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Chiho Komoriya
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Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Jun 18, 2017
Set to go with the push of a button
A very meta instant camera
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
May 14, 2017
Today's modern home helpers
Robotic window wiping
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Apr 16, 2017
Technological fun for the home
Gadget maker Cerevo has taken advantage of the hype surrounding this month's release of the Hollywood version of 'Ghost in the Shell' by producing a 1/8 scale robot model of the original anime's AI combat-vehicle Tachikoma.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Mar 18, 2017
Spring improvements: Learn to program, exercise for charity and then pour the perfect beer
Ways to build a better understanding of coding
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Feb 18, 2017
Techie home comforts
A polite talking ted
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Jan 14, 2017
Here's to a new age of 'reality'
Feel the power of VR
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Dec 17, 2016
Entertaining tech that you can slip into your pocket
The force can always be with you
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Nov 19, 2016
Line takes on Instagram with Moments app
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Oct 15, 2016
Catching a whiff of city circuitry and virtual reality
Mapping out some circuitry
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Sep 17, 2016
Crowdsourcing design and tech
Designing jewelry just for fun
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Aug 20, 2016
Tech ways to deal with everyday chores
Wake up, it's a beautiful morning
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Jul 16, 2016
Wearable tech for the summer
Orphe encourages you to dance in the dark
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Jun 18, 2016
Bright ideas for bookmarks, toys and apps
Kyouei Design's flashy bookmark
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
May 14, 2016
Gadgets and apps to help get up in the morning and enjoy the sky at night
King Jim provides a useful buzz in the ear
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Apr 16, 2016
A pre-summer night's dream of talking teddies, fresh indoor air and 3-D holograms in the palm of your hand
Talking Ted and friends
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Mar 19, 2016
Be prepared: help from the Digi Police and a disaster-preparedness transceiver camera
The Metropolitan Police Department goes digital
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Feb 20, 2016
Time to watch out for those kids
Get ready to answer the cat phone
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Jan 16, 2016
Smart ways to keep the smartphone in good shape
The attraction to Iina-inobe cables
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Dec 19, 2015
Get everything under control with the tap of an app
Batteries that keep you in charge
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Nov 14, 2015
Going for new and old-school tech
Get your claws on an old-school game
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
As visitors surge, Japan seeks ways to make tourism eco-friendly
Much like other hot spots across Okinawa, Onna has diligently strived to captivate both domestic and international tourists, while at the same time grappling with the environmental strain induced by the influx of visitors.
G7 eyes plan on U.S.-led $50 billion aid package for Ukraine
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
Kishida talks up bolstered Latin American ties as China cements position
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a news conference in Sao Paulo on Saturday.
Japan’s tween skateboarders get head start on preparations for 2028 Olympics
Ibuki Matsumoto competes at an event in Osaka on April 21.
As visitors surge, Japan seeks ways to make tourism eco-friendly
Much like other hot spots across Okinawa, Onna has diligently strived to captivate both domestic and international tourists, while at the same time grappling with the environmental strain induced by the influx of visitors.
Kishida talks up bolstered Latin American ties as China cements position
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a news conference in Sao Paulo on Saturday.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.

Podcast

From easily navigable train stations to the helpfulness of its municipal staff, Tokyo has earned high praise for its commitment to accessibility for disabled travelers.
[Rebroadcast] Japan is doing better on accessibility than you may think

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Rows of irises resemble a rice field at the Peter Walker-designed Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.
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