May, 2016 (Page 9)
Hot on the heels of a bed made of cardboard for use in disasters, one company has upped the ante with a whole line of cardboard emergency goods including a range of toilets to suit your needs.
Short on cookware or want to minimize clean-up time after dinner? Skip the recycling center and use your old bottles to whip up something good!
Just be sure you’re wearing proper 19th-century attire – you don’t want to get any funny looks.
How do you turn internationally popular breath mints into a line of cosmetics and skincare items? Here’s how!
Customers who finish everything, including the two-kilo topping of coriander, are rewarded with all-you-can-eat coriander for life.
This month Osaka Prefectural Police pressed charges against a 16-year-old boy for a first-of-its-kind cyber attack in Japan.
“The 100 what??” That was our initial reaction too, but the official list is just what it sounds like!
Here are three dating deal breakers in Japan that you shouldn’t ignore, even if you’d give her appearance a perfect 10.
Surprisingly, Sailor Moon wasn’t even close to the top pick.
Necessary qualities: defense against cold, polite demeanor, and a fierce loyalty to Tim Hortons.
The otaku haven’s first women-only capsule hotel will celebrate its opening with an anime collaboration.
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