set to invade Earth? - Mar 25, 2009

Crave Koichi Wakata looks comfortable enough to me. For some reason, everytime high-tech underwear news hits the Internet, my editors think it's something I need to cover (pun intended). This time, though, ... Read story »

Toilet that delivers data dump in more ways than one - Apr 3, 2009

Crave As a race, we Chinese can sometimes be a mite bowled over by our bowel movements. At times, this arises as a hot topic over dinner, a point I was made ... Read story »

Bandai lets you open a can--less the drink - Apr 6, 2009

Crave First, we had the infinite bubble wrap, then one that allowed you to pop peas from pods all day. After that, there was one that would let you open packages ... Read story »

Animate your steps with Bandai's RPG pedometers - Nov 10, 2008

Crave Japanese toymaker Bandai is going the extra mile with a device that fights flab with fun. Strange how most of the exergames like Pocket Pikachu and Wii Fit are coming ... Read story »

World's first robot leg-powered chair - Nov 11, 2008

Crave Japan has recently been making great strides with robotic harnesses that help the elderly and physically handicapped walk again. Now, robotic technology has been given another leg up--a robot leg, ... Read story »

Goldeneye game glitch turns into viral meme in Japan - Mar 17, 2009

Blogs Here's one of the strangest and coolest Internet memes I've ever seen. And surprise, surprise, it's coming out of Japan. It's called the Goldeneye 007 Get Down phenomenon, and it all started ... Read story »

Color-changing brolly lightens up even the heaviest downpour - Jul 10, 2009

Crave Unlike the copious high-tech brollies we've written about on Crave Asia, the Skyline Squidarella is a few steps back to our aquadoodling days. Available on Beyond the Valley for US$36, this ... Read story »

Sega Toys helps you create your own fireworks - Jul 8, 2009

Crave Fireworks that can now be enjoyed indoors without hurting the environment. With Singapore's National Day celebrations coming up in August, we've been catching glimpses of firework trials along the Esplanade ... Read story »

WWE pro wrestler Chris Jericho tweets visit to Philippines for SmackDown/ECW tour - Jul 10, 2009

Blogs Professional wrestler Chris Jericho has been posting Twitter updates on his Philippine visit for World Wrestling Entertainment's SmackDown/ECW Live house show that will be held tonight at the Araneta Coliseum. Jericho, ... Read story »

Guess who went to the 2009 Tokyo Game Show - Oct 1, 2009

Blogs Come for the games, stay for the booth babes. (Or is it the other way around?) Don't expect a preview of your favorite games here. Established video game sites had access ... Read story »

Unicycle-riding girlbot hits the road - Sep 25, 2008

Crave If Eve from Wall-E and Rosie the Robot Maid from The Jetsons had a love child... Bicycle-riding robot Murata Boy has a cute new cousin--and she's so one-upping him by ... Read story »

Wii hits 7 million in Japan - Nov 28, 2008

Features Japanese magazine Famitsu reports Nintendo's console has outsold the PS3 by nearly three times in its home country. Read story »

Flower Fire Extinguisher for gentle extinguishing - Aug 26, 2008

Crave You can fault the Japanese for their excesses (think cosplay and Chindogu/unuseless inventions, to mention a few), but you can't fault them for trying. Like this made-in-Japan Flower Fire Extinguisher (US$39). ... Read story »

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