Japan's Dododo Land, the most irritating place on Earth(soranews24.com)

115 points by zdw 8 months ago | 35 comments

Tokyo has an unmanned, honor-system electronics and appliance shop(soranews24.com)

73 points by techdar42 1 year ago | 51 comments

Desk for people who work at home with a cat(soranews24.com)

417 points by zdw 7 months ago | 150 comments

SoraNews24 article about a Japanese desk designed for remote workers with pet cats, featuring built-in cat spaces and a peek-through hole.

Tokyo has only two barley tea makers, we visited one to see how mugicha is made(soranews24.com)

151 points by zdw 3 months ago | 39 comments

Mitsubishi robot solves Rubik's Cube in 0.305s(soranews24.com)

239 points by nanna 2 years ago | 165 comments

Toshiba to delist from Japanese stock exchange(english.kyodonews.net)

72 points by anigbrowl 3 years ago | 40 comments

Why Japan has such good railways(worksinprogress.co)

537 points by RickJWagner 6 months ago | 507 comments

A Works in Progress magazine essay explaining why Japan's railway system is so effective.

Strong earthquake hits northern Japan, tsunami warning issued(www3.nhk.or.jp)

341 points by lattis 10 months ago | 155 comments

NHK World news page reporting a strong earthquake off northern Japan and tsunami warnings, later downgraded to advisories, for Hokkaido and Tohoku coasts.

Japan moves to tighten rules for foreigners(aljazeera.com)

120 points by mikhael 29 days ago | 323 comments

Al Jazeera article on Japan raising requirements for permanent residency and tightening rules for foreigners amid a rightward political shift.

Tokyo is set to introduce a four-day workweek for government employees(cnn.com)

582 points by amichail 1 year ago | 286 comments

CNN article reporting that the Tokyo metropolitan government will offer employees a four-day workweek to help boost fertility and family time.

Train sim created by just one person is being called the best ever made(kotaku.com)

796 points by oumua_don17 3 months ago | 332 comments

Kotaku impressions article on Running Train, a Japanese train driving simulator made by a single developer that is drawing glowing Steam reviews.

Japanese people still aren't having sex. And nobody knows why(sciencefocus.com)

22 points by baranul 10 days ago | 32 comments

BBC Science Focus news article reporting that around 1 in 10 Japanese people reach their 30s without having had sex, and that the causes remain unclear.