CEO Akio Toyoda showed off how the company taught robot arms to fold t-shirts Japanese style. Starting with a pair of manual graspers, the human demonstrates the correct way to fold a shirt.

Sumo has gained yet another set of rikishi siblings, as Chugo Saito last week joined older brother Seigo (jūryō division wrestler Wakaikari) at Isenoumi stable, in preparation for his debut at ...

As 2024 nears its end and we look back on the year in entertainment, it was clearly one when Japan-related works loomed large on the global market. It is a diverse group of works. Some were made ...

The Miyawaki Forest Technique, invented by Japanese botanist and plant ecology expert Professor Akira Miyawaki in the 1970s, is the inspiration for micro-forests worldwide. These diverse ...

Email tips and ideas to [email protected]. There is perhaps no more universal wardrobe staple than the plain white T-shirt: It can be dressed up or down. Most of the time, a tee won’t cost ...

After leaving the NBC sketch comedy show to write for The Office in 2005, he said the SNL sketch ‘The Japanese Office’ “didn’t feel right to me in some way” when Steve Carell and Ricky ...

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Izumo-class multi-functional destroyer JS Kaga (DDH-184) viewed during sea-trials off the coast of Southern California, Nov. 6, 2024. Credit: U.S. Marine ...

Every year, many companies introduce special products based on the signs of the zodiac to celebrate the New Year in Japan. As 2025 will be the Year of the Snake, Apple has now announced a limited ...

Shocking news came during the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament last month ... Prehistoric Jomon Period Indonesia Launches Free School Meal Program with Support from Japan; Ishiba Currying Favor with New ...

There was widespread surprise and disappointment among international sumo fans when the Japan Sumo Association announced on Dec. 19 that the capacity for next year’s July basho would be roughly ...