Newly restored from archive footage, this 1988 interview offers a rare and intimate glimpse into Brian’s mind. He speaks about his love for making music, his reaction to being inducted into the […]
Brian Wilson interview on His Love for Music, R&R Hall of Fame and Personal Struggles
Watch the new Hirokazu Kore-eda short film shot on iPhone
Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda’s new short film, “Last Scene,” was shot entirely on iPhone 16 Pro.
Sparks – What’s In My Bag?
Russell Mael of Sparks goes record shopping at Amoeba Music in Hollywood. Sparks’ latest album ‘MAD!’ is available from Transgressive. See Sparks on tour: https://allsparks.com/
The Story of the Rice Cooker
🍚 Are you cooking rice today? If you use a rice cooker you have Yoshitada and Fumiko Minami to thank for that. When Yoshitada’s water-heating business started losing sales in the early […]
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 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. As the disaster approached on March 11, 2011, she remained at her […]
When Japanese grandma Naoko Nishimoto from Nagasaki celebrated her 80th birthday in an unusual way:
She returned her Mazda RX-7 to the dealership where she purchased it. After 25 years together, she thanked the vehicle for being her life companion. Moved by her story, Mazda’s CEO decided […]
Jakarta’s population is expected to overtake Tokyo in 2030, partly due to Tokyo’s shrinking population
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