This week, we at McCann Truth Central released our latest study, 'The Truth About Wellness.' The study consists of a survey of 7,000 respondents in th...
This might be the saddest gadget you've ever seen. The MisoSoupDesign 'Anti Loneliness Ramen Bowl' is a soup dish with a built-in iPhone dock...
Demolishing buildings is usually a dangerous and messy affair, with either great expense and care taken to ensure debris doesn't pollute an entire cit...
It's no wonder people want to live there and see what it's like. Unfortunately those without a degree are very much restricted when it comes to obtaining employment in Japan due to entry requirements, meaning that funding life over there would be difficult. There is an opportunity to overcome this however, by applying for a Working Holiday Visa.
A spectre has been haunting US diplomats for the past month; the spectre of a hawkish Japan, tired of playing its role as a subservient geisha to Washington's soft political power games with Beijing, and seeking to carve out its own intransigent niche in East Asia geopolitics.
Japan was hit by a strong 7.3 magnitude earthquake on Friday morning - leading to a small tsunami. The quake hit the coast of northeast Japan - th...
One of Japan's longest tunnels has collapsed, trapping vehicles amid reports that at least five people have died. Sections of concrete fell from th...
This week a highly influential tourism delegation from the UK has been visiting Shanghai and Tokyo, capitalising on the renewed interest in Britain post-London 2012 and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
Rare twin tornadoes have been captured on camera as they swept across western Japan. The footage, some taken from a helicopter, shows the tornadoes...
Imagine a world where men and women can fart in public with wild abandon - with no risk of offending their fellow companion's nostrils. This is no...
A Japanese 'photo booth' is offering customers the chance to print out tiny 3D models of themselves. The custom business is to open for a limited ...
Japan has been given to understand that if it does not stop with the so-called 'scientific whaling' there will be no agreement on free trade. Period.
Nearly half a century of neglect has left sections of Japan's once bustling Izu peninsula a veritable ghost town. The crumbling ruins of this once...
One of Black Tomato's must go 2013 destinations has to be Kyoto.
If you're going to develop robotics to help people in disaster zones, it might not be the best idea to name yourself after a fictional company which d...
A new boutique hotel brand, which aims to offer travellers the best of authentic Asian accommodation, launched this month. Called Secret Retreats, ...
Heather Watson became the first Briton to win a women's tour tennis singles title in 24 years today. The 20-year-old from Guernsey beat Chang Kai-c...
European leaders have called on the US, Japan and other nations to "completely abolish" the death penalty, calling the penalty "contrary to the fundam...
A Japanese porn actress who attempted to pour oil on the troubled waters of the East China Sea - using social media to plead for calm over China and J...
Scroll down for some of the best news pictures from around the world, brought to you by the Huffington Posts own picture editors Elliot Wagland, Matth...
When you think of a company known primarily for mass producing printers, you don't often think of fine craftsmanship. In recent years, printer...
Taiwan's president has warned Japan over territorial claims made by his Japanese counterpart on a set of Islands in the East China Sea. The owners...
Pointing out that Tokyo is a bit weird is hardly new, but the problem is they keep coming up with reasons to keep saying it. Take the new 'robot re...
Japanese car giant Honda has announced a £267 million investment programme at its UK plant, where hundreds of new jobs have been created. It was t...
Crombie's autumn/winter 2012 collection possesses what you would expect from a company that has dressed the likes of the Duke of Windsor, Winston Churchill, Cary Grant, The Beatles, JFK and Barack Obama: and that is ineffable classic style, but with a modern twist. Jason Holmes met Crombie's head of wholesale Gordon Ritchie to try on the king of coats
