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At the cosmic-energy fueled home of Dr. Nakamatsu, winner of a n Ig Nobel Prize and inventor of the floppy disk, bouncing shoes and, now, the Love Jet, a hormone-booster designed to raise Japan's dangerously low birth-rate. read more »
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How can you tell that cell phones in Japan have become too advanced? When you need exam-licensed specialists to explain the phone's features to you. read more »
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Walt Disney Japan, the local unit of Walt Disney Co., said it would begin a new mobile telephone service, named "Disney Mobile," on March 1 together with Softbank Corp in line with their initial announcement in November.

Aimed at young working women, Disney Mobile will first offer three types read more »
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A Sony PSP video that targets Japanese girls. read more »
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Goodbye National & Matsushita brand names, hello Panasonic only. read more »
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Japan is an amazing place to take photographs ... but you need a good camera so .... After the success of the last competition and to launch Japan Singles, It’s that time again, where for as little as subscribing to my site, you’re in with the chance to win a new Canon IXY Digital L4 Camera. read more »
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There's a great service called WidgetBox, which has made it easy to make some JapanSoc widgets which you can embed in iGoogle, Facebook, MySpace, Blogger, Wordpress, NetVibes and a host of other sites. If you'd to use the JapanSoc widgets, please do! read more »
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A consortium of six international companies, including Google, is to build an ultra high-speed submarine fibre optic cable system linking the US and Japan.

The Unity cable system will provide much needed capacity to sustain the increasing data and internet traffic between Asia and the US. read more »
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UPDATE 1-Japan FTC raids Sharp,Hitachi unit on suspected cartel | Industries | Consumer Goods & Retail | Reuters read more »
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You'll never have to take your dog outside. read more »
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Every week, A Rinkya Blog has guess the japanese gadget!
This post is the first week's surprise, guess every Friday! read more »
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I had no idea that the 7-Eleven convenience store chain was owned by Ito-Yokado, who rescued the American company from bankruptcy in the 80s and now has a controlling share of the world's largest chain store (beating even McDonald's). This ValleyWag article suggests that what happened to 7-Eleven read more »
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A new robot in Kobe airport helps to clean urinals by sucking them. read more »
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Why throw this used cell phone? Recycle it and turn it into gold. read more »
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