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“Spectrum Cube” necklace!
If you can recall your high school science classes, you may remember learning about the physics of light, and how rainbows are made by dispersion. If you’re a classic rock fan, you may recognize this separation of white light into a colorful rainbow depicted ...

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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
A restaurant featuring ramen noodles took its place among the more exalted gourmet restaurants as Tokyo kept its crown as the Michelin guide’s dining capital of the world for the ninth straight year on Tuesday.
The guide also widened its listing of foods in the Bib Gourmand section th...

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Love samurai-inspired fashion but hate the cold? Then you might want to add these warm Japanese-style half coats to your wardrobe this winter.
We recently looked at a line of clothing that combines traditional Japanese men’s clothing such as kimono and hakama with avant-garde flourish...

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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
The Bridge has shared a story about Tokyo-based Anicall developing a wearable device for pets called Shiraseru Am. Literally meaning “notifier”, Shiraseru Am is currently on pre-order via a crowdfunding campaign on the Makuake Japanese platform.
Anicall hope to raise ¥500,000 (around...

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