Pet-owners, rejoice! Japan's most innovative pet products brand Unihabitat has heard your prayers. The Mewgaroo Hoodie is part cosplay, part pet clothes for owners. It features a unique ...

Japan is well known for its vending machines because there are so many of them (five million!), but also because they are constantly "doing" new things. While usually the headlines are generated ...

Will robots be the ones doing the dancing in the future? And would we even notice? As part of DMM.make's Robots project, meet Pre-Maid AI, the world's first maid-style dancing robot. This ...

Traditional Japanese musical instruments are not as well known as they should be. While most people know a shamisen from their appearances in geisha shows or taiko drum from their use in festivals, ...

5572320 (pronounced in Japanese: go go nana ni san ni rei) might not have the easiest name for non-Japanese listeners to remember, their music video for second single "Ponpara Pecorna Papiyotta" has ...

Another season, another overseas retailer or brand tries to crack Japan. This time it's Accessorize, a retailer who will be very familiar to British readers as a leading fashion accessories retail ...

Sanrio are the most successful participant in Japan's enormous character industry, not least since they gave the world Hello Kitty. But they aren't happy to rest on the laurels of profits pouring ...

Google Play Music has created a cool promo event featuring a giant outdoor billboard that lets you listen to 35 million tracks. Currently installed in the square by Parco in Shibuya until October ...

This article by Greg Lane first appeared on Tokyo Cheapo. Izakaya are one of Japan’s quintessential experiences. If it’s your first trip to Japan or you’ve been here for a lifetime, it’s ...

Tokyo Governor Yoichi Masuzoe has unveiled a new logo for the capital of Japan: &TOKYO ("and Tokyo"). The white ampersand mark, centered in a-red circle, is meant to form a kind of slogan: you add ...

On October 9th, Nike Japan renovated its 15-year-old store in Kichijoji, the well-to-do area of west Tokyo, as Tokyo's first Nike branch specializing in running. The newly reopened Nike Kichijoji ...

JR East has announced the Genbi Shinkansen, a new train on the Joetsu Shinkansen bullet train line running between Echigo-Yuzawa and Niigata stations inspired by contemporary Japanese art. The ...

Japan is famous for its vending machines but what's fascinating about them is not just the sheer number that exist in the country, nor even their variety (everything from drinks to food, newspaper, ...

Every region in Japan needs to promote itself. Some push their meibutsu: regional merchandise and food. Others use yuru-kyara mascot characters, such as Kumamoto's Kumamon. Still others create art ...

Residents in Komaki City, Aichi Prefecture, have rejected plans for a new library run by the bookstore and rental chain Tsutaya. The much-anticipated facility was to follow on the heels of a ...