As long as I've been a Linux user, I can remember one of the biggest issues being firmware support on the kernel. The issue has been notorious, with a lot…
Sacred fire saved from non-sacred fire on Miyajima. Hiroshima Prefecture’s Miyajima Island, famed for the torii gate that stands in the water just off its coast, is home to one…
New system would prevent non-residents from buying certain items from Pokémon Center Online. Scalping is becoming an increasingly big problem for the Pokémon franchise in Japan, and we’ve been seeing…
Artists iterating on a seemingly mundane object is one of our favorite exhibition concepts. Vintage envelopes, coasters, and matchboxes are just a fraction of the items galleries have offered as…
Local sweets-fan favorite serves as inspiration for one of two donuts not available anywhere else in the world. You’d think it’d be hard for a city of nearly two and…
The folks over at Warp have been busy building out their Oz platform since we covered the initial launch back in February. The service takes care of the infrastructure side…
An iconic Japanese candy, now in drinkable form. Japan is filled with vending machines, and one of the people helping to prop up the industry is our very own reporter…