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European startups
fromTechCrunch
2 hours ago

In Japan, the robot isn't coming for your job; it's filling the one nobody wants | TechCrunch

Japan is rapidly adopting physical AI to address labor shortages and sustain productivity in its industrial sector.
Video games
fromKotaku
2 days ago

Ghost Of Yotei Devs Used Coins From The Game's Collector's Edition To Test Zeni Hajiki Multiplayer

Ghost of Yotei's multiplayer mode includes a competitive coin-flicking game, Zeni Hajiki, inspired by fan feedback and prototyped using real coins.
#toyota
fromTechCrunch
4 days ago
Venture

Toyota's Woven Capital appoints new CIO and COO in push for finding the 'future of mobility' | TechCrunch

Cars
frominsideevs.com
4 days ago

Toyota's Hydrogen Dream Is Far From Over

Toyota aims to become a third shareholder in Cellcentric to enhance hydrogen fuel cell technology for heavy commercial vehicles.
Venture
fromTechCrunch
4 days ago

Toyota's Woven Capital appoints new CIO and COO in push for finding the 'future of mobility' | TechCrunch

Michiko Kato becomes the first female CEO of a wholly owned Toyota subsidiary, leading Woven Capital and focusing on mobility investments.
fromKotaku
4 days ago

Resident Evil Creator Joins Stellar Blade Company For Next Game

I am very pleased to be partnering with Shift Up CEO Hyung-Tae Kim and all the employees. I sense strong synergy with CEO Kim, who is also an active creator, and I believe this is an ideal partnership that allows us to focus on creativity.
Video games
Information security
fromTechzine Global
1 week ago

Fujitsu brings AI and social issues together

Fujitsu leverages AI to address social issues in healthcare, marine ecosystems, and cybersecurity through data-driven decision-making and digital twin technology.
Skiing
fromHarper's Magazine
3 weeks ago

Tokyo Adrift, by Matthew Sherrill

Sumo wrestling represents profound Japanese cultural identity and nationalist sentiment, particularly as foreign dominance and anti-immigrant politics reshape contemporary Japan.
Video games
fromKotaku
1 week ago

Capcom Promises No GenAI In Its Games, But There's A Catch

Capcom will not use AI-generated materials in game content but will explore its use for improving production efficiency.
Independent films
fromInverse
3 weeks ago

'Street Fighter ' Just Leveled Up With A Crucial Collaboration

Street Fighter's film and television adaptations have consistently failed despite the franchise's dominance in gaming, but a new theatrical reboot directed by Kitao Sakurai shows promise by prioritizing source material fidelity and kinetic maximalism, with support from Street Fighter 6 director Takayuki Nakayama.
#autonomous-vehicles
Toronto startup
fromTechRepublic
3 weeks ago

Nuro Tests Zero-Shot Autonomous Vehicles in Tokyo - TechRepublic

Nuro tests autonomous vehicle technology in Tokyo to demonstrate how its system adapts to new driving environments without extensive location-specific reprogramming.
Alternative transportation
fromEngadget
3 weeks ago

Uber is piloting a robotaxi service in Tokyo

Uber, Wayve, and Nissan are launching a robotaxi pilot program in Tokyo in late 2026 using Nissan Leaf EVs with AI-powered autonomous driving technology.
Toronto startup
fromTNW | Tech
3 weeks ago

Uber, Wayve, and Nissan are bringing robotaxis to Tokyo

Uber, Wayve, and Nissan partnered to launch a robotaxi service in Tokyo by late 2026, marking Uber's first autonomous vehicle collaboration in Japan and expanding its global rollout to ten cities.
Toronto startup
fromTechCrunch
3 weeks ago

Nuro is testing its autonomous vehicle tech on Tokyo's streets | TechCrunch

Nuro expands autonomous vehicle testing to Japan, marking its first overseas deployment with Toyota Prius vehicles on Tokyo public roads.
Photography
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

A young girl is knocked over at Tokyo crossing what's behind Japan's bumping' trend?

