Harely bike travels from Japan to Canada Via Tsunami

• Japanese media claims a Harley-Davidson motorcycle lost in last year's tsunami has washed up on a Canadian island about 6,400 kilometers (4,000 miles) away. 
• Bike was found in a large white container where its owner, Ikuo Yokoyama, had kept it. 
• Unfortunately, Yokoyama lost three members of his family in the March 11, 2011, tsunami, and is now living in temporary housing in Miyagi prefecture (state). 

Harely bike travels from Japan to Canada Via Tsunami

Whats your smile color? LED Smile, Japanese new fashion trend.

A new concept of smiling, originally created by two Japanese designers, Mr.Ishibashi and Daito Manabe, is now a popular trend amongst Japanese. So you may be thinking whats new in their smile ??? Their smile is colorful...... literally :P, these "fronts" contain bright multicolored glowing LED lights.

The new fashion accessories were originally created as an experiment by two Japanese designers and are now being used in a commercial advertising a winter sale at a Japanese clothing store, Laforet Harajuku.

Whats your smile color? LED Smile, Japanese new fashion trend.

A non-computer geek, Shigeru Kondo, from Japan calculates the value of pi to five trillion digits, now hold world record.

It all started with his hobby and love for his computer processing power and some help from US computer science student, Alexander Yee, who programed the application software.

Japanese businessman, Shigeru Kondo, with his home-built computer calculate the ever growing value of 'Pi', the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, to five trillion digits, almost doubling the accuracy of the previous world record.

His calculation was recognized by Guinness World Records with a certificate mailed to him.

Using parts from local warehouses and online stores, Kondo assembled a desktop computer that featured two high-end Intel processors and 20 external hard-drives.

A non-computer geek, Shigeru Kondo, from Japan calculates the value of pi to five trillion digits, now hold world record.

Check out this Tiny Power Generator for the future.

Japanese are good at miniaturizing things. Japanese researchers have made up a tiny coin side kinetic battery capable of generating more energy than than its previous version.

Only the slightest vibrations, the tiny device generates 22 milliwatts — 20x more than its predecessor.

Check out this Tiny Power Generator for the future.

Japan's vending machines sells umbrellas, flowers,cooked meals and try to read minds.

(AFP) Tokyo: They sell umbrellas, flowers and cooked meals, cough up cool drinks after earthquakes and even try to read your mind. They are Japan's five million vending machines.

Scattered across the country, the automated stores are about as ubiquitous as traffic lights and offer an ever-widening, dizzying palette of goods.

Thanks to Japan's low crime rate, companies have placed them everywhere, from neon-lit city centres to the icy summit of Mount Fuji, with little risk of them being burgled and relieved of their rich coin vaults.

“They are so convenient, I wish I had one in my room,” said 18-year-old Tokyo resident Hibiki Miura, who like many Japanese finds it hard to imagine modern civilisation without the handy helpers.

Japan's vending machines sells umbrellas, flowers,cooked meals and try to read minds.

Multi purpose Super Robo legs being developed by Japanese Scientist.

New concept of mobile legs are being researched at the Chiba Institute of Technology in Japan.

It can be described as being six feet two inches tall with a remarkable pair of legs and carry around weights of up to 100 kg.

The robot called Core is all legs which can bend and move around. The legs are topped by a platform that can be loaded with weights of up to 100 kg, reports the Daily Mail.

It comes with shock absorbers and weighs 228 kg. The device is at the prototype stage, but developers believe Core could be used on building sites or even to move disabled people around.

Multi purpose Super Robo legs being developed by Japanese Scientist.

Computer Disk worth 100GB Capacity created by the Sharp

One of the Japanese electronics maker Sharp said that it is going to release a recordable Blu-ray disc this month that can store as much as four seasons of a television drama series or approx eight games of size like Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2.

The world’s first triple-layer disc has a capacity of 100 gigabytes, twice as much as the dual-layer discs now on the market, Sharp said.

The write-once disc will be available in Japan from July 30, with the price expected to be about 5,000 yen (60 dollars) each. Sharp will also sell recording machines compatible with the format.

Computer Disk worth 100GB Capacity created by the Sharp

Japan's Sumo having ties with Underworld?

