I’d like to introduce the Japanese forefront technology that solves the problem of the world’s water shortage. It is the world’s only technology that produces good quality mineral water out…

“Keitai-denwa” is the Japanese word for a mobile phone, and we usually just say “keitai”.  Most people own keitai in Japan not only to talk, but also to e-mail their…

iPhone application “Health Calc” calculates the user’s BMI, ideal weight, and necessary calorie intake by the information such as height and weight that the user input.     Since it…

“Bakumatsu Koshashin Generator” makes your picture look vintage. It was created by a Japanese web designer and programmer cararan, who runs a website “Ruriiro Tradition” which introduce Japanese life and…

  One of the best selling products now in Japan is “GOPAN,” the world first rice bread cooker that can make bread from rice grain. Since SANYO Electric released the…

Let me introduce a story from a Japanese blog that I often read again today. It was about an amazing washing machine found in a pet shop! Anyway, please take…

The new vending machine appeared in Tokyo Station is a new generation vending machine that advises you what to get by looking at your face.     The touchscreen vending…

  Do you know karakuri dolls? They are Japanese automata invented during the 17th century to 19th century. For example, the picture above is a tea serving mechanical doll, which…

Hiroshi Ishiguro, a professor at Osaka University, who is famous for developing Geminoid HI-1 and Geminoid F, revealed that his team is developing “Geminoid cell-phone” that enables the user to…

  Japan-born Robot Suit HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb) is a new type robot which strengthens the physical functions of human, and detects the wearer’s will by capturing bioelectric potential signals…

    A can making machine manufacture and sales company, Tanaka Seisakusyo (Adachi-ku, Tokyo)’s new automatic door slides open just wide enough for a person to come in.