Journey sparked by a photograph
Author Mariko Tamaki shares how she writes a great story
Nostalgia Night honours churches that helped build the community
Stories of Nikkei fishermen wins BC book prize
Celebrating 90 years of friendship with sakura trees
Moment in History: Marie Katsuno's 'repatriation' on the USS General M.C. Meigs
Kyo Maclear awarded prestigious Trillium Book Award
22 Jul 2014
Posted by nikkeistaff 
You can see vending machines everywhere in Japan, especially in busy cities like Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka and so on. It's next to impossible to avoid them. There are about four million of these machines in Japan according to the JVMA (Japan Vending machine Manufactures Association) in 2013. To give...
Read more → 18 Jul 2014
Posted by nikkeistaff 
In Canada, Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp are the most commonly used. In addition, Facebook purchased WhatApps for $19 billion. Now, WhatsApp is the most popular in the world, especially in Latin America and Europe. WeChat was made in China and it has a large number of users, mainly in China,...
Read more → 17 Jul 2014
Posted by nikkeistaff 
Partially due to Japan's aging population, in 2003, the Hankyu train company introduced a cell phone free car on each train, since a large number of people were concerned about the influence of cell phones signals on their pacemakers. Knowing that if Hankyu didn't shift their policy, their passengers...
Read more → 17 Jul 2014
Posted by nikkeistaff 
While everyone has heard of the buildings mentioned above, do you know about the two towers diversifying the Tokyo skyline? One is the Tokyo Tower that’s colored bright red. The other is Tokyo Sky Tree, which is the world's tallest freestanding tower. The CN Tower is now ranked the third...
Read more → 11 Jul 2014
Posted by nikkeistaff 
CX-5 by Mazda. photo: http://allabout.co.jp/gm/gc/387511/ In Japan, almost all cars are gasoline-powered, but as with everywhere else these days alternatives are slowly making their way into local markets. To compete, Japanese automaker Mazda has taken a leap into "Clean Diesel" with a new engine. Diesel-powered...
Read more → 03 Jul 2014
Posted by nikkeistaff 
Called TAMAGOTCHI 4U, the device has NFC (Near Field Communication) functions which helps it communicate with other Tamagotchi's just by bringing two close together. Moreover, the new device will be able to communicate with Smart Phones such as iPhone, Sony's xperia, and so on to download programs...
Read more → 27 Jun 2014
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
At the National Museum of Emerging Science and Technology in Tokyo, Japanese-built 'Otonaroid' and 'Kodomoroid' were unveiled as the 'first' working androids who could work as newscasters. Osaka University professor and robotics expert Hiroshi Ishiguro has been making lifelike robots for the past...
Read more → 31 Mar 2014
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
Japan has a 12 hour head start on April Fools' and they're already dishing out the laughs. From Google Japan comes the Magic Hand, a new and powerful tool designed to help you use your tablet or mobile device without your fingers getting in the way. A disembodied Mario-like peripheral, the device...
Read more → 25 Mar 2014
Posted by nikkeistaff 
The future is coming to Tokyo's streets. The i-Road, a new project from the Toyota Motor Corporation, was unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show last year and just yesterday it went for a test drive on Tokyo's street, reports the Japan Daily Press. Consumers were impressed by the new, compact vehicle's...
Read more → 10 Mar 2014
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
Who says you can't have fun in your 'silver' years? In Yokohama, Japan, a nursing home in a suburban area is using video games to energize seniors. Run by an offshoot of Namco Bandai, known for creating games like PacMan and more recently Dark Souls, the centre is a testing ground for video games...
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