Nintendo CEO, Satoru Iwata,says TETRIS Tetris wouldn’t make it…IF…it were pitched to today’s game publishers.
He says that the video-game industry has become too obsessed with big-budget games that appeal to only the hard-core gamers.
A couple of days ago …

ichi ni san shi go
hitotsu, futatsu, mitsu, yottsu, itsutsu
ikko, nikko, sanko, yonko, gokko
yi, er, san, si, go
eins, zwei, drei, vier, fumpf
unos, dos, tres, quadro, sinko.
odun, dva, tre, cheteree, pyarch ( I don’t know how to …

This robot is cool.

"His name is Wakamaru.
He/it can almost be considered one of the family. It can recognize up to 10,000 words. (I wonder if it can speak English….I don’t think I even …

Japan’s blogs are grumbling big time because Japan has placed a ban on the resale of some goods.  In short, Japan is trying to close down the second-hand stores.
Starting April 1st, Japan will place a …

We had three words for shoveling snow in Japan.
The first was yukikaki, the second was yukioroshi and the third was yukihori. You might guess that yuki is the word for snow. I know, I …

In the 1980s not a few Toyota Corollas and Datsun B210s were trashed by angry protesters. (Do you know how Datsun got its name? The boss came in and told the Japanese car name maker that …

According to Toyota’s Vice Chairman, Fujio Cho, "France and Japan are a winning partnership."
Adapting to the French way – nope, the French adapt to the Japanese way – employees at a factory in Valenciennes developed …

Japan knows how to capitalize on gift giving = make money.
Feb. 14th is Valentines Day in Japan like it is everywhere else. One difference is that in Japan only the women folk give gifts…chocolate…to anyone. …

The best way to mess up anything, good or bad, is to let a politician get involved. It’s no different in Japan.
Takafumi Horie, founder of www.livedoor.com was all the rage of the business press just a half …

Good morning in Japanese is said "ohayo."  It is pronounced Ohio…just like the state. Seriously. Next time you see someone Japanese say "Ohio" to them real slow. Make sure it’s early in the morning. And …