Tag: Japan

Japan Typhoon Man-Yi Surfaces, Endangering Fukushima
Typhoon Man-Yi has hit southern Japan causing fears that the Fukushima nuclear plant may be impacted. Man-Yi is the 18th typhoon this season, bringing heavy rains and officials are...
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iPhone 5S, 5C To See September 20 Release Date In Japan
Apple has partnered with NTT DOCOMO to offer the iPhone 5S and the iPhone 5C in Japan on the DOCOMO network starting on Friday, September 20th. ā€œNTT DOCOMO has built an impress...
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First Talking Robot In Space Sends Earth A Message
Neil Armstrong's famous first words on the moon will forever be taught in history books around the world. Will history be as kind to the first talking robot in space? You may r...
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Hyao Miyazaki: Celebrated Filmaker Retires, Ends Era
Celebrated manga artist and Anime icon Hyao Miyazaki announced his retirement Saturday, just after the release of his last film, "The Wind Rises". Koji Hoshino, the head of Mr. Miy...
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Fukushima Radiation Spikes 1700%, Media Frenzy Ensues
A CNN report is bound to get those Geiger counters ticking: t...
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Japanese Developer Makes A Light Gun Game With A Bow
Man, Duck Hunt was the best. The original NES title was my first introduction to the light gun genre of shooters and it still remains one of the best. The genre has mostly...
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Volcano Eruption In Japan Is 500th This Year
A volcano eruption in Japan has forced residents to wear masks and rain gear to protect themselves from a rain of ash that spewed 3 miles into the sky. Mount Sakurajima gave fo...
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Google Launches Online Exhibits Looking At Hiroshima, Nagasaki Bombings
Google announced on Monday that it has collaborated with the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum on a group of online exhibits for the Google Cultur...
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The Japanese Are Now Using 3D Printers To Catch Terrorists
The Japanese have come up with some ingenious (and...
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Hiroshima: Japan Honors 68th Anniversary
Today marks the 68th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima by the Enola Gay on August 6, 1945. The...
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Artist Uses 3D Printer To Make Awesome Homes For Her Hermit Crabs
Hermit crabs aren't especially interesting on their own, but it can be fun to see what kind of things the tiny crustaceans decide to call home next. One Japanese artist decided to...
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Japan Scrambles Jets: Chinese Military Plane Breaches Int’l Airspace
A frustrating dispute in the south Pacific has all of Southeast Asia on high alert as China has seemingly escalated the conflict by flying a military craft through international ai...
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Average Global Internet Speeds Are Still Increasing
Most of us in the U.S. love to rag on our ISPs and blame them for what we perceive as p...
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Google Takes Street View Trekker Up Mt. Fuji
Google announced today that it has taken its Street View Trekker camera device (you know,...
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The Japanese Are Still 3D Printing Fetuses
We all thought it was over. The nightmares...
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