DigInfo: Fishing Spirits, by Namco Bandai Games, is an arcade fishing medal game for eight players and features force feedback controllers. It will be in game arcades in Japan from July 2012. “This is a medal game that up to eight people can play at once. It’s totally different from previous medal games. This is […]
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Cassandra Daily: In Japan, goldfish have long been viewed as symbols of happiness, prosperity, and good luck. Kansai-based art collective Kingyobu – which roughly translates to ‘goldfish club’ in English – spread good fortune across Osaka by converting old phone booths into aquariums filled with water, bubblers and hundreds of living goldfish. The group, five
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According to Japanese researchers at the Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology in Tokyo, it is possible to identify drivers by the way their weight is distributed on the car seat. The team has developed a car seat that can identify drivers when they sit down. It seems that everyone’s bum is as unique as a
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When you are in a foreign culture, even simple things can be very interesting. Even grocery shopping. Candy Japan run by an Finish expat in Japan that is a subscription service where for a monthly fee you get a surprise envelope filled with random Japanese candy every two weeks. How It Works Every two weeks
1871 – The Great Chicago Fire: Chicago burns after a barn accident. The fire lasts from October 8 to October 10. 1964 – The opening ceremony of the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, is broadcast live in the first Olympic telecast relayed by geostationary communication satellite. 1971 – Sold, dismantled and moved to the
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Japan has vending machines that can talk to you, sell you everything from bags of rice to bouquets of flowers, and recharge your phone. But a new breed of automated seller has smarts, too–these machines can detect your age and gender and offer drink suggestions accordingly. Run by a company under the JR East railway
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