Japan-based Korean singer Iconiq (25) is making a splash and is about to be in a wave of new commercials aired in Japan. S....
12 Mar 9:21 am  from  Bionicbong   [Profile] [Recent] 

Sunrise Studio has announced on their official website thatthe upcoming Mobile Suit Gundam 00 film will be titled “A Wakening of the Trail....
12 Mar 5:51 am  from  alafista   [Profile] [Recent] 

Are you a mobile app developer? Mobile in Japan would like to help you get the fame and fortune you deserve. Oh, and we would also like to g....
11 Mar 6:30 pm  from     [Profile] [Recent] 

On Tuesday, director Takeshi Kitano (63) was in Paris to receive the Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters, France’s....
11 Mar 3:15 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile] [Recent] 

photo by Tiago Rïbeiro Kenichi Ikeda of the city of Nagasaki has carried around three bags and a secret he could not tell ....
10 Mar 3:31 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile] [Recent] 

Due to a set of very unusual circumstances, I found myself with 4 hours of sanity today.  It was a preview to how my days will be once I w....
9 Mar 2:24 pm  from  Jason Collin   [Profile] [Recent] 

Preparatory education for university entrance examinations is an important rite of passage for many Japanese teenagers. Th....
9 Mar 9:59 am  from  Bionicbong   [Profile] [Recent] 

By Luc Gougeon There hasn’t been a day since I arrived in Japan that I haven’t eaten a bowl of white rice. I love rice, yet I for the t....
8 Mar 8:35 pm  from  Wide Island View   [Profile] [Recent] 

By Greg Beck Today’s Topic: 諺 / ことわざ / Proverb Kanji: 鳩は自由に皇居に舞い込む。 Kana: はとはじゆうにこ�....
8 Mar 8:34 pm  from  Wide Island View   [Profile] [Recent] 

Crown Prince Naruhito of Japan on Sunday began a three-day official visit to Ghana at the head of a 30-strong delegation. ....
8 Mar 4:58 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile] [Recent] 

Australian police searched two anti-whaling ships at the request of Japanese authorities on Saturday, seizing log books an....
8 Mar 5:48 am  from  Bionicbong   [Profile] [Recent] 

A new trailer has been released for the upcoming Trigun movie titled Trigun: Badlands Rumble, which is scheduled to air in Japan on 24 Apr 2....
7 Mar 4:41 am  from  alafista   [Profile] [Recent] 

Just came back from Orchard and I happened to chance upon this event, Anime Showdown Fair and went in to have a look.  Well, like the post....
6 Mar 10:51 pm  from  The Banzai Effect   [Profile] [Recent] 

Photo by Casualty A Japanese professor has come up with a method of delivering vaccines and drugs that he says is completel....
5 Mar 3:28 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile] [Recent] 

The official PV for one of the two a-sides from Berryz Koubou’s 22nd single titled Otakebi Boy WAO! has been released. M....
5 Mar 8:53 am  from  Bionicbong   [Profile] [Recent] 

If you are a fan of Japanese actress Hirosue Ryoko (広末涼子), then you must check out this youtube clip whereby she says “No” (ダ�....
5 Mar 6:00 am  from  alafista   [Profile] [Recent] 

Threatened with the disappearance of its culturally iconic cherry blossoms, Japanese scientists have used heavy ion beams ....
4 Mar 6:34 am  from  Bionicbong   [Profile] [Recent] 

Here is a guest post from Erik who is involved in the Annual Washington D.C. Cherry Blossom Festival Planning! First a few words from me tho....
3 Mar 11:29 pm  from  Japannewbie   [Profile] [Recent] 

There’s no shortage of tourist hotspots in Tokyo, where a walk down an average city street is an experience in itself, b....
3 Mar 2:26 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile] [Recent] 

Japan’s lower house on Tuesday passed a record trillion-dollar budget that will add to an already bulging public debt mo....
3 Mar 8:51 am  from  Bionicbong   [Profile] [Recent] 

The four-member boy band FLAME unexpectedly announced on their official site that they have broken up as of March 1. The t....
3 Mar 8:23 am  from  Bionicbong   [Profile] [Recent] 

I heard about this a couple of weeks ago but only found the story recently.  It not something I wanted to comment on without seeing myself ....
2 Mar 8:17 pm  from  Big in Japan   [Profile] [Recent] 

Sony confirmed today that it has had an outage for its PlayStation Network that affects gamers with older PlayStation 3 co....
2 Mar 8:16 am  from  Bionicbong   [Profile] [Recent] 

The latest addition to the rumor mill comes from an update that’s been made to a force feedback system patent Nintendo f....
2 Mar 1:23 am  from  Bionicbong   [Profile] [Recent] 

Fans of Kamen Rider W would be familiar with the W Gaia memory, or at least know that it is being used by an evil dopant who used it to kill....
1 Mar 10:56 pm  from  alafista   [Profile] [Recent] 

Shigeru Miyamoto, the Nintendo legend and creative force behind the Mario and Zelda games, is set to receive a fellowship ....
1 Mar 8:23 am  from  Bionicbong   [Profile] [Recent] 

Last week the finals of the solo comedian competition R-1 Grand Prix were held in Tokyo on Tuesday. A record 3,539 comedia....
1 Mar 7:44 am  from  Bionicbong   [Profile] [Recent] 

Not only does s/mileage(スマイレージ) have an Official site, but twitter accounts and personal blogs of each member ....
1 Mar 5:09 am  from  Bionicbong   [Profile] [Recent] 

The figurine gods have smiled upon me and I have landed my hands on the elusive Ritsu Nendoroid! Muahahaha!Yeah, some people might think ....
1 Mar 1:51 am  from  The Banzai Effect   [Profile] [Recent] 

Hiroshima-ken JET Jonathan Fisher reviews various tools for learning Japanese, including books, websites, flashcards, podcasts and more. Too....
28 Feb 5:27 pm  from  Wide Island View   [Profile] [Recent]