Japan's anthropomorphizing of gadgetry continues with a new set of characters designed to promote a series of digital watches. These still-nameless Casio G-Shock characters popped up a few months ago in Japan promoting the model's 25th anniversary at retail point-of-purchase...

Despite the naysayers the iPhone continues to gain steam in Japan. The latest evidence of this trend comes via Softbank's latest software announcement promoting Speeek, a voice-enabled electronic dictionary application that translates Japanese to English or Chinese. Using voice recognition...

The days of gaming turning your body to jello due to lack of exercise ended with the advent of the Nintendo Wii. But now a new innovative mashup cooked up by Japanese coder Ryo Katsuma mixes Google Maps with the...

In light of recent economic woes not everyone has $300-$400 bucks to shell out for the latest gaming console, but that doesn't mean you catch shell out some pennies to hone your skills on your existing system. For those on...