Tokyo's Restaurant of Mistaken Orders Employs Dementia Waiters for Unexpected Meals
Tokyo's "Restaurant of Order Mistakes" features waiters and waitresses who have dementia, and who are given free reign to make mistakes.
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Hashima: Once The World's Most Densely Populated Place, Now a Haunting Empty Shell
Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town
Tribute to Yu-Gi-Oh Creator Who Drowned While Trying to Save Child, Mom And U.S. Soldier: 'He's A Hero'
Kazuki Takahashi, creator of the manga, anime, and trading card game Yu-Gi-Oh! was found to have died on July 4th during a rescue attempt.
Husband Plants Field of Flowers for Blind Wife to Smell, So Spectacular it Gets Visitors
When his wife lost her eyesight, this man turned their dairy farm into a garden of fragrant flowers to bring his wife back from sadness.
79-Year-old Diver and This Fish Have Been BFFs for Nearly 30 Years After He Nursed Her Back to Health
This Japanese diver made friends with a wrasse fish, now they've been friends for 5 years. Watch the video.
Japan Breaks Another Record For Having Even More Centenarians -And There are Several Reasons
Work ethic, a seafood-rich diet, deep family ties, and now improving medical technology are elongating the lives of the Japanese yet further.
Scientists Had Never Seen This Elusive Whale Alive-Until Now
While carcasses had been examined, living Sat's beaked whales had never been seen, but are now thought to travel to warmer climates sometimes
Man Spends 13 Years Transforming Barren Backyard into Terraced Japanese Garden - LOOK
In a dull backyard, a man has spend 13 years adding a koi pond, Zen garden, and tea house until the how Bristol home looked Tokyo-classic.
Researchers Capture Video of Deepest Fish Ever Recorded-Almost 5 Miles Below Surface Near Japan
This clueless-looking fish has several adaptations to living in an area where the pressure is 800 times greater than at sea level.
Wife of WWII Soldier Spends Decades to Reunite Japanese Family With Photo Album He Found on Okinawa -LOOK
With persistence, belief, and the amount of sheer dumb luck normally needed to win the lottery, a Portland senior tracked down an Okinawan family based on the photos left behind in an album her late husband plucked from the shrapnel-strewn beaches of the Japanese Island in 1945. Strangers, friends of friends, and non-English speakers all […]
Japanese Startup to Launch Public Space-Viewing Balloon Flights to Rival SpaceX
The ballon will carry a passenger 14 miles up into space and can be launched four a few thousand dollars in just a few hours of prep time.
Try Your Hand at Haiku: Newspaper in Japan Selects Poems Each Day from Reader Submission
365 days a year, the Mainichi publishes reader-submitted haiku in English from readers all over the world, submit yours.
Over 100 New Nazca Lines Discovered in Peru Designed by Ancient People
The Nazca Lines are known to be enormous, but it has only recently been discovered they had around 360 smaller neighbors on the black plain.
Japanese Archaeologists Find Beautiful Bronze Mirror Buried With a 7-Foot-Long Sword
The Japanese penchant for wielding large curved swords goes back much further in time than previously thought, perhaps to before the 400s.
In a World First, Scientists Use Artificial DNA to Kill Cancer Cells
When cancers begin overproducing certain molecules, these are prime targets for oncolytic drugs like this artificial DNA made in Tokyo.
This Perfectly Spherical Dog With 100K Instagram Followers Reminds Us That Cute Comes in All Shapes and Sizes
A toy poodle called Mohu is entirely round, and drawing huge numbers on social media for her spherality and poise.
These Guys Make Edible Cement From Food Waste - And You Can Literally Add it to Your Gingerbread House
These guys are making cement from food waste like coffee and banana peels that can be eaten in an emergency, but is also stronger than normal
A Fruit So Sweet, Yet Grown Indoors: Will the Japanese Cultivar Become This Tesla of Strawberries?
The Omakase berries are grown hydroponically, meaning they are cultivated in soil-less tubes of liquid fertilizer in controlled environments.
UPDATE-World's First Drug to Regrow Teeth Enters Clinical Trials
If successful, the next trial will include children with anodontia, a condition where children are born without some of their teeth.
Build With Compost: Researchers Turn Food Scraps Into Materials Stronger Than Concrete
Tokyo University researchers have discovered a way to turn food waste into construction materials, raising sustainability hopes.
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