Why does the watch industry still make billions in the smartwatch era?
ⓘ Anubhav Sharma/Notebookcheck, Indra Projects/Unsplash – edited Smartwatches and non-smartwatches both serve very different purposes in this day…
Queenstown restaurant Tatsumi to close after eight years in town
Tatsumi Modern Japanese Dining owners Yoko and Koichi have announced the end of their 19-year restaurant journey. Photo…
Japanese university startups develop AI robot arms for delicate tasks
A Real Touch robot holds a piece of sushi. (Photo by Anna Sato) OSAKA — Startups based out…
Japanese space probe, size of a fridge, flies near asteroid in planet defence test
A Japanese space probe performed a fly-by of a near-Earth asteroid on Sunday, in a test mission for…
A Japanese photographer’s simple request resulted in pure magic and 3.4 million views
One day, a Japanese photographer operating under the name Yusa Film walked up to a young family sitting…
Open Questions | Economist Richard Koo on China and Japan’s shared ‘battle against time’
Nomura Research Institute chief economist Richard Koo is well-known for his “balance sheet recession” interpretation of Japan’s economic…
Australian and U.S. brands favored by Chinese supplement consumers
WPIC is a digital commerce and technology agency that helps global brands enter, scale, and manage their e-commerce…
The Taiwan crisis no-one saw coming, and it has nothing to do with war
The Taiwan Strait’s next crisis may not arrive with warships or missile tests. It may come through a…
Which way Halfmoon Bay? The curious case of Stewart Island’s cave woman
Home: The cave in Doughboy Bay where Keiko Agatsuma lived. It is still used by trampers today. Photo /…
Japanese tourist sentenced after assaulting wife at Queenstown campground
Now Nishio has found himself in the Queenstown District Court being sentenced for a charge of assault on…
Naphtha crunch bites Japanese companies despite PM’s assurances
Business trends From bathtubs to plastic bottles, prices are rising and output is falling Shortages of petroleum derivatives are…
Japanese stocks hit new high as AI boosts tech heavy Asian markets
Equities Optimism for more US-Iran talks lifts Tokyo market; South Korea also up 2% Japanese stocks jumped on…