News & Reviews:   japan

A costume designer and builder Thomas DePetrillo has created a giant 'cosplay', a replica of the original RX-78-2 Gundam. Designed by pioneering mecha designer Kunio Okawara, the iconic prototype was first introduced in the 1979 Mobile Suit Gundam anime series. So, what should you know about it?

Malaysians can soon use PayNet’s DuitNow QR to pay for items in Southeast Asian countries and Japan after Japan revealed that they’re making their QR code payment systems compatible with Southeast Asian countries. Expected to be implemented by fiscal 2025, read on to find out more.

Remember SEGA? It used to be a big name for our childhood. Recent reports say the Japanese company could bring 5 popular games to the new Nintendo Switch 2. That said, what should you know about it?

Tsubame Industries may soon be selling a 4.5-meter tall giant robot for $3 million USD (~RM14151000). The robot has four legs with wheels on them, can be piloted from the inside and has five fingered hands. The company plans to make 5 of them for those big spenders out there but haven’t provided any Japan release dates, much less Malaysia release dates.

It wasn't that long ago that we reported there were many false Crash Detection alarms. In just Minnesota, USA alone in 2022, there are already 700 false alarms. Meanwhile, several Japanese emergency service units got a total of 919 false calls within a month. 

During this pandemic period and I believe all of you must be very familiar with scanning QR codes to check-in via MySejaterah app. But do you know how QR code works? Who invented it? Why QR code is used instead of a barcode?

In order to combat the dip in fertility rate, Japan has plans to allocate around 2 billion yen (~RM78k) to fund an AI tech to help matchmake individuals to increase the birth rate in the country. While there are already human-run matchmaking services available, the AI system could potentially increase the success of getting individuals matched.

Based on a statement by japantimes.co.jp, it seems that Panasonic recently developed a gadget that utilizes vacuum suction in order to pick up earbuds that were dropped onto railway tracks. The push for the development of such a gadget was due to the fact that there were around 950 cases of dropped earbuds between July and September of 2020, which has the potential to not only damage the railway tracks but also place patrons in danger if they were foolish enough to try and retrieve their earbuds.

It seems that a bunch of tweets from the user @IronManPS5 has recently surfaced on Twitter, detailing the pricing all of the variants of the PlayStation 5 as well as all the accessories the console supports. While not much is known in regards to the local pricing, the tweet gives us a better understanding of what to expect when the console and accessories are available in Malaysia.

It looks like anime characters are the best to have collaboration with when it comes to releasing special edition products. Nowadays, we can see various products ranging from smartphones to watches taking inspiration from anime series. Earlier today, we saw a collaboration between Casio's G-SCHOCK and One Piece on a watch that many One Piece fans would die for. Now, it appears that the watchmaker has another impressive collaboration as well, which is a Dragon Ball Z edition G-SHOCK watch.