Japan experiences a growing phenomenon of deliberate shoving incidents in public spaces, attributed to gender dynamics and modern life stress, with perpetrators of both sexes targeting unsuspecting victims.
fromGSMArena.com
2 weeks ago

Sony says AI frame generation is coming to PlayStation at some point in the future

Sony and AMD are working closely to deliver AI-powered frame generation to PlayStation, focusing on improving frame rates without relying on more powerful hardware.
Video games
Games
fromKotaku
4 weeks ago

A Crusade To Erase Obscure Japanese Game Cookie Finally Ends

An individual named Brandon White falsely filed copyright claims against Cookie's Bustle, a rare 1990s Japanese PC game, attempting to erase it from the internet despite having no ownership rights.
Travel
fromenglish.elpais.com
4 weeks ago

Jimbocho: Books, cafes and guitars in the coolest neighborhood in Tokyo (and the world)

Jimbocho, Tokyo's historic bookstore district with over 180 shops, combines literary heritage with contemporary appeal, attracting both trend-seekers and independent explorers through its diverse book culture and related businesses.
LA Dodgers
fromLos Angeles Times
4 weeks ago

Commentary: Is Dodgers' Andrew Friedman a global business icon? In Japan, he is

Japanese baseball teams operate as corporate marketing subsidiaries focused on branding, while MLB teams like the Dodgers prioritize competitive strength and long-term strategic patience.
Design
fromColossal
3 weeks ago

An Animated Look at Noguchi's Experimental Playgrounds That Were Never Built

Isamu Noguchi designed innovative, unbuilt playgrounds emphasizing imagination and natural forms over conventional equipment, fundamentally reimagining childhood spaces.
#japanese-architecture
fromArchDaily
1 month ago
Miscellaneous

Kumamoto Exhibition Explores Shoei Yoh's Pioneering Timber Structures and Computational Design

fromArchDaily
1 month ago
Miscellaneous

Kumamoto Exhibition Explores Shoei Yoh's Pioneering Timber Structures and Computational Design

fromArchDaily
1 month ago

TOTTEI Green Hill / Tomohiro Hata Architect and Associates

Kobe is a city where the sea and mountains are close together, with its urban area spreading across the slopes at the base of the mountains. In the Sannomiya area, the current city center, the most important urban axis connecting the sea to the mountains is Flower Road, running north-south from Shin-Kobe Station to the port.
SOMA, SF
Video games
fromThe Verge
2 weeks ago

Weird Nintendo never went away

Nintendo releases the Talking Flower, a whimsical toy that announces time and offers random positive affirmations without practical function, representing the company's playful side despite recent conservative decisions.
Video games
fromThe Verge
2 weeks ago

Capcom's next big game explores the horrors of AI

Pragmata is a sci-fi third-person action game where players control two characters—a suited man and an android child—to explore a lunar research station and combat robots through hacking mechanics.
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
4 weeks ago

sculptural steel ladder imitates the flowing geometries of brass musical instruments

SO KOIZUMI DESIGN has developed Resonique, a ladder that explores the relationship between functional structure and sculptural form. The project draws on the structural logic of ladders while referencing the flowing geometries associated with brass musical instruments. Through this combination, the object shifts from a purely utilitarian tool toward a design piece that engages both function and spatial presence.
Design
Business
fromFortune
1 month ago

Western CEOs crack down, demanding super-AI productivity to keep your job. Japanese firms pay older workers to do nothing | Fortune

Japan retains older, underperforming employees in low-responsibility roles rather than terminating them, contrasting with Western efficiency-focused workforce management.
Mobile UX
fromGSMArena.com
1 month ago

This Asus gaming tablet PC is built in collaboration with Kojima Productions

Asus ROG and Kojima Productions collaborated to create the ROG Flow Z13-KJP gaming tablet, featuring custom Ludens design elements and premium specifications, now available for pre-order at $3700.
Video games
fromKotaku
2 weeks ago

