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Taking technology too far 5 Aug 2013 | 06:10 pm
There were two stories about Japanese technology in the news yesterday. One was about a remote control toilet. Yes, really. The 21st century toilet. The Lixil Satis has a Bluetooth interface that ca...
Domain registration scam 22 Jul 2013 | 03:49 pm
Back in March I mentioned a domain registration scam originating from a Chinese domain called picweb.net. It looks like the scammers have now relocated to ygitech.com, which was re-registered just a f...
Manhole covers of Japan 22 Jun 2013 | 11:27 pm
This photo collection of 423 manhole covers in Japan is nowhere near as dull as it sounds. No, really. I’m being serious!
WordPress login failures 18 Jun 2013 | 09:16 pm
Back in January I started noticing a lot of failed attempts to log into this website’s admin section, presumably in an attempt to hijack the website and use it to send spam, host illegal content or jo...
Air hockey robot 15 Jun 2013 | 02:10 pm
Researchers led by Professor Akio Namiki at Chiba University’s Namiki Lab have developed an air-hockey robot that can hold its own against human players. Although it’s not the first robot to play this...
Translating names into Kanji 13 Jun 2013 | 08:06 pm
This summer’s David Bowie exhibition at the V&A museum apparently features several Japan-themed outfits designed by Kansai Yamamoto. The cloak shown here is decorated with the calligraphic characters ...
Space Invaders 8 Jun 2013 | 01:36 pm
Space Invaders — the original “shoot-em-up” video game — was released thirty five years ago this month. The game was developed almost single-handedly by an engineer called Toshihiro Nishikado (西角友宏) a...
False fingers for ex-Yakuza 7 Jun 2013 | 02:07 pm
Yubi-tsume (指詰め) — the practice of chopping off a little finger as an act of penitence — has been going on in the Japanese underworld for many years. Recent anti-gang laws have persuaded many of Japan...
Kim Jong-Il’s sushi chef 5 Jun 2013 | 02:32 am
Kenji Fujimoto (藤本 健二) spent eleven years living in North Korea, eventually becoming Kim Jong-Il’s personal sushi chef and confidant. GQ magazine recently interviewed him back in Japan. Here’s his ext...
Domain registration scam 25 Mar 2013 | 02:58 pm
I just received an email from someone called Winni Du at picweb.net regarding the registration of “japanesetranslator” as a brand name. This seemed a bit strange — why should it be any of my business ...
