Japan

  • Dirty floors? Make your baby a mop with the Baby Mop

    Are you tired of always having really dirty floors? Does it stress you out that your baby is crawling through this mud? Solve two problems with one easy solution – the Baby Mop. The one piece suit keeps your sweet child warm while putting them to work as they...
  • Domino’s Japan working on first pizza restaurant on moon

    It seems like space had a bit of a resurgance in popularity in 2011. Marketing companies started using the vast beyond in advertising again. Richard Bronson worked tirelessly on his Virgin Galactic endeavor, moving the first commercial space crafts to New Mexico. And the Japanese branch of Domino’s Pizza...
  • Meanwhile in Japan, a climbing humanoid robot

    Designing a climbing robot is relatively easy, all you really need is a pulley system, some suction cups and a box. Designing a humanoid looking, climbing robot that uses its limbs to climb however, that’s impressive! And that’s what Muscle Corporation have done. This opens a whole new area...
  • Japanese toddler starves to death, dad says his cat is more important

    This makes me sick. My stomach is literally in knots right now. A Japanese man’s child – 2 years and 10 months old – has starved to death. Autopsy found pieces of paper, cat liter, diaper and plastic in his mouth leading officials to believe he had gone into...
  • Meanwhile in Japan… Dancing Squid Is the New Deliciousness

    In yet another meanwhile in Japan moment, some Squid Odori-don is served alive, but with its head removed, before being prepared and consumed by customers. The dish consists of a freshly decapitated squid, on top of a bed of sushi rice and vegetables, some soy sauce is poured on...
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    Hello Kitty lands in China, builds theme park, takes over world

    It’s a diabolical scheme if I’ve ever seen one: Sanrio, the Japanese company responsible for selling Hello Kitty merchandise, has announced that construction on a theme park in China will begin this July, potentially trapping millions of preteens and cat ladies in the eponymous anthropomorphic cat’s cuddly grip. Having...
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    Furries rejoice: Cat ears controlled by brainwaves

    As if being a furry wasn’t expensive enough already – costumes, makeup, tail plugs, indecent exposure violation tickets, et cetera – the new black for the “animal cosplay enthusiast” community has just hit the shelves. Called “necomimi” the ears are controlled by different brain activity.  Supposedly, concentrating (on your...
  • Akihabara stabber gets death penalty

    A couple of years ago 25-year-old Tomohiro Kato drove a rented truck into Japan’s electronics Mecca, Akihabara – having previously posted messages on a website that he was planning to do some killing. He picked a Sunday for his knife rampage because he knew that on Sunday the streets...
  • Chinese man jailed for spreading radiation rumors

    A Chinese man was jailed for 10 days and hit with a 500 yuan ($76.13) fine for spreading rumors online that the nuclear accident at a power plant in Japan had contaminated Chinese waters. Authorities in Zhejiang province said that a computer company worker by the name of Chen...