đ Are you cooking rice today? If you use a rice cooker you have Yoshitada and Fumiko Minami to thank for that. When Yoshitadaâs water-heating business started losing sales in the early […]
The Story of the Rice Cooker
A Japanese student submitted a blank paper as her history essay
In 2019, a Japanese student submitted a blank paper as her ninja history essay. This unusual submission was part of an ancient ninja tradition, where invisible ink, or secret writing, was used […]
Insects are disappearing
By Arnaud Bertrand This is a terrifying phenomenon that should be spoken about much more: insects are quite literally disappearing. The Bugs Matter citizen science survey, which lets 1000s of people record […]
The Story of the QR Code
The Man Behind the Squares That Changed the World In a quiet corner of Japan, in the early 1990s, a humble engineer named Masahiro Hara stared at a problem that was frustrating […]
Take a bow: Miki Endo
Miki Endo, a 24-year-old municipal worker in Minamisanriku, Japan, made the ultimate sacrifice during the 2011 TĹhoku earthquake and tsunami. As the disaster approached on March 11, 2011, she remained at her […]
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