In the past, crowdfunding sites were primarily platforms for startups and individuals short of development funds. Now larger companies are seeing the benefits of allowing consumers to participate in the research and development of new products. Here are a couple of crowdfunded ideas that ...
India's first elephant hospital cheers animal activists, draws tourists
At India's first hospital for elephants, opened last week in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, 49-year-old Asha placed her left foreleg on a stool for a doctor to attend to an injury while visitors filmed it all on their mobile phones. The facility, armed ...
Mindfulness in times of distraction
Mindfulness coach Junya Ogino believes that if leaders learned more about mindfulness and meditation, their employees would also reap the benefits.
James Turrell's 'House of Light': A modern art house in old snow country
Contemporary artist James Turrell is known for experiential artwork that manipulates his primary medium: light. For the "House of Light" in the Niigata Prefecture town of Tokamachi, Turrell took his inspiration from Junichiro Tanizaki's book "In Praise of Shadows."
The Michinoku Coastal Trail: Tohoku's recovery in action
Playing cat and mouse in the alleyways of Harajuku
Gaming's ongoing fighting spirit
There are different ways to battle — swords, guns and just being smart.
Forget Kyoto's temples, try the coffee instead
Though kissaten (old-style) coffee shops like have long been a part of Kyoto, the third-wave coffee boom has increased the number and variety of coffee shops in the city.
A comforting udon noodle recipe for the winter season
Yuu: Relaxed kappō dining worth crossing town for
Ibrew Shinbashi: Craft beer fits fine in salaryman territory
Chocolate or cheese? With Fujiya's new Look chocolate, you don't have to choose
The standing bars of Osaka: Cheap, cheerful and nostalgic
Social Good Roasters: Balancing coffee and community
After severe drought, invasive trees around Cape Town to be target of eradication campaign
Big business is backing a South African fund to eradicate invasive trees around Cape Town and yield billions of liters of water as the city emerges from its worst drought in a century, officials said Friday. Alien species, such as eucalyptus, which are largely native ...
All hail Caesar's wild mushrooms
Seven elephants found electrocuted in eastern India's Orissa state
Air quality in Delhi area plummets as peak pollution season arrives
Elbe 'hunger stones' tell tale of Czechs' centuries-long struggle with drought
Model Anna Yuki hasn't just embraced her gray hair, she has embraced who she is
When in-demand mature-age model Anna Yuki reached her personal "do or dye" moment, she chose gray hair over the color bottle, and graceful aging over the pursuit of youth. "No more highlighting and disguising the gray hair," Yuki says from the backyard of her Tokyo ...
The kitchen is where the party is
Designart Tokyo 2018 looks beyond 2021
Tokyo's fashion week can be for the fans
Good Design Awards go beyond industrial design
The artisans helping preserve the luster of Kishu lacquerware
Beijing showcases China's design potential
Don't worry about slipping up in spoken Japanese, you're only carrot after all
Come commiserate with perpetual learners of the language over a shared ability to fill an everyday conversation with gaffes.
To totally understand 'zenbu,' you have to learn all of its usages
A hiragana-kanji mix can make reading a lot easier
A grammar point you won't need to be told twice
From Christmas markets to skating, 'tis the season to be jolly
For many in Japan, Christmas is about romantic dinners, frosted pastries and fried chicken, but in Tokyo, there are plenty of other ways to get into the Christmas spirit.
The monk in mascara: Japanese man finds ‘liberation’ through Buddhism and makeup
Breaking down barriers: The challenge of getting around Tokyo in a wheelchair
Can Japan become a 'fitness nation'? Aya thinks so
Free the kids from the concrete jungle
Sharp foresight coupled with penchant for precision
For Chris Hill, CEO of WeWork Japan, the day begins at 5:00 a.m. with meditating in the bath.
Aya Tasaki: Empowering women abroad
Motomi Morii: Japanese roots, Nordic aesthetic
Hidemitsu Shimizu: Realizing the full extent of vocal possibility
Spearheading the next generation of entrepreneurs
Daichi Nakamura: In pursuit of perfection
Serving a market that prizes craftsmanship over status
