Japanese men worried about bulging bellies now have another option to cutting back on beer -- slip into a boxer brief girdle or T-shirt with tummy-control panels. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Japanese scientists will have bred a new "super-tuna" within a decade that will be stronger, more resistant to disease and taste better than the bluefin presently in the oceans. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

Japanese researchers said Thursday they had created functioning human brain tissues from stem cells, a world first that has raised new hopes for the treatment of disease. picked by karenben 1 year ago

For those who just can't get enough of US president-elect Barack Obama, a Japanese mask-maker is giving thousands of people the chance to be his spitting image. Ogawa Rubber Inc., Japan's top rubber mask studio, is moving into high gear and is manufacturing more than 300 masks of the next US president each day ahead of his inauguration on January 20. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

This clip from "Hausu" is, by far, the weirdest bit of Japanese horror movie I have ever seen.

I want to see the whole movie.

The theme pic doesn't do the insanity of this movie justice. picked by DaftGretel 2 years ago

Japanese Talent Show, like the Gong Show, but with no Gong. It does have a trap door above razor sharp spikes though.
( ok, maybe there's no spikes ) picked by Dangerman 2 years ago

A Japanese brewery is planning to produce the world's first "space beer" using barley once stored at the International Space Station. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A team of Japanese climbers claimed they have found the footprints of the legendary abominable snowman in the folds of the eastern Himalayas in Nepal. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

In a bad case of It seemed like a good idea at the time syndrome, a Japanese customs officer decided that the way to test their sniffer dogs was to hide a bag of cannabis in a random passenger's luggage. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

"Few weeks ago Japan Police started to take random drug tests to foreigners on the streets of Shibuya and Roppongi. Basically from what report on several online sources 99.9% of tests are done to foreigners not Japanese people." picked by bornbad 5 months ago

A Japanese company, Haruyama Trading Co., has developed a suit that it claims protects the wearer from the deadly H1N1 strain of influenza.

<<not the suit picked by nateebiinature 2 months ago

A Japanese restaurant has changed the face of customer service by employing two monkeys to help with the table service. Video included. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Japanese girls born last year can expect to live to an average age of 85.8 years, making them the longest-lived in the world. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Japanese font vendor Morisawa has created a fun little Flash application. picked by bornbad 6 months ago

An entire blog about trying tasting and commenting on some of the Japanese sweets.
(oh.... toasted maffy, I must try!) picked by AtlantaDelta 2 years ago

A Japanese astronaut plans to throw a boomerang inside a space station to test whether it can fly in zero gravity. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A survey has found young Japanese women talk to their computers, give them names, and decorating them with toys. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Over the coming months, thousands of dolphins - some only a few days old - will be hacked to death.
The dolphin meat is so toxic because the seas around Japan have become a soup of industrial wastes. These poisons become concentrated in fish, which the dolphins then eat. And when the Japanese eat the dolphins, they progressively poison themselves. picked by kakana 3 months ago

Japanese scientists have developed a new technique allowing them to take high-resolution images of the nerves in a patient's limbs for the first time. picked by kakana 4 months ago

The Japanese Version of Ronald seems a bit... sexy. picked by melgesevad 2 years ago