Japan

Buying A 3G iPhone In Japan

In Japan, iPhone on 16 July 2008 with no comments

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I Survived A Japanese Game Show

In Japan on 22 June 2008 tagged Japan with no comments

I love, love, love Japanese Game shows - they are so wacky and different. If I ever get to live in Japan I would probably get fired cause I would just watch TV all day long.

But now the secret is out, and there is an AMERICAN reality tv show about the Japanese game show:

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Japanese IPhone Pricing

In Japan, iPhone on 21 June 2008 with no comments

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Are You Metabo?

In Japan on 21 June 2008 with no comments

The Japanese government, in an effort to encourage its populace to stay slim and trim, has started requiring companies to measure the waistlines of its employees. If the company can’t meet the goal of a slim workforce, penalties must be paid.

The standards are 33.5 inches for men and 35.4 inches for women. [...]

Robo-One 13 Tokyo

In Japan on 27 March 2008 with no comments

Some videos and pictures are starting to come out from this year’s Robo-One in Tokyo:

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Japanese Robot Baby Sitter

In Japan, New Category on 25 March 2008 with no comments

Speaking of Japan, those clever Japanese engineers have come up with a solution to the problem of not being able to find a sitter - a robot babysitter!

“If parents want to leave their children with the kid-sized machine, they arrange for the youngsters to wear special badges that bear codes which the robot can read. The [...]