The Web Tech Culture Japan increases punishment for online insults to one year in prison following reality TV star's death Pro wrestler Hana Kimura died by suicide in 2020 By Rob Thubron, June 16, 2022, 5:18 AM 80 comments
Industry Hardware Japan, US partner on 2nm chip R&D and manufacturing Join research is expected to start this summer By Shawn Knight, June 15, 2022, 11:28 AM
Science Scientists create robot finger with 'slightly sweaty' living skin that can self-heal Remember this day when the robots take over By Rob Thubron, June 10, 2022, 9:55 AM 16 comments
Hardware Industry US and Japan could cooperate on advanced chip manufacturing beyond 2 nm Both countries want to reignite their semiconductor industries By Adrian Potoroaca, May 5, 2022, 12:08 PM
Hardware Science This pocket-sized diamond wafer could store up to 25 exabytes Or as much as 1 billion Blu-ray discs By Tudor Cibean, May 1, 2022, 2:37 PM 20 comments
Science Tech Culture A Japanese data center is using waste heat to farm eels Because why not? By Isaiah Mayersen, April 9, 2022, 3:16 PM 12 comments
Industry Security Cyber attack halts manufacturing at more than a dozen Toyota factories in Japan Government officials are investigating but say it is too early to blame Russia By Cal Jeffrey, February 28, 2022, 3:58 PM
Tech Culture Gaming This Japanese headrest lets you game in uncomfortable positions Face-down gamer? On your side? No problem with this baby By Rob Thubron, February 9, 2022, 9:27 AM
Electronics Toshiba to pilot "holographic" self-check kiosks in Tokyo 7-Eleven stores A novel solution to a common problem By Cal Jeffrey, January 31, 2022, 6:07 PM
Hardware Take a look at this tiny mouse wheel you can operate with your foot Not for the ticklish By Rob Thubron, January 25, 2022, 8:48 AM 14 comments
Hardware Gaming GPU 'loot boxes' found on Amazon Japan, mostly selling older GPUs Long odds at winning an Ampere or RDNA2 By Daniel Sims, January 20, 2022, 5:28 PM 12 comments
Software Tech Culture Japanese university loses 77TB of research data following a buggy software update 34 million files got deleted from Kyoto university's supercomputer due to a backup error By Humza Aamir, January 3, 2022, 6:15 AM 18 comments
Tech Culture Hardware Sega shows off the 'world's fastest PC,' able to reach 62 MPH Don't crash it! By Rob Thubron, December 31, 2021, 7:06 AM 16 comments
Tech Culture This gamer onesie features a 'Drop Seat System 6.0' for easy bathroom breaks From the company that brought you the Gamer Bed and Gamer Mattress By Rob Thubron, December 3, 2021, 11:31 AM 21 comments
Gaming Japanese retailers hinder PS5 scalpers by writing their names on product boxes A clever, but unorthodox strategy By Cohen Coberly, November 23, 2021, 4:20 PM 10 comments
Car Tech Got a spare $680,000? You could buy this working hoverbike Fly around at up to 62 mph By Rob Thubron, October 27, 2021, 6:15 AM 18 comments
Hardware Industry Micron is building a $7B DRAM plant in Japan, will spend up to $150B for R&D over the next decade The facility could become operational in 2024 By Adrian Potoroaca, October 20, 2021, 10:38 AM
Industry Sony set to become a major customer of TSMC's first fab in Japan TSMC and Sony are considering a $7 billion joint investment in a chip factory in western Japan By Joao Silva, October 8, 2021, 12:29 PM
Gaming Industry Capcom says it wants to make the PC its main platform for games It's aiming for a 50/50 sales split between consoles and PC By Rob Thubron, October 4, 2021, 9:11 AM 13 comments
Tech Culture Gaming You can buy a 'Gaming Mattress' in Japan that looks suspiciously like a normal mattress A missed opportunity By Rob Thubron, September 28, 2021, 8:45 AM 13 comments
Gaming Hardware This VR headset is designed for use in bed Expect the popularity of VR sex games to increase inexplicably By Rob Thubron, September 13, 2021, 8:15 AM 15 comments
Tech Culture Japan is converting its bullet trains' smoking rooms into Zoom rooms Zooming at almost 200mph By Rob Thubron, August 27, 2021, 6:12 AM
Gaming Google Google's latest doodle celebrates the Tokyo Summer Olympics with a 16-bit JRPG Doodle Champion Island Games was made in partnership with Japanese animation studio Studio 4°C By Joao Silva, July 23, 2021, 12:02 PM
Hardware Industry Japan wants to reignite its once-dominant silicon industry The country has fallen behind despite hosting more chip factories than any other country By Adrian Potoroaca, July 6, 2021, 7:13 PM 22 comments
Hardware Check out MSI's Godzilla-themed GeForce RTX 3070 card Where's the Rodan-themed motherboard to go with it? By Rob Thubron, July 5, 2021, 8:51 AM