"When you arrive on Peleliu, it doesn’t take long to start spotting the remains of the war."

"Ten days into one particular trip, something suddenly occurred to me. ... I was living my entire day-to-day life completely contained in a giant stretched-out arcology."

"An incredible photo of the Large Helical Device in Japan built to test plasma fusion confinement."

"The communications ministry is pouring 300 million yen into the NHK project to develop and launch a higher quality 33.2 million pixel broadcast standard by 2015."

Images of the Tokyo(?) flood protection system. MASSIVE.

"Kouichi Toyama is an extreme left-wing activist who is among the ten candidates for the governor of Tokyo, and gave a way-wacky speech."

"This year alone, the Japanese embassy in Paris has had to repatriate four people with a doctor or nurse on board the plane to help them get over the [culture] shock."

A bunch of rather weird yet addictive flash games.

"The people of Tokyo should construct a giant building shaped like Godzilla. Imagine what it would do to the city’s skyline, and to the tourism industry."

A basic intro to MECHA!

Check out these mad l33t pen twiddling skillz!

The title says it all really.

Video of Sanrio (a.k.a Helly Kitty) themepark in Tokyo.

When Mario 2 for the NES was released in the U.S., it looked and played differently than anyone had expected. It turned out that Mario 2 was not really a Mario title at all, but a game released in Japan as Doki Doki Panic.

I'm torn between the exploitative and sexist nature of this video and wishing I was a woman so I could have joined in.

After the USB powered shirt here is something naughty, a maid's costume with a functional USB keyboard wrapped around the chest region. The 85 key keyboard is bendable and made of silicon to give you the right feeling and avoid damage to your girlfriend.

A howto on how to make sushi!