Author: William

While Jins (aka J!NS) like to dabble in forward-thinking technology for glasses, they are also fully aware that spectacles are as much fashion accessories as they are practical vision tools. This is ...

It seems that you can't claim to be famous these days unless you take part in the Ice Bucket Challenge to promote awareness of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). In Japan there have been a fair ...

Now this is going to be fast. Kyodo News has reported that Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) has formally filed an application today with the Japanese transport ministry to build a maglev ...

Batman no longer lives in Gotham. He's fighting crime in Japan! Japanese social media has been abuzz with some amazing images of Batman driving in his Batpod along the highways in the Tokyo ...

Another day, another crazy use of English in the world of Tokyo retail? But no, this isn't another new entry in the long annals of places in Japan with unfortunate English names. The innuendo is ...

Funassyi just can't be stopped. The pear (nashi) character that famously started off as an unofficial yuru-kyara mascot for Funabashi in Chiba Prefecture has become so popular that he now has his own ...

Recently many people were excited by the artist-designed rooms at the Park Hotel Tokyo that let guests stay in spaces incorporating calligraphy and matsuri-inspired colorful murals. We'll have to ...

ISIS has apparently captured a Japanese men in Aleppo with the Free Syrian Army (FSA). Although still unverified and as yet to appear in the mainstream media at time of writing, images and videos ...

Sometimes it can seem that Hello Kitty, Sanrio's popular cat character, is everywhere. Her cute iconic image adorns a nearly Mt Fuji-sized mountain of merchandise, from clothes to books, pens, ...

Local police in Nagoya have demanded that the Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art remove 12 artworks by Ryudai Takano that depicted male genitalia. As first reported by Art Info, the action came after ...

Remember the intriguing Japan Twin Tail Association that we reported on back in May? That was when the organization launched its own pigtail hair idol group called drop. While this may all sound ...

Spiral Garden in Omotesando will be celebrating the stage design work of protean Japanese comedian, actor, writer, director and artist Kentaro Kobayashi. The "Art Made by Kentaro Kobayshi for ...

Toyo Tire and Rubber Co., Ltd. has created a series of yukata based on the tread designs of three of its tire products. Here are what the Toyo tire tread yukata look like, modeled by Toyo ...

How would you like to use your phone while it remains snug in your pocket or bag? These glasses bring us one step closer to this. Already spotted by Engadget and others at CNET Japan Live 2014, ...

Hobonichi has opened Tobichi, a store and gallery in Minami-Aoyama, Tokyo, where it will hold special events and sell its merchandise. It does has a rather unfortunate name in English (the "bichi" ...