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Month: December 2004

  • The BBC in JPN

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    This might be nice. BBC Worldwide Ltd, the commercial arm of the British Broadcasting Corp, and digital data broadcaster Japan MediArk Co, launched BBC Japan on Wednesday, the first BBC wholly owned entertainment channel especially developed for audiences in Japan. BBC Japan offers TV viewers across the country a mix of comedy, drama, factual entertainment,…

  • The Cuddling Robot

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    See Japan doing whatever it can to cope with its aging population. Business Design Laboratory Co, a Nagoya-based high-tech venture business, said Wednesday it has developed a 45-cm-tall “cuddling robot” for elderly people which is capable of conversing with them by using tens of thousands of input dialogue patterns. If a person talks to the…

  • Haneda’s Terminal 2

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    Tokyo’s domestic airport, Haneda, has just opened its second terminal. I must say that it’s looking quite nice. The above is a scan from TOKYO WALKER, and below is an image from Japan Today. Update (16/08/27): The Japan Today image is no longer available.

  • Floating Comments

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    I just noticed that since installing Spam Karma, I wasn’t getting anymore comment notifications, so apologies for not answering stuff (I’m having a look now). I think I’ve fixed it.

  • White Light Onsen Experimental

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    “Retro-futurist science fiction art bath?” Yeah, count me in. Here comes an upgraded version of Complesso Plastico’s installation that only a very limited number of people were lucky enough to experience at this year’s CET event. The artists themselves speak of a “legendary work”, and that surely is what it deserves to be called! An…