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Tokyo's old fish market makes way for skyscrapers, glitzy stadium to woo global spenders
Associated Press Finance via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 1 week agoThe site of Tokyo’s famed Tsukiji fish market, left empty after it was razed six years ago, will be...
Electric spoon that makes food taste saltier goes on sale in Japan
Sky News via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 month agoA battery-operated spoon that makes food taste saltier has gone on sale in Japan. The spoon, which...
Chinese team proposes invisible expansion in disputed South China Sea using tunnels
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 month agoA team of Chinese scientists say they have come up with a way to build tunnels under artificial...
Kirin's electric spoon leaps from Ig Nobel infamy to the dinner table
Reuters via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 2 months agoJapanese drinks giant Kirin Holdings will start selling an electrified spoon that researchers claim...
We Regret to Inform You That The Spinning “Loading” Icon Is Actually Called a “Throbber”
Futurism via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 months agoOn the internet, anything can be called anything. A site can be called "Twitter" for more than a...
Juro Kara, rebel playwright behind Japan's modern underground theater, dies at 84
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 months agoJuro Kara, who helped shape Japan’s postwar avant-garde theater, defiantly yet playfully...
Cherry blossoms – celebrated in Japan for centuries and gifted to Americans – are an appreciation of...
The Conversation via Yahoo News Singapore· 4 months agoThe first cherry blossom viewing was organized in Japan by Emperor Saga in 812 C.E. In the ensuing...
Eating nuts during pregnancy may reduce child's peer problems: study
NextShark via Yahoo News Singapore· 4 months agoA new study has found a possible association between the consumption of nuts during pregnancy and...
Why I Took My Son on a Baseball-themed Trip to Tokyo
Travel+Leisure via Yahoo Style Singapore· 4 months agoWhen my son, a lifelong sports fan, expressed an interest in visiting the baseball stadiums of Japan, I planned a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Tokyo. The...
Japan is rich, but many of its children are poor; a film documents the plight of single mothers
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 months agoThe women work hard, sleeping only a few hours a night, as they juggle the demands of caring for...