Articles on Japan

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 »

Bandai goes postal for its addictive Peri Peri game - Oct 6, 2008

Crave If you've been following the full series of annoying keychain toys from Bandai Japan, you'd be overwhelmed by a strong sense of déjà vu. Not least because that courier service perp ... Read story »

Leaf-shaped speaker on a keychain - Nov 24, 2008

Crave More gimmicky kitsch from Japan, this one from Bird Electron spotted in the store. If you're not too fussy about the sound reproduction, the leaf-shaped speaker keychain is actually a ... Read story »

Made-in-Japan Wi-Fi blocking paint - Jan 29, 2009

Crave While this sounds most unneighborly, since it means your nosy-parker neighbors can't piggyback off your wireless connection anytime, the Japanese haven't done this just to up their rep for wacky innovations. ... Read story »

New headphones control iPod, computer with facial movements - Mar 26, 2009

Blogs Check out this amazing set of super headphones from Japan. It's a new gadget called the "ear-switch" and it's currently being developed at the Osaka University. It uses infrared sensors to ... Read story »

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