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Trash Can Robots Are Now Roaming Japan's Shinjuku Station
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (225+ words) Japan Life News & Opinion Entertainment Technology JR East is testing whether a moving garbage bin can survive one of Tokyo’s busiest and most confusing stations List of Contents: A Trash Can That Comes to You The Shinjuku Stress Test Related…...
MAPPA Turns 15: The History and Evolution of the Anime Giant
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (865+ words) Art & Culture Entertainment Anime & Manga Behind the scenes of the studio that brought you Yuri!!! On Ice, Jujutsu Kaisen and Attack on Titan The Final Season Over the past 15 years, MAPPA has grown from an ambitious startup into an undeniable…...
Toyohiro Akiyama, the âFirst Antihero in Space,â Dies at 84
1+ week, 5+ day ago (508+ words) Japan Life News & Opinion The chain-smoking TV journalist who made history in orbit Toyohiro Akiyama, a former journalist and university lecturer who in 1990 became the first Japanese person to travel into space, died on August 26 from lower gastrointestinal bleeding. He…...
Inside Tokyo’s Brand-New Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Theater
1+ week, 5+ day ago (366+ words) Things To Do in Tokyo Entertainment Anime & Manga TW Collabs Super Sailor Moon and the Sailor Guardians come to life If you grew up singing Moonlight Densetsu and play-pretended Sailor Guardians with your friends, your childhood dream is about to…...
Japan's Fifth Generation Computer Project: The 1980s Plan To Build AI
1+ week, 6+ day ago (230+ words) The idea of “artificial intelligence” used to mean a planet-sized computer asking what it means to be conscious. It meant immortal machine civilizations orbiting dead stars. It meant robots who had outlived humanity and spent 10,000 years composing poetry about their…...
Meet the Weirdest Mascots Competing in Japan's 2026 Yuru Kyara Championship
3+ week, 3+ day ago (1264+ words) Japan Life Art & Culture Entertainment Introducing some of the most unique and creative characters in the running for the crown Why be a cold and faceless government or corporate entity, when you could have a cute and wobbly mascot as…...
Undertale Concert on 3 Pianos
3+ week, 4+ day ago (175+ words) Tokyo Weekender Undertale Concert on 3 Pianos The Music of Undertale On a Grand Stage A first of its kind concert tour will feature the music from the game “Undertale,” played on three grand pianos. The tour will kick off in…...
Ghibli Park Is Getting a New Nausicaä Area
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (434+ words) News & Opinion Entertainment Anime & Manga Ghibli Park is set to expand once again with a new indoor facility inspired by Hayao Miyazaki’s post-apocalyptic classic Ghibli Park in Nagoya is getting another expanded themed area, and this time, fans will be…...
Upcoming Anime and Manga Events in Tokyo in August 2026
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (251+ words) Things To Do in Tokyo Entertainment Anime & Manga Looking for an anime event to nerd out at? We’ve got you covered for the month of August. Check out these upcoming anime-themed pop-up shops, cafes and art exhibitions in our list…...
New Gundam Anime 'RG XARX-ZERO' Announced for 2027
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (728+ words) Japan Life News & Opinion Anime & Manga Plus, a devastating pear theft and this year's first kokushobi In this week’s news roundup, we look at the upcoming Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO series. A Fukuoka farmer is hit by a second…...