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A few days ago, we looked at a couple of cats that were mastering the art of pooping in the (people) toilet. When you stop and think about it, though, this is sort of a mixed bag for pet owners.
Sure, on one hand, this frees you from the gross task of picking clumps out of the litter ...

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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO — Japan’s biggest manufacturers were in a cautious mood during the last quarter of the year, a central bank survey showed on Monday, despite a modest pick-up in the world’s number three economy.
The Bank of Japan’s closely-watched Tankan report showed confidence among major manu...

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JAPAN TRENDS
Toyo Tire and Rubber Co., Ltd. has created a series of yukata based on the tread designs of three of its tire products.
Here are what the Toyo tire tread yukata look like, modeled by Toyo employees.
While you might associate tire treads with a somewhat rough or dirty image — since th...

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JAPAN TRENDS
NTT Docomo has produced a video illustrating how it is dangerous to look at your phone while you walk, even if you are a samurai.
In the video, hapless samurai are shown walking in a pilgrimage but unable to resist the urge to look at their smartphones while they move forward.
The re...

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JAPAN TIMES
 Japan is closing in on becoming the fourth nation to test fly its own stealth jet, a move that could further antagonize neighboring Asian countries that oppose Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s bid to strengthen the role of the Self-Defense Forces.
The aircraft is scheduled to make its mai...

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JAPAN TRENDS
You loved the Mewgaroo Hoodie with its cat paws, cat ears, and special pouch for snuggling up with your pet.
Now Unihabitat are back with the next big thing in Japanese pet products: the Meowgaroo Jumpsuit.
Available in black and white, and two sizes, this time it’s a whole fluffy su...

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JAPAN TIMES
NEW YORK – Panasonic Corp. has unveiled a compact body camera for police officers ahead of the launch of the product in December in the United States.
The 130-gram camera can send recorded movie data to a hard disk system placed in emergency vehicles via wireless LAN, as well as to po...

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JAPAN TRENDS
Poppet is a new service that allows you to create a kind of 3D “relief” with your pet’s face.
Being handmade and durable, the idea is that the relief is far superior to a regular photo. Pet-owners just have to provide one digital photo and Poppet take care of the rest of the modeling...

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JAPAN TRENDS
Japan’s love affair with the pet rarely fails to impress.
And now just in time for New Year and the winter, we have the Katatsu
Mobile Kotatsu Cat Table.
While not an actual kotatsu (a table with a heater and blanket) — or as impressive as the Neo-Kotatsu fashion we saw earlier in th...

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JAPAN TIMES
Cyberdyne Inc. said Wednesday its robot suit has become the first robotics device in the country to receive government approval as a medical device.
“We have finally come to this stage in Japan, too, where the technology born in Japan has become a medical device,” Yoshiyuki Sankai, fo...

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