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Felicity Hughes
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Sep 16, 2010
Privacy not an issue for geolocation apps
Where are you right now ... and do you want to share that information with your social network? Geolocation apps want to know.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Japan Pulse
Sep 11, 2010
Publishers flock to next-generation newsstands
Publishers adapt to the changin' times and experiment with new digital channels and pay models.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / BY THE GLASS
Sep 10, 2010
A cooling splash of New Zealand
A bit like having a water pistol shot straight in the face, a cool glass of Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand can slap you right out of your late-summer stupor.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Sep 9, 2010
Japan's depilation revolution: Smooth skin is in for men
A variety of hair-removal products sprout up for men wanting smooth skin.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Sep 3, 2010
Death notebooks promise organized, happy endings
'Ending notes' let people thinking ahead to tie up all the loose ends before they depart.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 3, 2010
Festival marks blip on the radar for chiptune
Taking Nintendo's Game Boy to places it was never meant to go, a lineup of international chiptune artists will be converging on Koenji High this weekend for Japan's first ever Blip Festival. The roster includes acts such as Nullsleep from New York, who takes a blowtorch to sweet "Super Mario" style ditties,...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Sep 2, 2010
Power spots: Japan’s latest spiritual craze
Feeling down? Need a recharge? Seek the nearest 'power spot.'
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / Japan Pulse
Aug 28, 2010
Crash leggings are no accident
Trendy Japanese girls rip it up and tear it up to show more than a bit of leg.
LIFE / Digital / Japan Pulse
Aug 26, 2010
DIY robots: How to build your own lean, mean fighting machine
For robot enthusiasts, DIY kits come in a broad range of difficulties and price ranges.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Aug 20, 2010
Summer pick-me-ups for salarymen
The salarymen of Japan have got it tough in the summertime, but we've found a few things that might ease the pain.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Aug 19, 2010
Wedding plans get expecting couples to the church on time
Sugukon Navi doesn't beat around the bush when it comes to shotgun weddings and offers the fastest routes possible to the chapel.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Aug 13, 2010
Summer's 'hottest' ice treats
aisu kuriimu, popsicles and ice candies.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / BY THE GLASS
Aug 13, 2010
East meets West at the dining table
Matching wine with Japanese food can be fraught with difficulty. A refined, oak-aged Bordeaux paired with a cool plate of sashimi, for example, can come across as brash and overbearing, completely drowning out the subtle spectrum of seafood flavors. But that's not to say great matches are impossible....
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Aug 11, 2010
Toy cameras use digital to keep it analog
Hot on the heels of the toy camera trend comes the toy digital-camera, trying to keep in analog.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Aug 5, 2010
Costume changes made easy in Harajuku
Harajuku girls can now avail themselves to spaces that cater to quick costume changes.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Aug 4, 2010
Taking social games to the next level
Social gaming, supplemented by augmented reality, has reached its tipping point in Japan.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / Japan Pulse
Jul 30, 2010
Keeping track of cashless spending
Japan's not so keen on credit cards but it has embraced paying for purchase with precharged IC cards.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / Japan Pulse
Jul 28, 2010
GPS navigation for cyclists gathers speed
Tokyo isn't the easiest city to navigate, which makes mobile GPS devices and apps for cyclists a no-brainer.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 23, 2010
Omodaka puts the 'bleeps' in 'Aaaaaiiia'
A neon image of a naked Edo Period prostitute flickers on the screen in time to the blips and beeps of a chiptune track, over which snakes the synthesized voice of a Japanese folk singer; this is Omodaka, aka Soichi Terada, an artist who blends retro digital bleeps with traditional minyo (folk) singing,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Jul 22, 2010
3D bunnies kick butt on Youtube
Fans of 3D CG are being treated to a free 20-minute episode of military action drama “Cat Shit One” before it hits Japan’s cinemas. The episode, which details the exploits of a pair of commando bunnies who attempt to spring hostages from a Middle Eastern jail, can be viewed on YouTube until Sept....

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