Articles on Japan

Thanko's USB Electric Razor gets hairy - Sep 25, 2009

Crave Next to all the 09/09/09 product announcement hoopla this week, this little USB device probably won't even rate a blip on the tech radar. But we've always had a soft ... Read story »

USB Warm Gloves II strikes again - Nov 9, 2009

Crave There's no real reason to get this in equatorial Singapore since you'll be laughed right out of your cubicle by your coworkers. But if you just gotta have these dubious ... Read story »

Grass-covered mouse - Nov 12, 2009

Crave Japanese artist Hanaoka likes to cover objects in grass. Cars, business card holders, cufflinks, ashtrays, compact mirrors... you name it. He even blankets computer peripherals with the stuff. To wit: The ... Read story »

RC crop dusting helicopter - Aug 20, 2009

Blogs While Japanese farmers may not be as crazy as Chinese farmers, they're still making an effort to think outside the box. Such is the case with this particular farm hand who ... Read story »

Rockmelon breast-enhancing ringtone - Nov 10, 2004

Crave Remember that kookie Japanese idea of a mammary-boosting ringtone? We're still not sure if this is the real McCoy or one great brainwashing game. In case you didn't know, creator Hideto ... Read story »

Ice cream UFO catcher - Oct 28, 2008

Crave Frozen treats come out of Akagi's GariGari Land ice cream series, which includes soda-flavored ice bars and chocolate vanilla soft cream cups. Japan's weird and wondrous gallery of vending machines ... Read story »

Bandai's Aqua Dance water game - Feb 25, 2009

Crave Control water cascading down the surface in Bandai's new game. More wacky games from the ideas factory of Japanese toy maker Bandai, this one claiming to utilize nanotech coating that ... Read story »

Nuke your eggs two ways till kingdom come - May 1, 2009

Crave Hario's glass act. Now you can scramble eggs in the micro. (Credit: Hario) I've yet to come across any microwave accessory that will scramble an egg without blowing it up ... Read story »

Gun O'Clock guns for a showdown - Oct 20, 2008

Crave You gotta hand it to the Japanese for pushing the toy envelope on the commonplace, from beans to bananas. The Gun O'Clock (4,095 yen, US$40), timed to launch in Japan on ... Read story »

Tokyo Stormtrooper and his Otaku Army - Feb 7, 2009

Blogs Last night, I attended the Tokyo CGM Night, an event organized by Danny Choo (otherwise known as the Tokyo Stormtrooper) and Andrew Shuttleworth. In attendance were Japan's best-known bloggers and YouTubers, ... Read story »

Hay fever bots warn public about pollen - Mar 27, 2009

Crave A chart on Weather News' site details the pollen threat around Japan, with a picture of the round robot that can help detect it. Allergies are probably the most obvious way ... Read story »

Yamanote Line Watch for some trainspotting - Sep 24, 2008

Crave (Photo insert courtesy of i_yudai on Flickr) It takes a true Japanophile or fashion dork to love this watch and wear it. Made by Japan's Seahope, this timepiece screams "tourist souvenir" ... Read story »

Leave it to Japan: Robotic disaster rescue vehicle - Mar 5, 2009

Crave Is this Dick Cheney's "undisclosed location"? I live in an earthquake-prone city. I live in this city in a very old building made out of unreinforced brick. This building is ... Read story »

Where to watch Obama's inauguration online - Jan 20, 2009

Blogs There's quite a bit of buzz about Ustream's last-minute announcement of its iPhone application. And that's a great solution for anyone lucky enough to have an iPhone. If you follow this ... Read story »

Japan's latest supermodel--a robot - Mar 19, 2009

Crave The new Japanese humanoid robot HRP-4C is designed to look like an average Japanese woman between the ages of 19 to 29. She doesn't have the grace of a Cindy ... Read story »

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