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The aquarium, housed in Tokyo Skytree – Japan’s tallest structure – has been closed since the start of March and its garden eels have become used to a largely human-free environment. But th…
Tesla is being sued by the widow and daughter of a man killed when an allegedly dozing driver let his Model X’s Autopilot feature steer it into a group of people. "When the vehicle in front…
From left: Your Name, Paprika, Wolf Children, and The Secret World of Arriety. This fantasy romance from Makoto Shinkai tells the story of a city boy named Taki and a rural girl named Mitsuha wh…
Photo: FLPA/ShutterstockSo what fun shenanigans are we all getting up to this weekend, eh? Perhaps spending some quality time with Wikipedia’s wonderfully exhaustive List of Sandwiches or painti…
While controversial at the time, the format has worked well for the company, which has held regular Nintendo Direct events, not just in time for E3, but throughout each year since then. However,…
Humanoid robot Pepper will offer support and advice to patients in coronavirus quarantine at a Tokyo hotel (AFP Photo/Philip FONG)Tokyo (AFP) - Coronavirus quarantine can be lonely, but at one T…
TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) said it sees a loss of around 700 billion yen ($6.6 billion) for the year ended March on the portion of its WeWork investment held outside the Visi…
The Sumida Aquarium, which is housed in the Tokyo Skytree tower, noticed that its (link in Japanese) hundreds of tiny spotted garden eels have started acting oddly, such as burrowing into the sand wh…
Workers providing essential services in Japan during the coronavirus crisis are not only facing a higher risk of infection than most but are also often being treated poorly by those they are helping.…
Japan's Defense Ministry plans to draw up procedures in the event Self-Defense Force pilots encounter unidentified flying objects, or UFOs. The US Defense Department on Monday released…
