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Japan’s Extraordinary Pet Clothes Trends: Mobile kotatsu For Cats, Hot Dog Backpack for Dogs

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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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Homegrown Robotic Suit Gets Recognized as Medical Device in Japan

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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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Maywa Denki’s Latest Musical Instrument, Mr Knocky, Is An Awesome Drum Toy

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JAPAN TRENDS
Maywa Denki are one of Japan’s best-kept secrets. Part music unit, part toy designers, part performance artists, the group is now 20 years old but continues to come up with great ideas.
Their biggest hit was likely the Otamatone Sound Toy, a remake of the theremin that came out a few...

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Docomo and McDonald's to Partner in Offering Benefits To Mutual Customers

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JAPAN TODAY
 TOKYO — NTT Docomo and McDonald’s Japan Co have jointly announced a partnership to offer discounts and other benefits to more than 54 million members of Docomo’s “d POINT CLUB” and McDonald’s customers at most of its 3,000 locations nationwide. By offering customers enhanced convenie...

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Thanko Thumb Extender for Phone Touchscreens Saves You Time With Large Mobile Devices

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JAPAN TRENDS
Thanko are our favorite Japanese gadget makers, not least because their approach to the marketing is always so gleefully down-to-earth but also because they deliberately find everyday problems and seek out low-fi, cheap resolutions.
Here’s a case in point.
Don’t you just hate it when...

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Tate no Ie: Muji’s new “Vertical House”

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JAPAN TRENDS
Muji have created their first new model home in five years with the Tate no Ie, the “vertical house”.
It joins the Mado no Ie (Window House) and the Ki no Ie (Tree House). Not strictly prefab, Muji homes are pre-designed but assembled on site.
The new three-story, wooden Tate no Ie s...

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Kengo Kuma’s Fa-bo Uses Carbon Fibers for Earthquake Resistance

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JAPAN TRENDS
On November 13th, architect Kengo Kuma and Komatsu Seiren unveiled fa-bo, a three-floor office for the fabrics manufacturer in Nomi City, Ishikawa Prefecture.
It is said to be the world’s first use of carbon fibers as earthquake-resistant materials. While unrecognized by Japanese arc...

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Meet Pepper: SoftBank Stores To Be Staffed by Humanoid Robots

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JAPAN TRENDS
Stores of SoftBank, one of Japan’s three main mobile phone providers, will be staffed by robots, announced CEO and Japan’s richest man Masayoshi Son at a press conference today in Tokyo.
The robot is the Pepper, a new model developed by French robotics company Aldebaran, who have pre...

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Reveal Your Inner Fashion Samurai with Traditional Clothes for The Modern World

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ROCKET NEWS
For their 10th anniversary, Wazigen Shizukuya is providing gorgeous modern hakama and yukata styles for all the men.
Hakama, yukata and kimono may be the traditional clothing of Japan, but there’s no reason that you can’t wear and enjoy them every day. Wazigen Shizukuya opened its doo...

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Carved Wooden Cases from Hiroshima!

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ROCKET NEWS
These individually carved and lacquered wooden iPhone cases aren’t cheap, but they are gorgeous! With a design as gorgeous as it is simple, your phone will look great wherever you might play Candy Crush.
The iPhone has never been the affordable smartphone option, though many will argu...

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