
Pupils Use ‘Surrogate’ Robots To Attend Japanese Schools
Education chiefs in Japan say a new hi-tech scheme will allow children to send a robot avatar to school instead of attending themselves. The project, which is due to start…
Education chiefs in Japan say a new hi-tech scheme will allow children to send a robot avatar to school instead of attending themselves. The project, which is due to start…
Meet the 90-year-old Japanese grandmother who is still working at McDonald's after 23 years and plans to keep going until she turns 100. Japanese media have reported that Tamiko Honda…
A trendy ramen restaurant in Tokyo has banned its customers from watching videos on their phones while they eat. Debu-chan eatery owner Kota Kai says he was fed up with…
This is the moment a huge wolf uses a Go Pro camera as a scratching post. The footage was shot at the Asahiyama Zoo, which is a municipal zoo in…
A village in Japan is reportedly offering more than GBP 8,000 to anyone who captures the mythical 'tsuchinoko' serpent during an organised hunting event to be held this spring. The…
Hungry frogs trying to gobble up male wasps have found that their manhoods can carry a nasty sting in the tail, a new study has revealed. Scientists in Japan -…
Experts in Japan have said that what was long thought to be a mummified mermaid is in fact fake after studying it for a year. The "Mermaid Mummy" is owned…
This is the moment a hungry two-toed sloth realises that - even at a stretch - the lengthy arms nature gave him sometimes just are not long enough. Sloth Pono…
It may look like an empty cage but seconds later a rare white tiger pounces and proceeds to try and apparently eat a carefully placed GoPro camera. The footage was…
This incredible footage shows the wormlike tongue of a massive alligator snapping turtle which is used to suck fish into the gaping mouth of the underwater creature. Once in range…