Pragmata Hands-On: A Game With Old-School Cool, Lots Of Heart

A game captures retro design principles and earnest creativity, avoiding modern AAA cynicism while introducing players to Earth artifacts through a child companion's wonder.
US politics
fromTheregister
1 month ago

Microsoft 'cooperating' with Japanese antitrust probe

Japan's Fair Trade Commission is investigating Microsoft's software licensing practices for potential antitrust violations, particularly regarding cloud service deployment pricing.
fromKotaku
1 month ago

Nintendo Indie World: 18 Games We Saw

Kicking off the show is Denshattack!, the upcoming extreme public transit game in which you do sick stunts while driving a train car on just about every surface you can imagine, like it were a Sonic game. The game is coming out on June 17 and a demo is available today. The Switch 2 version will have an exclusive skin for the train you won't find on other platforms.
Games
Video games
fromKotaku
3 weeks ago

Game Adds Playable Tofu After Complaints About Female Protag

A vending machine tycoon game developer added a sentient tofu character as a playable option after receiving complaints about the female protagonist, offering an alternative without requiring extensive new character development.
Film
fromConde Nast Traveler
2 months ago

'Rental Family' Director Hikari Finding Peace on Set Amid the Bustle of Tokyo

A Japanese director's film follows an American actor in Tokyo recruited to play stand-in roles, exploring identity, belonging, and moral dilemmas.
World news
fromTravel + Leisure
2 months ago

This Country Was Just Ranked the Safest in Asia

Japan is the safest country in Asia, with very low street crime and public disturbances enabling worry-free travel and exploration.
Real estate
fromwww.nature.com
1 month ago

Double circle of density preferences among teleworkers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Tokyo

COVID-19–accelerated telework is reshaping work arrangements, residential relocation, urban form, labor markets, and central business district demand worldwide.
fromThe Verge
2 months ago

This limited-edition tablet is the closest you can get to using Hideo Kojima's computer

Asus is no stranger to odd yet badass limited editions of its one-of-a-kind gaming tablet, and for CES 2026 it's collaborating with Kojima Productions on the best-looking one yet. The Asus ROG Flow Z13 x Kojima Productions edition takes last year's excellent AMD Strix Halo-equipped gaming tablet and dresses it up in a Yoji Shinkawa design, complete with a two-tone metallic gold and black color combo and carbon fiber rear panel cover.
Gadgets
Apple
fromMedium
2 months ago

The Apple-Sony special relationship

Apple's proprietary platform control and certification processes advantage its ecosystem and constrain third-party peripheral makers, sometimes promoting select external devices like Sony controllers.
#sanae-takaichi
Board games
fromBoard Game Quest
2 months ago

Yokohama Duel Review

Yokohama Duel is a streamlined, two-player adaptation that replaces mancala with preset workers, preserving strategic engine-building, diverse scoring paths, and balanced interaction.
fromDodgers Nation
2 months ago

Dodgers' Yoshinobu Yamamoto to Host Talk Show With Nike in Japan

Yamamoto has shown he can do it all, and he's putting his talk-show-host skills to the test as well. More news:Dodgers Meet With Kyle Tucker as LA Emerges as Frontrunner The 27-year-old ace announced on Monday that he partnered with Nike, for whom he is a brand ambassador, to host an event in Tokyo called "WINNER'S MIND YOSHINOBU YAMAMOTO TALK SHOW." Yamamoto shared the news via his Instagram story.
Los Angeles
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

Naoto Nakagawa 2026 Is on View at KAPOW

Naoto Nakagawa's current show at KAPOW brings together a significant group of new acrylic paintings and intimate watercolors, situating his recent practice within both the Japanese shunga tradition of erotic art and his own six-decade exploration of perception, material culture, and the natural world. On view at KAPOW in Manhattan's Lower East Side through February 22, works across the exhibition resonate with themes that have defined Nakagawa's career since the 1960s - most notably his persistent pairing of man-made objects with organic life.
Arts
Social media marketing
fromThe Drum
2 months ago

