Read more about the article Japanese Boffins Develop Hologram Touchscreen To Prevent Spreading Germs
Shizuoka-based Murakami Corporation creates floating panels for toilets, based on Floating Pictogram Technology, which allows users to operate floating images like a regular touch panel. (Murakami/Newsflash)
General News

Japanese Boffins Develop Hologram Touchscreen To Prevent Spreading Germs

Japanese scientists have designed a touchscreen system that allows users to press hologram buttons so as not to spread germs. The new technology was reportedly made with Japanese toilets in mind, which often have a touch-screen panel next to them. According to the newspaper Sora News 24, the COVID-19 pandemic…

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March 15, 2021
Read more about the article Japanese Monks To Send Buddhist Temple Into Space To Orbit The Earth
Japanese monks want to send new temple in space. (Newsflash)
Religion

Japanese Monks To Send Buddhist Temple Into Space To Orbit The Earth

Japanese monks are planning to send a Buddhist temple into space that will orbit the Earth every 90 minutes. Daigoji Temple, founded in 874 and named after Japan's 60th emperor Daigo who was buried there, has a profound meaning for Japanese culture and is classified as a UNESCO World Heritage…

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February 24, 2021
Read more about the article Japanese Firm Takes Giant Leap To Make First Ever S3x Toy For Space
Tenga's space product concept. (TENGA/Newsflash)
General News

Japanese Firm Takes Giant Leap To Make First Ever S3x Toy For Space

A Japanese company which specialises in masturbation aids has taken “one giant leap” to make the first-ever sex toy for use in outer space. The company Tenga, which is a sexual wellness company based in Japan, announced its ‘Tenga Rocket Project’ in cooperation with Japanese space development startup Interstellar Technologies…

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February 24, 2021
Read more about the article Twitter Killer Wants A Wife So He Can See A Visitor Before Execution
30-year old Takahiro Shiraishi, the 'Twitter Killer'. (Newsflash)
Crime

Twitter Killer Wants A Wife So He Can See A Visitor Before Execution

The Japanese ‘Twitter Killer’ convicted of murdering nine people has said that he wants to marry someone so he can receive a visitor while on death row. Takhiro Shiraishi was arrested in 2017 after the body parts of eight women and one man were found in his flat in the…

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January 28, 2021
Read more about the article Fishing Boat Found 10 Years After Being Swept Away By Japan Tsunami
Fishing boat adrift for nearly 10 years after 2011 tsunami in Tokyo. (Newsflash)
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Fishing Boat Found 10 Years After Being Swept Away By Japan Tsunami

A fishing boat that went missing during a powerful Japanese tsunami has been found 10 years later on a small Pacific island. The small fishing vessel went missing from the city of Kesennuma in the prefecture of Miyagi in the north-eastern Japanese region of Tohoku following the Great East Japan…

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January 22, 2021