Japan's sumo is going through its hard times from damaging scandals and declining popularity. Recently investigation suggests that the sumo wrestlers might be having ties with organised criminals(Underworld)

On Sunday, the Japan Sumo Association, the sport's governing body, announced the firing of a top wrestler and a stable master a powerful coach who controls a cluster of wrestlers for betting on professional baseball games in a gambling ring run by organized crime. Two other stable masters were demoted, and 18 other wrestlers were barred from competing in the next tournament.

This came after an apparently unrelated scandal two months ago over the sale of tickets for prized seats at the foot of the sport's raised dirt ring to around 50 members of the Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan's largest crime syndicate. The seats allowed the gangsters, known as yakuza, to be clearly visible during television broadcasts of the bouts, a brazen display that sumo experts said was aimed at cheering up an incarcerated syndicate boss watching from prison.

Japan's Sumo having ties with Underworld?

Japan sumo wrestler fired over gambling charges.

Japan's governing body of sumo wrestling announced it has fired star sumo wrestler ozeki Kotomitsuki in the wake of a gambling scandal that has enveloped the sport, according to news reports.

The unprecedented move also was taken against Kotomitsuki's stable master, Otake.

Kotomitsuki becomes the first active "ozeki" to be fired; he was found to have gambled on professional baseball, the money allegedly a source of funding for mobsters, Kyodo News reported. The Japan Sumo Association on Sunday stopped short, however, of expelling them, the most severe sentence which would bar them from receiving retirement allowances, according to Kyodo News.

Japan sumo wrestler fired over gambling charges.

Japanese scientists unveil baby robot.

A Tokyo University team has developed a robot designed to simulate the development and behaviour of a nine-month-old baby in an effort to better understand how humans grow.

The robot was created by the team led by Yasuo Kuniyoshi, a professor at the Tokyo University. Professor Kuniyoshi plans to study the data acquired from the sensors and cameras attached to the robot to find out how a baby reacts to the environment and the process by which it develops curiosity about new objects.

In the picture, a student of Japan's University of Tokyo, plays with baby robot Noby which reacts to an inflatable comic book character Anpanman, while the screens behind them show what Noby is seeing and hearing. (AP Photo)

Japanese scientists unveil baby robot.

Mini-camera pictures Japan's Ikaros solar sail.

It is the picture that confirms Japan's Ikaros solar sail is fully extended and ready for the next part of its mission.

The image was acquired by a tiny camera ejected from the central hub of Ikaros.

It transmitted the picture back to the central hub of the spacecraft, which then relayed the data many millions of kilometres to Earth.

Ikaros will demonstrate the principle of solar sailing, which has long been touted as a means of moving spacecraft around the Solar System.

Mini-camera pictures Japan's Ikaros solar sail.

Electric car 'travels 1,000 km on single charge' .

An electric car in Japan has reportedly set a new world record by running for over 27 hours and covering more than 1,000 kilometres on a single charge.

The red and white Mira EV, fitted with special lithium ion battery created by Japanese company Sanyo, travelled at a speed of 40 kilometre per hour, as it drove non-stop around a car racing course in Shimotsuma for 27.5 hours covering 1,003 km without being recharged, 'The Daily Telegraph' reported.

A total of 17 different people took turns at the wheel of the electric car as it circled repeatedly around the race course during the experiment.

The test run was organised by the Japan Electric Vehicle Club which plans to request the Guinness World Records to officially recognise it as the world's longest electric car journey, the British newspaper quoted Japanese media reports.

Electric car 'travels 1,000 km on single charge' .

Japan drops bid to host 2018 World Cup to aim for 2022

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The Japanese Football Association has pulled out of the bidding to host the 2018 World Cup - but remains in the running for the 2022 tournament.

Japan's exit leaves England as one of six bidders looking to host either tournament, with Fifa to name the hosts for both in December.

Australia, Russia, the United States, Belgium/Netherlands and Spain/Portugal are also in the hat for both.

Qatar and 2002 co-hosts South Korea are bidding solely for the 2022 event.

Japan drops bid to host 2018 World Cup to aim for 2022

Japan to help India build ‘smart’ city

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Having provided funds and expertise for the metro rail, Japan will now help India build futuristic smart city with minimal pollution, maximum recycling and consumption-efficient public transport system.

The project, which will also include 11 investment regions and 13 industrial areas, is being touted as the next big thing in the country's urban infrastructure space.After roads, ports and airports, now cities will be built via public private partnership.

Japan to help India build ‘smart’ city