Facebook rides into Tokyo Games with new skateboarding campaign

Facebook launched a global multichannel ad campaign around the Tokyo Olympics celebrating skateboarding communities and tools that connect, grow, and advance the sport.
fromwww.archdaily.com
1 month ago

KItoNOKO NIKKO HOME Group Hiroshima Office / ure LLC

KITONOKO is a community-oriented complex located in a suburban commercial district, conceived as a place where architecture quietly connects people, work, and everyday life. Surrounded by large-scale retail and roadside developments, the project seeks to introduce a more human-scaled, open, and approachable environment within a typically car-oriented context. Rather than operating as a closed commercial facility, the building encourages local residents, visitors, and staff to naturally intersect through spatial openness and continuity.
Design
Travel
fromTravel + Leisure
2 months ago

This Country Has the Safest Public Transportation System in the World-and No, It's Not in Europe or North America

Japan ranks first for transportation safety due to advanced infrastructure, rigorous protocols, cutting-edge technology, and a culture prioritizing order and responsibility.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

Japan PM Takaichi dissolves parliament, paving way for snap election

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved the lower house, triggering a February 8 snap election and a 12-day campaign.
fromArchitectural Digest
1 month ago

On a Storied Parcel in Silver Lake, a Bold New House Rises Within a Historic Garden

It once belonged to Julian Eltinge, a vaudeville performer who usually played women-so convincingly that audiences were often shocked when he revealed himself to be a man. Starring in musical comedies like The Fascinating Widow, The Crinoline Girl, and Cousin Lucy (all title roles written for him), Eltinge went on to become one of the highest paid movie stars of the 1920s. One prominent critic cleverly dubbed him "ambisexstrous."
Real estate
fromArchDaily
2 months ago

House in Nakano / HOAA / Hiroyuki Oinuma Architect & Associates

This project is an architect's home and office located in a densely populated residential area of Tokyo. As there were other houses adjacent to the boundary of the site on all sides except for the north side, where the road is located, it was decided to install a large window facing the road, but the challenge was how to create a bright garden view through the north-facing window.
Renovation
fromArchitectural Digest
5 months ago

9 Tokyo Airbnbs as Dynamic as the Capital City Itself

And while the convenience and amenities of a hotel stay may be tempting, renting an Airbnb just off the beaten path is an even better way to experience the city like a local. The bustling capital encompasses a dynamic mix of cultural sights, impressive culinary experiences, and globally-renowned shopping landmarks-from the vibrant Harajuku district to the Edo-era Senso-ji Temple-that make it one of the most bucket-listed travel destinations in the world.
Travel
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Cardboard crazy! Scavenger genius Shigeru Ban on building cathedrals and quake shelters with paper

He takes materials others might overlook or discard from cardboard tubes to beer crates, styrofoam to shipping containers and subjects them to a kind of alchemy, refining rough edges and transforming fragility into sturdiness. The outcome is a perpetually ingenious and curiously poetic scavenger architecture that finds beauty and purpose in the everyday. From high-end boutiques to housing for refugees, Ban's buildings blur the lines between eastern and western design traditions, between the luxurious and the ordinary.
Design
fromwww.archdaily.com
1 month ago

Imabari Shipbuilding Marugame Office / Yano Aoyama Architecture Design

Intervening at the head office of Imabari Shipbuilding's Marugame Site presented an opportunity to reorganize the working environment of multiple parties involved in the construction of large tankers, formerly scattered across a vast industrial area of 0.88 km.
Design
fromDesign Milk
2 months ago

The KOKUYO DIG Office in Tokyo Doubles as a Space for Learning

Workplaces serve as centers to support business transactions, often with cues from traditional corporate styling but little else. For its new office in Tokyo, the staff at KOKUYO, a leading manufacturer of office furniture, stationery, and supplies, envisioned a combination work and learning hub that sparks child-like imagination. The 5,317-square-foot space, completed by DDAA in collaboration with KOKUYO's own design team, centers on the theme of learning.
Design
#hideki-sato
#hideo-kojima
Design
fromwww.archdaily.com
2 months ago

House in Yokosuka 2nd / RID Co., Ltd.

