Tokyo technology

Japan's bullet train network is famous worldwide for its speed, safety, and reliability. In the coming years, Japan will build its first high-speed maglev line that is set to improve the existing system in all of these respects and more. The maglev, or "magnetic levitation", technology being developed in Japan has already broken world record speeds, and the trains of the future are not too far off. The Japanese maglev project is planned to connect Tokyo and Nagoya in 2027 and extend further…

Robot Café is reinventing Tokyo’s restaurant scene with robotics #robotics #coffeeshop #robotcafe #robotstechnology

The electronics maker, Sony, is facing much loss in the market with failing to provide successful products. Considering its falling profits, now the company is apparently said to be looking to sell its former headquarters and surrounding buildings in the central Tokyo region of Japan.

Lately, I’ve been encountering this heavily photoshopped image of Shibuya Sky shared all across social media. Since seeing it, I’ve been thinking a lot about how overstylized composite shots like this warp expectations. Sure, the real thing in Shibuya offers a stunning view but it’s not like you can see the entire curvature of the planet. Though I am just as guilty as the rest, I often wonder if we’d be doing the world a greater service by posting more accurate representations of these…

A night in a rainy Tokyo city

Bonenkai (year end) parties started last week here in Japan. Its customary to pretty much spend every night of the first two weeks in December going out with various groups of friends, co-workers, industry contacts, and pretty much anyone else you've met at one point in your life ;-) The idea is for all friends/contacts to celebrate the end of yet another (hopefully) successful year and wish each other the best of luck for another healthy and (again hopefully) prosperous following year. As a…

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Japanese convenience store chain Lawson Inc. exhibits its concept unmanned store and an in-store robot planned for the near future at Asia's largest electronics and information technology fair near Tokyo as the nation's service industries brace for deeper labor shortages.

the price of a good sleep... specially designed sleeping chambers at the '9-hours hotel', Japan

Akihabara, Japan

Pepper the Robot at the Softbank store in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo / Tōkyō / 東京, Japan / ジャパン (JPN). #tokyo #japan #robots

art collective teamLab presents its new borderless digital art museum, now relocated to azabudai hills in tokyo.

Find out where to try out the latest gadgets, experience the newest technology and shop for the best electronics in Tokyo, Japan

World Economic Forum on Instagram: “⁣Team members from Japanese company Telexistence examine their latest invention in Tokyo, Japan.⠀ ⠀ ⠀ This 'kangaroo-like' robot is…”

Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower (モード学園コクーンタワー Mōdo gakuen kokūn tawā?) is a 204-metre (669 ft), 50-story educational facility located in the Nishi-Shinjuku district in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. The building is home to three educational institutions: Tokyo Mode Gakuen (fashion vocational school), HAL Tokyo (special technology and design college), and Shuto Ikō (medical college). Completed in October 2008, the tower is the second-tallest educational building in the world and is the 17th-tallest…

As one of the world’s great metropolises, Tokyo takes its exalted status very seriously. Each year, the city welcomes many curious visitors to experience the magnetism of ancient tradition meeting futuristic technology head-on. There’s that, plus the hundreds of thousands of stellar restaurants, outstanding shopping opportunities, and zany offbeat attractions that make the Japanese capital a wildly entertaining—and impeccably safe—destination for travelers of all kinds.