NHL season predictions 2.0: Revised picks for Stanley Cup, playoff field, awards and more
Which teams will emerge from the East’s mushy middle? Who will make a case for the Selke Trophy, which looks the most open it has in years?
Why the Toronto Maple Leafs are finally starting to win more games
In a season that has been very short on positives, the Maple Leafs' latest run has offered a lot of them.
With This New Feature, Proton Has Made it Even Easier to Move Away from Gmail and Google Docs
Proton has been on a roll lately. The Swiss company keeps expanding its privacy-focused ecosystem with tools that actually work for regular people. Take Lumo AI, for instance, their privacy-respecting…
Major Japanese noodle chain is closing on Christmas Eve so workers can spend time with families
Marugame Family Night is for the Marugame families, not the customers. Japanese noodle restaurant chain Marugame Seimen, also known as Marugame Udon, has announced that later this month it’ll be…
This Osaka laundromat wants to clean more than your clothes; it also wants to clean you
Finally a store that understands that sometimes it’s you who needs refreshing, not just your clothes. Having lived in fairly modern apartments in Japan with decent amounts of space for…
Foreign driver’s license conversion test passes plummet from over 90% to 33% in Japan
Driving test pass rates as low as two percent in some areas. For a long time, Japan had a very convenient system for licensed drivers from other countries to convert…
With 125 Volunteers, Choi + Shine Crochet the 12 Animals of the Chinese Zodiac
Located in the Yangtze River Delta, Hangzhou is enmeshed in waterways. The city’s center abuts a large lake and sits just north of the Qiantang River, infamous for its magnificent…
NHL Power Rankings: A surge in the Metro, plus your team’s ‘leap’ candidate
It’s time to take a look around the league to see which players are taking "the leap."
Olympic-sized anxiety over the ice in Milan. Plus: Who are the NHL’s most-improved players?
We know the playing surface will be smaller when the Olympics begin in February, but will the arena even be ready?
Studio Ghibli adds new Kiki’s Delivery Service music box to its anime merchandise shop in Japan
Heartfelt melody and sweet design features capture the magic of Jiji’s shop. At the centre of Studio Ghibli’s 1989 film Kiki’s Delivery Service is a young witch called Kiki, but…