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Japanese toilets become even more high-tech with new floating panels

• Oona McGee
  Feb 16, 2021
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New system aims to keep you and your rear cleaner than ever before.

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• Japan
• (bidet • COK • holograms • Japanese toilets • new technology • sci-fi • tech • technology • Toilets • washlets)

Tokyo government to give smartphones to senior citizens, pay for their calling and data plans

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 10, 2021

Shibuya, one of Japan’s centers for youth culture, thinks its older residents need a tech upgrade.

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• Japan
• (COK • Shibuya • Smartphones • society • technology • Tokyo)

Embarrassing blunder spotted on PlayStation 5 store has Japanese Twitter in stitches

• Katie Pask
  Feb 7, 2021

Always remember to double check your spelling before you hit submit!

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• Japan
• (English • English fail • funny • playstaiton • playstation • PlayStation 5 • Sony • technology • video games)

Japanese monks want to create new temple…in space!

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 4, 2021

A Kyoto expansion 1,100 years in the making.

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• Japan
• (Buddhism • cool • crazy • Kyoto • satellites • science • space • technology • temples)

Why are some people in Japan paying big money for an old cassette tape?

• Katy Kelly
  Jan 30, 2021

Cassettes are back in style in Japan in a big way, with new releases and people paying premiums for discontinued tapes.

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• Japan
• (cassette tapes • expensive • music • nostalgia • old technology • resale shops • retro technology • technology)

How to use Japanese convenience store Lawson’s self-checkout terminals

• SoraNews24
  Jan 30, 2021

Speedy and convenient, the payment option is no snack run speedbump.

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• Japan
• (COK • convenience stores • how to • Lawson • self-checkout • SNJO • technology)

The end of the pay phone? Japanese government considering getting rid of phone boxes

• Katie Pask
  Jan 27, 2021

Let’s be real though — when was the last time you used one anyway?

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• Japan
• (COK • government • Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications • pay phone • phonebox • phones • society • technology)

We take a trip to Japan’s Lovot robot cafe, cuddle with a bot and learn how to love

• Katy Kelly
  Jan 15, 2021

Japan’s personal loneliness-busting robots have their own cafe, so naturally, we ran right over.

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• Japan
• (cafes • COK • cool • cute • funny • loneliness • Lovot • restaurants • robots • SNJO • technology • themed restaurants)

Bluetooth tombstones are here to help you mourn loved ones without breaking the bank

• Katie Pask
  Dec 22, 2020

Just when we thought Japan had run out of things to make high-tech.

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• Japan
• (Bluetooth • culture • gravestone • gravestones • society • technology)

Mr. Sato has time-travelled to the year 3030 with impressive sushi technology

• Katie Pask
  Dec 4, 2020

The future is already here in this branch of Kura Sushi!

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• Japan
• (COK • contactless • Conveyor belt sushi • cool • coronavirus • food • Kaitenzushi • Kura Sushi • Mr. Sato • restaurants • Smartphones • SNJO • sushi • technology)

Mr. Sato tries out ‘the Life Ruiner’, a wearable kotatsu – will it ruin his life?

• Katie Pask
  Nov 30, 2020

Now you can feel the irresistable warmth of a kotatsu whenever you want, so say goodbye to productivity.

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• Japan
• (fashion • ikemen • kotatsu • Mr. Sato • technology • warm • winter)

Portable PlayStation 4 created by genius in Japan【Videos/Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 16, 2020

Just as the PlayStation 5 arrives in homes, this PlayStation 4 s ready to go wherever you want to take it.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • Playstation 4 • technology • video games)

Japan’s Minister in Charge of Information Technology Policy defends politicians’ use of paper

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 14, 2020

Says tree-based physical media is “easier” in certain situation.

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• Japan
• (government • paper • politicians • tablets • Takuya Hirai • technology)

Mystery of Japanese Prime Minister Suga’s “low-level English” tweet to Donald Trump now solved

• Katie Pask
  Nov 9, 2020

It turns out the Prime Minister may secretly be a junior high student?!

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• Japan
• (English • funny • Prime Minister Suga • Suga • technology • translation • Trump • tweets • twitter)

Can this crazy LED robo mask make us better-looking? Let’s find out!【Experiment】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 7, 2020

Sure, we could wash our face and get plenty of sleep, but let’s see what crazy technology can do instead!

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• Japan
• (beauty • COK • crazy • experiment • mask • SNJO • technology • weird)

Japanese inventors create robot girlfriend hand for lonely people to hold and walk with【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 3, 2020

A ton of thought went into the clever device, which actually has some heartwarming goals.

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• Japan
• (clever • cool • crazy • funny • science • technology • video • virtual girlfriend • weird)

There’s now a moving Gundam anime robot model that you can control with your brain【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 2, 2020

Psycommu technology goes from anime sci-fi to real-world science.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • Gundam • Gunpla • models • robots • science • technology • video)

Giant bottles of Coca-Cola are floating above Shibuya Scramble, looks like something out of Blade Runner

• Katie Pask
  Oct 30, 2020

The installation hopes to bring fun and excitement to Shibuya Scramble.

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• Japan
• (Billboard • Coca-Cola • cool • Shibuya • Shibuya Scramble • Shibuya scramble crossing • technology • Tokyo)

Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit: Is it as cool as it looks in the trailer?【Review】

• Dale Roll
  Oct 20, 2020

The answer is a resounding yes!

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• Japan
• (AR • augmented reality • Mario Kart • Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit • nintendo • nintendo switch • Super Mario • technology • video games • vidoe games)

Kentucky Fried Chicken installs fried chicken pick-up lockers in Tokyo, two other cities【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 14, 2020

A no-wait way to get your fried chicken take-out fix.

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• Japan
• (clever • cool • fast food • food • Kentucky • KFC • technology • video)

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