A seaside family house in Yokosuka designed to respond to offshore winds, adjacent beach activity, and surrounding forest, accommodating urban coastal living.
fromKotaku
1 month ago

Surprise! Konami Nuked Metal Gear Solid 4 Ahead Of Remaster

Why does Hasbro keep shutting down studios instead of releasing games? Project Windless was the surprise hit out of last week's PlayStation showcase and its developers have been using genAI for the early development phase. And would it kill publishers to stop delisting old versions of their games? It's the latest edition of Morning Checkpoint, Kotaku 's daily roundup of gaming news, rumors, and culture.
Video games
Design
fromArchitectural Digest
2 months ago

Transparent Toilets Take Tokyo's Culture of Hygiene to the Next Level

Shigeru Ban's Tokyo Toilet uses smart glass to combine transparency for cleanliness checks with opacity for privacy in public restroom design.
Design
fromwww.archdaily.com
2 months ago

Forest House / Studio Onu

A seven-hectare field was transformed through long-term silviculture into an attractive, varied landscape reflecting native flora for a future Forest House.
Video games
fromKotaku
2 months ago

Metroid Prime's 40-Year Veteran Of Nintendo Is Reportedly Retiring

Longtime Nintendo producer Kensuke Tanabe is stepping away from Metroid Prime 4 production, creating a leadership transition and uncertainty about future sequels.
Design
fromwww.archdaily.com
2 months ago

TOYOTA Research and Development Center / Nikken Sekkei

Toyota's Innovation Park in Jiading District, Shanghai is a 46,003 m2 R&D campus focused on autonomous driving and collaborative, nature-integrated research.
Video games
fromKotaku
2 months ago

The Studio Behind Mighty No. 9 Debacle Is Officially No More

Comcept, Keiji Inafune's studio behind a failed Mega Man successor, has been dissolved while other studios push bold updates, new ARPGs, and crossover operator reveals.
fromwww.archdaily.com
2 months ago

Himi Shinmachi Daycare Centre / Shio Architect Design Office

This is a construction project for a new, two-storey wooden daycare centre, replacing a nursery built approximately 50 years ago. This project was secured through a selective tender process. In recent years, it has become increasingly challenging for design firms to secure public building projects. This tender system enables us to take on projects of a manageable scale, allowing us to enhance our expertise and build valuable experience.
Design
fromKotaku
1 month ago

Danganronpa Lead Says You've Gotta Lie To Your Bosses

Danganronpa and The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy are the types of games it's hard to get a big company behind. One's a murder mystery about teenagers killing each other, the other is a sprawling visual novel with 100 different endings. Kazutaka Kodaka, the lead on both these projects, explained how he gets games like this out the door, and it sounds like the key to getting a teenage deathmatch murder mystery approved is lying to your bosses.
Video games
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
1 month ago

This Japanese House Hides From the Street, Opens to the Sea - Yanko Design

Sometimes the best architecture knows when to turn away. UK studio Denizen Works just completed their first project in Japan, and it does exactly that. The House in Onomichi presents an almost entirely blank facade to the street, creating what founder Murray Kerr calls an "enigmatic quality." But this isn't architecture being rude. It's architecture understanding that privacy can be the ultimate luxury.
Design
Video games
fromKotaku
1 month ago

Legendary Sega Engineer Behind Genesis Dies At The Age Of 77

Sato led Sega's console hardware from the SG-1000 through Dreamcast, driving Mega Drive design and R&D efforts; he died at 77.
Video games
fromGadgets 360
1 month ago

Konami Will Share an Update on Silent Hill: Townfall This Week

Silent Hill: Townfall updates will be revealed during a Silent Hill Transmission livestream on February 12 at 4:00 PM PT, likely including a release date.
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