According to Science Daily, the Japanese scientists have developed a new hypoallergenic electronic sensor that can be worn on the skin continuously for a week without discomfort, and is so light and thin that users forget they even have it ...
Read More »Sony to relaunch vinyl records production in Japan
Production will resume by March 2018 at a plant in Japan’s Shizuoka Prefecture run by a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan), according to Nikkei Asian Review. Sony stopped making vinyl records in-house domestically in 1989 after the advent of ...
Read More »Panda baby at Japan zoo gets a checkup
Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo said Friday the panda, born June 12, was ruled a female by examining experts, according to Phys.org. It’s difficult to determine the gender of a panda newborn. The zoo had also been careful not to separate the ...
Read More »Japanese team develops snake-like robot to help in disasters
It is the first snake-shaped robot in the world that can move with its front tip off the ground, according to the team, which includes members from Tohoku University in Sendai, according to The Japan Times. The Tohoku region was ...
Read More »Japan’s princess Mako becomes a commoner so she can marry ‘beach tourism’ worker
The Imperial Household Agency declined to confirm the report about the granddaughter of Japan’s emperor, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Metro. Kei Komuro, the man who won the princess’s heart, was a fellow student at International Christian University in Tokyo, ...
Read More »Toyota is Making a Flying Car to Light the 2020 Olympic Torch
According to Futurism, Toyota is throwing its hat into the flying car ring, backing the “SkyDrive” flying car, the brainchild of a startup called Cartivator. The drone-esque, 2.9 meter (9.5 foot) long SkyDrive vehicle is designed to max out at ...
Read More »North Korea fires missile days after new South Korea leader pledges dialogue
The U.S. Pacific Command said it was assessing the type of missile but it was “not consistent with an intercontinental ballistic missile”. Japanese Defence Minister Tomomi Inada said the missile could be of a new type, according to Reuters. The ...
Read More »Toyota Wants to Use Robots for Keeping Elderly Moving
Japanese automakers are looking beyond the industry trend to develop self-driving cars and turning their attention to robots to help keep the country’s rapidly graying society on the move, Joinfo.com reports with reference to U.S. News. Toyota said it saw ...
Read More »North Korea issues warning as US strike group heads to Korean Peninsula
The Pentagon is sending the 97,000-ton USS Carl Vinson with an escort of a guided-missile cruiser and two destroyers following another missile test by North Korea last week. According to a statement provided to CNN by officials in Pyongyang, the ...
Read More »Eight students feared dead in avalanche in Japan
It was not immediately clear how many of the victims were students, an official said, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Reuters. The avalanche occurred on Monday morning near a ski slope in Nasu, 160 km (100 miles) north of Tokyo, ...
Read More »Military action on the table in North Korea: U.S. Secretary of State
Tillerson began his first Asian visit as secretary of state in Japan on Wednesday and will travel to China on Saturday with a main focus on finding a “new approach” on North Korea after what he described as two decades ...
Read More »These geometric pet beds are an ideal resting spot for modern cats and dogs
This is where the three geometric pet beds, from Natural Slow’s PET HOUSE series come in, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Contemporist. Each pet house is made from Paulownia wood, a traditional Japanese wood favored for it’s insulation, humidity control, ...
Read More »10 Unbelievable Food Carvings By Japanese Artist “Gaku”
Gaku, who began posting his work on Instagram about 8 months ago, practices the traditional Japanese art of mukimono, which literally means “stripped product”, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Bored Panda. It became a popular form of food presentation during ...
Read More »North Korea fired four ballistic missiles into sea
Three of North Korea’s ballistic missiles fell into Japan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) after flying some 1,000km (620 miles), in what PM Shinzo Abe called a “new stage of threat”, Joinfo.com reports with reference to the BBC. They were fired ...
Read More »Japan calls for smarter probe robots to deal with the Fukushima nuclear site
Now the head of decommissioning for the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant said on Thursday that the company’s robots were not able to get close enough to the core area, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Daily Mail Online. Robots have to ...
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