News Japanese aquarium uses flowchart to document complicated love lives of its penguins by Claudia Schmidt If you thought the love lives of Gossip Girl were complicated, you haven’t seen anything yet. The penguin inhabitants of the Kyoto Aquarium seemingly have such complex webs of romance…
News Japan asks people to avoid screaming on rollercoasters to stop spread of coronavirus by Julia Lo Surdo With many countries around the world slowly beginning to ease restrictions, there are a few new rules still in place to help stop the spread of coronavirus. Japan are among…
News Japanese inventors have created an inflatable bike that fits in your backpack by Kayla McNicoll Okay, by now you must be well aware that Japanese inventors have come up with some pretty crazy stuff over the years. And while some creations seem totally pointless, a…
News These deer hanging out beneath cherry blossoms in Japan’s Nara Park are utterly magical by Talya Jacobson These will be the most breathtaking images you’ll see today. An array of deer have been captured sitting peacefully under the cherry blossoms that envelop Japan’s Nara Park, and the…
Clocked News UNIQLO celebrate Mario’s 35th birthday with their new collection by Kayla McNicoll This year is a big year for Nintendo, whose most renowned creation Super Mario is celebrating its 35th anniversary. While Nintendo is going crazy in 2020 with new materials and…
News 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be postponed due to coronavirus, says official by Claudia Schmidt International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound has said that the 2020 Summer Olympics, due to take place in Tokyo this July, will be rescheduled due to the coronavirus pandemic. It…
Film and TV News A Studio Ghibli Festival is coming to Sydney this Summer by Josh Clarke This summer will see Sydney hosting its very own Studio Ghibli Festival. The festival will be held at Art Gallery NSW in the Domain Theatre and will screen Spirited Away,…
News The Cure bassist Simon Gallup replaced last minute at Fuji rock – by his son by Luke Saunders The Cure bassist Simon Gallup called upon his son Eden Gallup to step in at Fuji Rock Festival after he was forced to sit out the show due to a…
Music LISTEN: Tycho – Japan (feat. Saint Sinner) by Happy With just a month to go before his new album drops, Tycho has unveiled the blissful Japan. Here Saint Sinner lends her sky high vocals to Tycho’s effervescent sound – listen to both…
News A Dinosaur Jr song from 1994 has made a baffling appearance in Japan’s Billboard charts by Mia Hull Dinosaur Jr’s song Over Your Shoulder hit the Billboard Japan charts this week, coming in at #18 in the Hot 100. The song is the closing track to Dinosaur Jr’s 1994 album Without…
News In protest of same-sex marriage laws, a gay Japanese couple will marry 26 times in 26 countries by Joanna Panagopoulos Japan-native Misato Kawasaki faced what many gay children unfortunately feel in high school – that she was abnormal. Since Japan has no nationwide consensus on same-sex marriage, Kawasaki felt that…
News Japan is bringing pollution down to zero by creating their 2020 Olympic medals from recycled mobile phones by Freya McGahey Japan is possibly one of the most interesting and engaging countries in the world, front runners in technology, social reform and health, it doesn’t really come as a huge surprise…
News Fireflies or Fairies? The enchanted forest is real, and here’s your photo evidence by Agnes O'Dwyer When firefly season rolls around, in Japan’s rainy months of May and June, Photographer Kei Nomiyama cohabits the forest with the fireflies to capture their brief, wondrous lives. Nomiyama has…
