NHL Stanley Cup Final predictions: Surveying NHL coaches and execs on Oilers-Panthers part 2
A year ago, the vote was lopsided in favor of the Panthers. This time? The final tally was 21-19. Here's who had the edge and why.
Lock that opens when Osaka dialect is spoken unveiled at Expo 2025
Ore no Osakaben hetakusotte iitain? Hooooooonmaaaaaaniiiiii! One of the more impressive pavilions at the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo is the Osaka Healthcare Pavilion. The overarching theme of having your future self…
Starbucks Japan releases exclusive new matcha drinks at select stores this summer
Limited-edition drinks are like nothing the chain has ever produced before. Starbucks is always ahead of the curve when it comes to creative new beverages, and it likes to get…
Japanese people demand that Gackt taste the government’s old old old rice
That’s where they want Gackt to go-oh-oh… Way down to kokokomai. With rising rice prices reaching critical mass, newly appointed agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi has made it his personal mission…
Fresh, rested Oilers feel ready for Stanley Cup Final — perhaps none more than Evander Kane
After missing the entire regular season, Kane has five goals and 11 points in 15 playoff games.
How Lightning benefit short- and long-term from 6-year deal to keep Yanni Gourde through age 39
The Lightning got Gourde to agree to a six-year extension carrying a $2.33 million cap hit — a deal with no real comparables around the NHL.
Enigmatic Phenomena and Galactic Shapes Revolve in Shane Drinkwater’s Cosmic Systems
For Queensland-based artist Shane Drinkwater, self-imposed restrictions provide a key starting point for works he creates in ink, pen, acrylic, and collage—always in a square format measuring about 50 by…
No more using real katana for tourism activities, Japan’s National Police Agency says
Popular program in birthplace of samurai martial art iado forced to retool. The town of Maruyama, in Yamagata Prefecture, bills itself as the birthplace of iaido. A martial art that…
IED Firenze Graphic Design Students Explore Speculative Design
What if an AI-led totalitarian regime banned analogue technology? What if we were forced to live underwater due to climate catastrophes? And what if our emotions were no longer private…
Bicycle gang terrorize Shibuya Scramble with lame and annoying wheelies
Godspeed you beige emperors. Although it’s often associated with illegal activity, there’s still something romantic about casting off the shackles of society and feeling the wind through your hair as…