Why I fell in love with Japanese convenience stores
Shiba Inu keychains are a beloved Japanese souvenir staple. Photo / Tamara Hinson Admittedly, there are several missions…
Exploring hexaraphane’s brain health potential with Dr. Wasabi
Nearly three decades later, Dr. Wasabi is still fascinated by the botanical, Eutrema japonicum, and its potential beyond…
What’s on in Auckland this weekend: Japanese Film Festival, Home Show, classical ballet and more
The 44th Auckland Home Show will feature more than 450 exhibitors. The 44th Auckland Home Show is back…
Partners Group to buy Fidelity Life for $630m in deal that will see an Asian giant get a larger slice of the NZ life insurance market
In 2022, it bought BNZ’s life insurance business, shortly before it was sold to Daiichi for $1 billion.…
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…